Had a northern shrike here yesterday, albeit so windy. We saw him twice. Also have caught three mice in our house, total count so far. This morning the wind has died down considerably.
An interesting note related to last summer's sighting of the Blackpoll warbler, back in June:
According to the Alaska Audubon News, the Blackpoll warbler's numbers are decreasing by about 2.5 percent a year, unknown causes. They migrate the farthest of any warbler, some Alaskan birds winter in Brazil. They fly approximately 1800 miles over the Atlantic Ocean. They breed in the boreal forest. We were so lucky to see one here - the water is what attracted the one we saw. Who knows, maybe there was a family of them around here somewhere, but we only saw it one time.
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