Oh, that is terrible! Marty was such a character. I miss her too.

Ahhhh! Poutine!! Gotcha!!!

Kinda makes a person hanker for that Canadian poitinne (?) stuff...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16440034

I wonder if it's because you have a new PC MAK that you can't access the site! Sayin

MAK has a new PC?! Yaaaay! Or not...

MAK is back at home,
Checking out the neighbourhood.
PeFas cannot hide.

Watching from Ireland,
Always wond'ring what is up.
Checking Falcon Cam.

She's on her way!!

We'll all be glad to have her back home again, but that MAK sure is gonna miss Paradise!!!

Love that story!!

 

Yes Bobbie they do call them butcher birds here too. Its because they skewer their food on a branch and rip it up.
And yes they do look like Northern Mockingbirds,Mak see pic for comparison.
Not the greatest

Saw this Butcher Bird behaviour in Majorca - quite amazing. I think it was a Red-backed Shrike, quite an attractive fellow. And MAK - once you have seen a shrike, there is no second-guessing with anything else. Trick is to see one!

Thanks, Frank - great birds. Do they call them "Butcher Birds" there?

Nice one from Bob Marcotte... I did not know there were shrikes in our area. Only ever saw them in the Med.

http://blogs.democratandchronicle.com/birds/?p=3248

When Christmas was over, we five kids would make a great big mound of snow, and our Dad would put the tree in it and make sure it was steady. Then, with great ceremony, we would all traipse outside with all manner of food for the birds, which we put on the branches. That tree would pretty much stay there til Spring. It was all part of our many Christmas rituals... when we were finished with the tree, it belonged to the birds.

What a fun photo gallery!

 

Pure pleasure for me to take everyone along Lola! 

It's a pleasure to be right there with you, MAK!!!

 

[Happy, Happy, HAPPY! All the best for 2012, everyone!Slainte!]

Happy, Happy, HAPPY! All the best for 2012, everyone!

Slainte!