Sunday, January 08, 2012

GREAT GREY SHRIKE

Fakenham Norfolk
Some birders tend to think it shows characters of HOMEYERI, being outside the range of Excubitor on some of these features
Overall pallid appearance
Upperparts clean pale grey
Short to medium primary projection similar to excubitor
Large whiteblurry scapular patches
Paler greyish white rump and uppertail coverts, paler than upperparts
Plae greyish lores with dark line along lower edge
Pale pinky hue's in bill base
Very large rectangular white primary patch, about half lenght of exposed secondaries
Massive amounts of white in tail
Though i dont think you can see any of these features on my poor distant pics of it.