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Pao Dolina
02-22-2010, 09:45 AM
Brown Shrike http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Shrike

The Brown Shrike, Lanius cristatus is a bird in the shrike family that is found mainly in Asia. It forms a superspecies with the closely-related Red-backed Shrike, L. collurio, and Isabelline Shrike, L. isabellinus. Like most other shrikes, it has a distinctive black "bandit-mask" through the eye. and is found mainly in open scrub habitats, where it perches on the tops of thorny bushes in search of prey. Several populations of this widespread species form distinctive subspecies which breed in temperate Asia and migrate to their winter quarters in tropical Asia. They are sometimes found as vagrants in Europe and North America.


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Harshad Barve
02-22-2010, 10:18 PM
nice BG and Pose by bird , pulling down perch hot spots may help
TFS