Lanius excubitor
Northern Shrikes are soft gray with white throats and chests with a black mask, legs and hooked bills with large blocky heads.
I felt like I had hit a jackpot yesterday when I found an immature Northern Shrike perched on a Common Mullein at Farmington Bay WMA.
Just because Willets weren't split this year doesn't mean they won't be split in the future, who knows what changes will be made a year from now.
I write about the raptors I expect to see during the winter in Utah but there are also song birds I keep an eye out for too like this immature Northern Shrike.
Today was a good day, I finally took some images of a Northern Shrike (Lanius excubitor) that weren't taken from too far away.