{"id":2905,"date":"2004-10-31T14:31:21","date_gmt":"2004-10-31T14:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/?p=2905"},"modified":"2024-08-07T16:11:25","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T16:11:25","slug":"britains-first-masked-shrike-31st-oct-2004","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/britains-first-masked-shrike-31st-oct-2004\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain&#8217;s 1st Masked Shrike &#8211; 31st October 2004"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/index.php\/2004\/10\/31\/britains-first-masked-shrike-31st-oct-2004\/shapeimage_2-76\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2908\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2908\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/shapeimage_214.png\" title=\" \" width=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/shapeimage_214.png 400w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/shapeimage_214-150x112.png 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/shapeimage_214-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span style=\"color:#ffa500;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; \">Masked Shrike &#8211; Lanius nubicus- Juvenile &#8211; 1st year<\/span><\/span><\/strong> <strong><span style=\"color:#ffa500;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; \">Kilrenny Common, Kilrenny, Fife.<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Note the overall grey appearance of the bird. A small and slightly built shrike. Small thin&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; \">bill less heavy than other shrike species I have seen. Also a long tail and a rump which is&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; \">dark and same colour as back. Note the large,clean white wing patch, which is very&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; \">prominently set-off against the blackness of the rest of the wing. Note large area of white&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; \">and scaley looking scapulars that contrast well against the overall greyness of the bird.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<div>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/index.php\/2004\/10\/31\/britains-first-masked-shrike-31st-oct-2004\/masked-shrike-055-copy-filtered\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2906\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2906\" height=\"358\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/masked-shrike-055-copy-filtered.jpg\" title=\"masked-shrike\" width=\"476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/masked-shrike-055-copy-filtered.jpg 476w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/masked-shrike-055-copy-filtered-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/masked-shrike-055-copy-filtered-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<div>\n\t<span style=\"font-size: 14px; \">The bird appeared to be in tail moult but despite tyhis, the tail still appeared long, narrow&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; \">and black and white. The ear coverts were dark grey but there appeared to be little in the&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; \">way of a whitish forehead and eyebrow.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<div>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/index.php\/2004\/10\/31\/britains-first-masked-shrike-31st-oct-2004\/masked-shrike-030-copy\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2907\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2907\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/masked-shrike-030-copy.jpg\" title=\"masked-shrike\" width=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/masked-shrike-030-copy.jpg 441w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/masked-shrike-030-copy-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/masked-shrike-030-copy-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<div>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<div>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Masked Shrike &#8211; Lanius nubicus- Juvenile &#8211; 1st year Kilrenny Common, Kilrenny, Fife. Note the overall grey appearance of the bird. A small and slightly built shrike. Small thin&nbsp;bill less heavy than other shrike species I have seen. Also a long tail and a rump which is&nbsp;dark and same colour as back. Note the large,clean [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[526,18,604,172],"tags":[540,539],"class_list":["post-2905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-526","category-birds","category-birdsof2004","category-year","tag-masked","tag-masked-shrike"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2905\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}