Birds of Iraq: The Masked Shrike

Masked Shrike 

"One of my aspirations as a young birder was to see all three species illustrated on the cover of my Golden Guide to Birds. I've yet to see a Painted Bunting, so that aspiration is still unfulfilled.

LTC BOb doesn't have that problem, as one of the 48 species he's observed in and around Camp Victory, the Masked Shrike, graces the cover of Birds of the Middle East.

Lucky man."
Silfay Hraka