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Loggerhead Shrike (Butcher Bird) & Prey
Lanius ludovicianus
27.3364, -82.5307
Field Notes
Description:
A small gray, black, and white bird of open areas, the Loggerhead Shrike hardly appears to be a predator. But it uses its hooked beak to kill insects, lizards, mice, and birds, and then impales them on thorns (or barbed wire) to hold them while it rips them apart. Cornell Lab
Habitat:
Agricultural pasture
Notes:
This bird had just impaled the Mole Cricket...it was still kicking. I watched him eat a different one then started looking down the fence line & discovered his other stash.
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Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedFebruary 6, 2012
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