Every time I go out birding, I seem to come across a Loggerhead Shrike. Always just one, and usually in the direction that the last one flew off towards. I'm never sure if I'm seeing multiple individuals, or the same individual following me. Either way, I greet every one with a "Hello, my friend!"
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Other insectivorous species may be in trouble as pollinator populations fall. We cannot simply replace bees and other pollinators with robots.
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Tree Top Terror
The notorious Loggerhead Shrikes (Lanius ludovicianus) aka butcher birds are fascinating creatures. They’re known for their unusual hunting behavior, which includes impaling their prey on thorns or barbed wire—hence the nickname.
"A Loggerhead Shrike can kill and carry an animal as massive as itself. It transports large prey in its feet and smaller victims in its beak." - allaboutbirds.org
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Decided to avoid social media today and so went to look for birds. Here are a few that I saw this morning.
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Probably the best picture of a Loggerhead Shrike I've taken cause, oddly, it didn't fly away as soon as I stopped.
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Butcher Bird’s Rest
I didn't know that I had this photograph. Perhaps I thought it to be a mockingbird when I took the picture. This is a loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus), the first that I've photographed.
"The Loggerhead Shrike is a songbird with a raptor’s habits. A denizen of grasslands and other open habitats throughout much of North America, this masked black, white, and gray predator hunts from utility poles, fence posts and other conspicuous perches, preying on insects, birds, lizards, and small mammals. Lacking a raptor’s talons, Loggerhead Shrikes skewer their kills on thorns or barbed wire or wedge them into tight places for easy eating. Their numbers have dropped sharply in the last half-century." - allaboutbirds.org
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