Northern Shrike (Lanius excubitor)
This predatory songbird spends the summer months on the tundra and taiga and winters in southern Canada and northern U.S.
Lanius excubitor means "butcher bird"
It eats small mammals, birds and insects. It gets its Latin name from its habit of killing more victims than it can eat at one time and then impaling them on barbed wire or tree spines.
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Yikes! Not a bird to be messed with.
ReplyDeleteI would not want to mess with this bird either.
ReplyDeleteGreat shots of this bird.
ReplyDeleteGosh EG, I didn't know we had these guys this far south. Great find and terrific shots!
ReplyDeleteNaughty bird!
ReplyDeleteradiates sweetness!
ReplyDeleteALOHA from Honolulu
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what a great looking bird!
ReplyDeleteSo nice of him to pose for you.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know there were other shrikes besides the loggerhead until I ran across Anni's post today about the kiskadee. And now you present the Northern. Very pretty birds.
ReplyDeletePretty bird with bad habits, EG! ;-)
ReplyDeleteA beautiful- and dangerous- bird!
ReplyDeleteNice fellow!
ReplyDeleteA beautiful bird with interesting behavior.
ReplyDeleteNice looking bird - I like the faint lines in its chest.
ReplyDeleteCheers - Stewart M - Melbourne.
Lovely photos of a "new" bird for me!
ReplyDeletewhat a handsome little bird - good shots - shame nature is so cruel - Jane UK
ReplyDeleteMy goodness; all that energy from such a small lovely looking bird!
ReplyDeleteand he looks so innocent
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely gorgeous bird but so dangerous !
ReplyDeleteGreetings !
Cool sighting and shots of the Shrike!
ReplyDeleteGreat captures! I don't think I've heard of this one before. You are so knowledgable about the birds you see.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful images of the shrike. No hope of seeing one here in Florida, though I was lucky when I visited Churchill, Manitoba.
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