#loggerheadshrike — Public Fediverse posts
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Day 11 #artAdventCalendar The loggerhead shrike, endemic to North America, is also known as the butcherbird for its carnivorous tendencies and habit of ostentatiously displaying stored prey dramatically impaled on convenient spikes like tree thorns or barbed wire. Its usual prey are insects, amphibians, lizards, small birds or small mammals. 🧵
#linocut #printmaking #sciart #pollination #future #loggerheadShrike #shrike #wildlife #ManufacturedEcosystems #mastoArt -
Other insectivorous species may be in trouble as pollinator populations fall. We cannot simply replace bees and other pollinators with robots.
#linocut #printmaking #sciart #pollination #mastoArt #loggerheadShrike #shrike #wildlife #ManufacturedEcosystems
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Loggerhead shrike from the Refuge the other weekend #LoggerheadShrike #Birds #BirdPhotography #SacramentoWildlifeRefuge #Fujifilm #SOoC
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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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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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Enjoy these three versions of the amazing #butcherbird, aka #LoggerheadShrike (plus a bonus #NorthernShrike!) from #JohnJamesAudubon, #LouisAgassizFuertes, and #TimWorfolk. I love the beauty, vitality, and simplicity of them all.
#ornithology #NaturalHistory #birding #birds #birbs #borbs #tinosaurs!Cool timeline too: Audubon 1820s, Fuertes 1920s, Worfolk 2020s.
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@yazad3 These were from the 2021 #ChritmasBirdCount a bit north of #Stillwater, #Oklahoma, USA. #LoggerheadShrike and #AmericanWhitePelican
