#shrike — Public Fediverse posts
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Long Tailed Shrike. A UK Rarity
It’s hard to credit but the Long Tailed Shrike is still sowing up at Eastleach in Gloucestershire. It was first sighted around the beginning of July, and I rode Morrigan up there to try and photograph it in the first week of August.
Its normal range is the scrubland of Asia, so gods only know what it’s doing here. I gather there have been others in the past but very few.
A pretty thing with its bandit mask and pale red chest, but look at that hooked beak! I was wondering why a medium sized songbird would have such a vicious looking beak, and it turns out they are indeed carnivorous, catching small mammals and reptiles.
It was a nice day for a ride and with a rare bird spot too. Not that I discovered it… my thanks go to the Gloster Birder for the alert.
Obligatory shot of Morrigan, with the burning hills of North Wales beyond (July 28th)
#birder #longTailedShrike #morrigan #photography #rare #shrike #sighting #twitcher #uk -
Sonne, Hitze, dürres Gestrüpp, überall zirpende Grashüpfer und quer hindurch - ein Neuntöter.
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Here's a video of the Long-tailed Shrike seen on the Oxfordshire side of the field. Not as bad as some of my efforts 😀. We got there early enough to have haze-free views.
#UKBirding #Birds #Oxfordshire #nature #wildlife #Shrike #BirdsofMastodon
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Up early to trundle up to the Gloucestershire / Oxfordshire border for the visiting Long-tailed Shrike. Accompanied by Kevon O, Archie O, Dave B which made the driving easy.
The early arrival meant no heat haze and great views of the close bird.
#UKBirding #Shrike #nature #wildlife #birdsofmastodon #birds
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Hyperion (Cantos)
"In the Valley of the Time Tombs, where huge, brooding structures move backward through time, the Shrike waits for them all"
Sale: $11 to $3.99
by Dan Simmons
Rating: 4.5/5 (29,938 Reviews)
#scifi #fantasy #spaceopera #adventure #books #hugo #pilgrimage #shrike #kindle #booksky
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Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos)
"On the eve of Armageddon, with the entire galaxy at war, seven pilgrims set forth on a final voyage"
Sale: $11 to $3.99
by Dan Simmons
Rating: 4.5/5 (29,864 Reviews)
#sciencefiction #spaceopera #books #hyperion #adventure #scifi #pilgrimage #mystery #shrike #booksky
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Hyperion
"On the eve of Armageddon, with the entire galaxy at war, seven pilgrims set forth on a final voyage to Hyperion"
Sale: $11.00 to $1.99
by Dan Simmons
Rating: 4.5/5 (29,795 Reviews)
#sciencefiction #spaceopera #books #adventure #kindle #hugowinner #pilgrimage #shrike #galaxy #booksky
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Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos) "On the world called Hyperion, beyond the reach of galactic law, waits a creature called the Shrike" Sale: $11 to $1.99 by Dan Simmons Rating: 4.5/5 (29,741 Reviews) #sciencefiction #spaceopera #books #booksky #adventure #hugo #pilgrimage #shrike #epic #novel
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Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos) "On the world called Hyperion, beyond the reach of galactic law, waits a creature called the Shrike" Sale: $11 to $1.99 Dan Simmons Rating: 4.5/5 (29,686 Reviews) #sciencefiction #spaceopera #adventure #books #kindle #hugo #scifi #pilgrimage #shrike #hyperion #booksky
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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 -
Most of the day was spent in #Cornwall admiring this rather smart Steppe Grey Shrike. Good views of it hunting, flying, perched up etc. It certainly ate well whilst we were there.
Great company too - Dave B., Dave L., Rob & Steph M., Dave B. (another one).
#UKBirding #nature #wildlife #Shrike #BirdsOfMastodon #Birds
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Noch mehr Neuntöter in den Meerbruchwiesen.
#Neuntöter #redBackedShrike #shrike #Vogel #birds #summer #SteinhuderMeer
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Ein Neuntöter füttert sein Küken. Das Kleine machte schon eigene Jagdversuche, war aber wohl nicht erfolgreich genug. Papa holte das Futter dafür so schnell, als pickte er es nur eben aus seiner Vorratkammer im Busch nebenan.
#Neuntöter #redBackedShrike #shrike #Vogel #birds #chick #summer #SteinhuderMeer
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New post: Road to Bloodstock: Shrike https://www.moshville.co.uk/interview/2025/07/road-to-bloodstock-shrike/ #Bloodstock #Shrike
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for the second week in a row I was so anxious I totally forgot about @KateShaw 's podcast. But now I've downloaded it and will begin listening soon.
https://strangeanimalspodcast.blubrry.net/2025/07/14/episode-441-mean-birds/
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A wee video of the Woodchat Shrike in Dawlish Warren NNR earlier today.
#UKBirding #Devon #DebonBirds #nature #wildlife #Shrike #birdsofmastodon
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Les vacances à la ferme de mon enfance au printemps, c'est la satisfaction de retrouver chaque année les mêmes espèces qui reviennent de migration. Et parfois, il y a de nouvelles têtes. C’est le cas pour cette Pie-grièche écorcheur (Lanius collurio) mâle en plumage nuptial que je n’avais jamais vu.
Et en tant que fan du roman Hypérion de Dan Simmons, le plaisir d'observer ce très bel oiseau est évidemment double.
#Oiseaux #Birding #Birds #Birdwatching #BirdPhotography #Photography #Photo #Photographie #Nature #VieSauvage #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #shrike #PieGrieche #PieGriecheÉcorcheur
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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.
#linocut #printmaking #sciart #pollination #mastoArt #loggerheadShrike #shrike #wildlife #ManufacturedEcosystems
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