Loggerhad shrike aka The Butcher Bird
Make no mistake this mocking bird look alike is a fearless badass. Here he is hovering after something that eluded him. I've seen them kill mice that weigh more than they do and since they don't have real talons like hawks they kill by biting or stabbing their prey in the neck piercing the spinal cord thus paralyzing their prey. They have a tomial tooth like a falcon. Then lots of times they will impale the prey on something thorny or possibly a barb wire fence to devour. Truly a badboy.
Loggerhad shrike aka The Butcher Bird
Make no mistake this mocking bird look alike is a fearless badass. Here he is hovering after something that eluded him. I've seen them kill mice that weigh more than they do and since they don't have real talons like hawks they kill by biting or stabbing their prey in the neck piercing the spinal cord thus paralyzing their prey. They have a tomial tooth like a falcon. Then lots of times they will impale the prey on something thorny or possibly a barb wire fence to devour. Truly a badboy.