Another name often used to describe the Loggerhead Shrike a predatory songbird that frequently impales its food items on long thorns.

Taken at Lakes Regional Park, Florida.

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Ponte Vecchio (Old Bridge) in Florence over the Arno river. Butchers have been excluded from trading there since 1595, a decision originally taken to enhance the prestige of the bridge!

Red-backed shrike (male) / Rusi svračak / Lanius collurio

This 16–18 cm (approx. 6.3–7.1 inches) long migratory bird eats large insects, small birds, frogs, rodents and lizards. Like other shrikes it hunts from prominent perches, and impales corpses on thorns or barbed wire as a "larder." This practice has earned it the nickname of "butcher bird." (Wikipedia)

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Mesnicka ulica (literally, Butcher's Street) in Zagreb, Croatia; the street was named in the 19th century after its then butcher shops

A butcher walking the street with a huge part of a cow on his back

Butchers Reservoir outside of Alexandra.

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Butchers Reservoir outside of Alexandra.

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in Lambertsbay

Not popular with my chickadees in my backyard.

St.Albert Alberta

Also known as Higgins Mills Falls. Located in Colchester County, in Nova Scotia, Canada.

It was at this point I turned around and headed back to the trailhead.

Hamilton 2013

A quick stop at Butchers Reservoir outside of Alexandra.

String,

Butcher String,

Macro,

United States,

Pennsylvania.

Ball Grove, Colne, Lancashire

A traditional butcher in Chingford, North-East London.

Butchers reservoir was created in 1937. In 1862, gold was discovered in Butchers Gully. There once was a store, butcher's shop and hotel here, back in the gold days... eventually the dam was created and the gully flooded.....

It is said that when the water levels get low, you can still see the chimneystacks under the surface. The water is so clear and glass like, I tried this day to see them. All I saw was reflecting clouds.

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Isn't that a contradiction in itself?

Butchers reservoir was created in 1937. In 1862, gold was discovered in Butchers Gully. There once was a store, butcher's shop and hotel here, (back during the gold rush days)... eventually the dam was created and the gully flooded.....

It is said that when the water levels get low, you can still see the chimneystacks under the surface. The water was so clear and glass like, I tried this day to see them.

All I saw was reflecting clouds.

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Southern Fiscal or Fiscal Shrike (Lanius collaris) seen on the Western Cape of South Africa.

This trail is in Fort McDowell, AZ. It follows along the banks of Saguaro Lake. It is a very pretty hike. Started the hike as the sun was coming and got some nice colors in the clouds.

meat anyone?

A loggerhead shrike surveys it's territory on a late afternoon at the San Louis National Wildlife Refuge.

A Tuna butcher at the Tsukiji Fish market in Tokyo

Grey Butcher birds are aggressive predators. They prey on small animals, including birds, lizards and insects, as well as some fruits and seeds. Uneaten food may be stored in the fork or a branch or impaled. Grey Butcher birds sit on an open perch searching for prey which, once sighted, they pounce on. Most mobile prey is caught on the ground, though small birds and insects may be caught in flight. Feeding normally takes place alone, in pairs or in small family groups.

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A walk to a new area in rural Nova Scotia for my wife and I April 22nd to explore a new space. A local photographer's efforts brought this to my spectrum from their post on a Weather Network's Web Site.

A small butcher bird sits waiting in her puffer jacket. All the humans wear them and some birds are clever enough to make their own and follow the fashion.

Lornruk lighthouse

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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One of the fundamental precepts of the art of freedom is to avoid excesses.

Taken in the Food Hall at Harrods in London recently.

W. Butcher & Sons Ltd - The "Cameo" Model 1 Vintage Camera (c1914) - Digital Painting

Link to item in Butcher Catalogue Thank you Paul.

Texture and brushes from Karen Burns. Thank you.

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My local 'traditional butchers' shop - with a 'traditional' butchers' bicycle!

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The statue of Jan Breydel looks to the full moon rising over the Provincial Court building and Markt Square in Bruges (Brugge). Breydel, leader of the butchers, along with Pieter de Coninck, head of the weavers, led a rebellion against the French in 1302 and are considered heroes of the town. The Markt has been used as a place to buy, sell, or barter for goods since 958. When we visited an Easter carnival was ongoing, with cheesy rides for the kids.

The Butcher, a painting by Chaim Soutine, photographed at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk, Denmark.

Chaim Soutine was a French painter of Belarusian-Jewish origin of the School of Paris, who made a major contribution to the Expressionist movement while living and working in Paris..

Shot inside the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark with the Olympus E-M1, Mark II.

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...für den BESTEN, den EDELSTEN, den GRÖSSTEN, den ERLAUCHTESTEN..... für Wolfi Wolf ;-)

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