Tuesday 7 April 2015

Why The Loggerhead Shrike Is Also Known As The Butcher Bird

image credit: Billtacular

Some animals have a reputation that they did nothing to warrant. Not so the Loggerhead Shrike. It has an alternative name which it richly deserves. It is called the butcher bird and anywhere it is common in North America its prey are left out to dry in the same way that a butcher might hang his meat.

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