BigOly - 2-5-2011 at 03:08 PM
Bird or perhaps better known as The Loggerhead Shrike
is a hunter. When food is pleantiful this bird will catch insects and small lizards and stick them on a cactus or even a barbed wire fence to eat
later.
Cypress - 2-5-2011 at 03:15 PM
BigOly, Fine pictures! Thanks. The Butcher Bird!
Russ - 2-5-2011 at 04:05 PM
Nice! Could have I been mistaking this handsome bird for a mocking bird? We have a few "mocking birds" here that don't have a song. I'm going to have
to take a closer look.
BigOly - 2-5-2011 at 04:41 PM
Russ...Birders use a term coined "jizz" which, some say, comes from a time when pilots at war would observe planes and identify them at a glance as
enemy or friendly. From the planes outline, the way it moved, the sound, etc. All birds have certain look, movement, sound and actions that after
you see them a few times you and often the birds natural prey, know the bird at a glance.
The Northern Mockingbird 
is a real songster often imitating other song birds.
Cypress - 2-5-2011 at 05:02 PM
Ever heard a Mockingbird sing at night? It's a sweet song.
Russ - 2-5-2011 at 06:18 PM
Another magnificent shot! Ok ,so I am seeing a mocking bird but I have only heard a very few sing. maybe just the wrong time of year/season.
It ain't so sweet when you're serenaded night after night right outside your bedroom window. You just want to shoot the plick!
[Edited on 2-6-2011 by Russ]
BigOly - 2-5-2011 at 06:30 PM
Russ, Russ come on buddy. He has to listen to you singing in the shower, morning after morning after morning.............
Russ - 2-5-2011 at 06:40 PM
He's not learning any songs of mine that's for sure... The neighbors would have massacred him.
bajacalifornian - 2-5-2011 at 10:54 PM
I remember my first shrike experience. Some bird was innocently perched on a railing outside my window. Along came a shrike. With a blow to the
head, the shrike killed the innocent fellow. Wasn't fond of the shrike at all.
Big Oly . . . I really enjoy your photos, and birds. Thank you for being here.
Natalie Ann - 2-6-2011 at 08:39 AM
BigOly.... I am really enjoying your bird pix and info.
The fact of that shrike sticking bugs on wire or cactus for a later meal is way cool.
Never before heard of a bird behaving that way.
I be looking forward to some more bird education from you.
nena