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Date: 2/21/25 2:23 pm From: Adrian O'Loghlen via groups.io <aologhlen...> Subject: [sbcobirding] 'Butcherbird' at NCOS
This morning Jim Hodgson and I observed a Loggerhead Shrike at NCOS feeding on a frog that had been impaled on barbed wire. This behavior has earned Shrikes the nickname “butcherbirds’. Besides being a way to manipulate and store food, displaying impaled prey items is thought to be use by male Shrikes to attract females. https://flic.kr/p/2qN4SSo Adrian O'Loghlen Goleta -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#38350): https://sbcobirding.groups.io/g/main/message/38350 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/111317721/858290 -=-=- For everything birding in Santa Barbara County: http://www.sbcobirding.com Read the County Reporting List guidelines: http://www.sbcobirding.com/countyreportinglist.html Updated status and distribution of Santa Barbara County birds: http://www.sbcobirding.com/lehmanbosbc.html SB Breeding Bird Study: Contribute at http://santabarbaraaudubon.org/santa-barbara-county-breeding-bird-study/ For guides to birding eBird Hotspots in SB, see https://birdinghotspots.org/us/california/santa-barbara-county -=-=- Group Owner: main+<owner...> Unsubscribe: https://sbcobirding.groups.io/g/main/unsub [<lists...>] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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