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(Message started by: Neil on Oct 10^th, 2005, 6:17pm)

Title: Killer shrike - this may upset some people
Post by Neil on Oct 10^th, 2005, 6:17pm

I saw this shrike ( I presume it's a dusky shrike) with something in it's beak ,which I saw later looked like a little bird.  Would this be usual behaviour for shrikes? Neil.

10th,October,2005

Lamma Island,
Hong Kong,China.

Olympus 7070wz plus Swarovski ATS80HD scope and 20-60x eyepiece

http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/PhotoG/Neil/neil_41.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/neilfif11/image/50511546.jpg

Title: Re: Killer shrike - this may upset some people
Post by 鳥友Ａ(BWA) on Oct 10^th, 2005, 9:38pm

Not surprising - shrikes are predators of insects and small animals. Some shrike species (e.g. Brown Shrike) are called butcher birds (http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/s1/shrike.asp).