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OUR TOP STORY TONIGHT!
Now in the 18th day
of our voluntary seclusion i.e. avoiding large or even small groups of people to stop the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, our
top story comes to our news desk from Betty Thompson, our eye-to-the-sky in
Kansas.
Betty tallied another Life Bird for her list: a loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus), a songbird that behaves like a bird of prey.
"Lacking a raptor's talons, Loggerhead Shrikes skewer their kills on thorns or barbed wire or wedge them into tight places for easy eating," reports the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Yes, they catch insects, small lizards, rodents or other birds and impale them to be eaten later. And if that behavior creeps you out, remember that we are carnivores that have to use a knife and fork to dissect and eat our meat.
The name "loggerhead" simply comes from the fact that the shrike's head appears to be much too large for its body. Sadly, their numbers have dropped sharply in the last half-century.
More to come from the Nature Calling news desk.
Congratulations, Betty.
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Betty tallied another Life Bird for her list: a loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus), a songbird that behaves like a bird of prey.
"Lacking a raptor's talons, Loggerhead Shrikes skewer their kills on thorns or barbed wire or wedge them into tight places for easy eating," reports the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Yes, they catch insects, small lizards, rodents or other birds and impale them to be eaten later. And if that behavior creeps you out, remember that we are carnivores that have to use a knife and fork to dissect and eat our meat.
The name "loggerhead" simply comes from the fact that the shrike's head appears to be much too large for its body. Sadly, their numbers have dropped sharply in the last half-century.
More to come from the Nature Calling news desk.
Congratulations, Betty.
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