#loggerhead shrike

[claypigeonpottery]

a recent carving of a shrike

#available once fired #pottery #ceramics #sgraffito #carving #shrike #bird art #loggerhead shrike #barbed wire

[hyperiionvii]

junior illustration final: the seven deadly sins

#please please please click for better quality and look at the halftone texture it adds so much #the birds i picked for each sin all have a reason behind it and im so proud of that #i love talking about birds i explain my decision making to everyone possible #magpies steal #shrikes are carnivourous and kill their food on thorns #blue jays are extremely arrogant and pick fights with much larger birds #crows eat anything available #mockingbirds copy the calls of other birds #bowerbirds are known for their mating rituals #and cuckoos leave their eggs in other birds nests to avoid raising their young #illustration #digital illustration #original art #clip studio paint #seven deadly sins #black billed magpie #loggerhead shrike #blue jay #carrion crow #mockingbird #flame bowerbird #common cuckoo

[battle-of-the-birds]

Remember to read about the contestants before voting!

Loggerhead Shrike

A cute little songbird, the Loggerhead Strike is known for one particular thing… stabbing it’s prey onto thorns and barber wire. Without large talons to rip into its prey, they rely on this tactic of impaling their meals in order to get to the meat. They’ll impale mice, lizards, bugs, and smaller birds to these thorns. They used to be more widespread in America, however they are now listed as near threatened due to their significant population decrease. Learn More!

Common Raven

The common raven is a very smart bird. They have even been found to be drawn to gunshot sounds, as they know hunters will often kill animals. People have always been fascinated by ravens, and in London it’s said that if the ravens of London tower ever leave the whole British empire will crumble! They’re also seen as tricksters in Pacific Northwest Native American tribes. In one myth, they are told to have brought fire to people by stealing the sun. Learn More! Much More

(Art by @tertain-the-original )

#bird battle #round three #birds #polls #loggerhead shrike #shrike #common raven #raven

[amememightywarrior]

tonight i have drawn estinien as a loggerhead shrike with his prey speared on the thorns of a branch for later eating

#art #ffxiv #estinien wyrmblood #loggerhead shrike #the squid can't escape him now

[feather-bone]

07.24.22 Loggerhead Shrike!

[ID: an illustration of a loggerhead shrike, a small bird, perched on a thorny branch with gold clusters of flowers on a blue background. End.]

#loggerhead shrike #shrike #shrikes #birds #daily creature #animals

[randomalistic]

Look at this fucking FREAK !

#bird #loggerhead shrike #wild kratts #I love them… #shrike #I really need to start making bird ocs or SOMETHING. I have endless love #[EDIT] this was from a while ago and used ‘psycho’ so i changed it #girl that term might be a harmful insult <3

[officialweezerelections]

QUARTERFINALS

Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)

These little birds know how to use weapons to skewer and tear apart their meals! Using thorns on plants or barbed wire, they butcher animals much larger than themselves by coming at them so quickly that it twists their heads and gives them whiplash. Their hooked beaks are perfect for tearing out the throats of their prey.

VERSUS

Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus)

Their gular sacks look like boobs and they bounce them around as part of their courting ritual. And they make this weird popping noise. Their crops aren’t large enough to digest seeds.

#tournament poll #quarterfinals #loggerhead shrike #greater sage grouse

[spacefinch]

Prairie Poem #6

"Loggerhead Shrike"

Perched atop the buffalo bush

During a midsummer’s day

The shrike observes his grassland domain

Searching, scanning for prey.

He wears a jet-black bandit's mask

To cut through the blazing sun's glare��

With sharp eyes, he spots a rock,

And a prairie kingsnake resting there.

Swooping down from his perch,

The shrike goes on the attack—

The kingsnake meets its final fate

Before it has a chance to react.

A fierce predator is this gray bird—

Don't let his small size fool you—

He hunts not only small creatures,

But prey his own size, too.

Impaling it on a thorny branch,

Or stabbing it on a barbed wire—

This hunter saves his catch for later

To eat whenever he desires.

Perched upon the buffalo-bush

Searching, scanning for prey

The shrike observes his grassland domain

During a midsummer’s day.

#my art #birdposting #poetry #my poetry #loggerhead shrike

[themilksnake]

funny birb drawing wip (loggerhead shrike)

#themilksnake #shrike #loggerhead shrike #bird #birds #animal art #nature art #hannibal #subtle hannibal fanart

[lumaerix]

ref sheet of my new oc, shrike!

#reference sheet #my art #original character #loggerhead shrike #my oc

[sparrowlicious]

I drew a loggerhead shrike! So basically, the OC of one of my friends is nicknamed 'shrike' so it stands to reason I draw one at least once! This was done with alcohol markers and prismacolor pencils.

#traditional art #bird art #loggerhead shrike

[hawkpartys]

I saw a shrike for the first time yesterday! One of my favorite birds 

#inaturalist #nature #naturalism #naturalist #ecology #zoology #biology #orinthology #bird #birds #shrike #loggerhead shrike #photography #wildlife photography #nature photography #hawks photos

[hiimlesphotos]

Facing the Sun

#photography #nikon #loggerhead shrike #raptor #bird of prey #cactus #new mexico #hiimles

[battle-of-the-birds]

Remember to read about the contestants before voting!

Loggerhead Shrike

A cute little songbird, the Loggerhead Strike is known for one particular thing… stabbing it’s prey onto thorns and barber wire. Without large talons to rip into its prey, they rely on this tactic of impaling their meals in order to get to the meat. They’ll impale mice, lizards, bugs, and smaller birds to these thorns. They used to be more widespread in America, however they are now listed as near threatened due to their significant population decrease. Learn More!

California Quail

With such a distinctive crest, it’s no wonder that the California quail is the California state bird. The males and females have alternating calls, which fit together neatly with one another as they call back and forth. Quails will often take in other quail chicks and raise them as their own. They primarily gain their moisture intake from the insects they eat, since they live in a hot dry environment. Learn More!

(Loggerhead Shrike photo by Brian Sullivan)

(California Quail photo by Paul Fenwick)

#bird battle #round two #birds #polls #loggerhead shrike #shrike #California quail #quail

[na-bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: Loggerhead Shrike

Photo: John Sutton

"In open terrain, this predatory songbird watches from a wire or other high perch, then pounces on its prey: often a large insect, sometimes a small bird or a rodent. The Loggerhead is gradually disappearing from many areas, for reasons that are poorly understood."

- Audubon Field Guide

#birds #loggerhead shrike #birds of north america #north american birds #birds of america #american birds #shrike #shrikes #bird #bird watching #birdblr #birblr #passerines #birds of the us #birds of mexico #birds of canada #Lanius ludovicianus

[great-and-small]

Loggerhead shrike braving a windy day

#Lanius #birds in the wild #birds #birblr #loggerhead shrike #shrikes #cute #animals #fauna #nature #wildlife #ornithology