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PeterJCoskun — A loggerhead shrike
Published: 2010-03-25 16:52:08 +0000 UTC; Views: 1420; Favourites: 94; Downloads: 0
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This is a loggerhead shrike, also known as the "butcher bird". they are not that easy to find but you will likely find their prey impaled on a thorn or branch which it will come back to for feeding. This is a special status species for Arizona so i consider myself lucky to have photographed this one. It is only the second one I have seen in the past two years. This one was also quite cooperative to shoot with.Loggerhead shrike- Arizona
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haha i guess u could say that. im not too crazy about them but they r pretty neat
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It love those birds, even though they are kinda "crazed" when it comes to killing prey.
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They are pretty "brutal" in getting food
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Great capture!! The focus and composition are excellent. Very well done.
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I think that the Loggerhead behaves like the Northern Shrike in most respects and if so, the laid back attitude likely meant there was cached food within it's sight and/or it had just eaten.
Regardless of the speculative "Why?", you got the shot.
The crowning aspect of this image is getting a decent eye without blowing the highlights.
You nailed that black-on-black AND did it with a good catch-light.
Good shot, Peter.
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Thanks, I have not seen or observed a northern shrike before, but i can only speculate they will be very similar in behavior.
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haah i know you wont get this for a couple days.. but.. this has been featured in my journal [link]
<3 daniiiiiii
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what were you doing online!?
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Somebody brought a laptop haha
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how odd. I actually took a picture of one of these birds the other day, not ever having seen one of them before. I was about to start a search for the bird's feather pattern and then ran across this image through . Saved me a lot of time searching 
Amazing shot btw! The one I ran across was so flighty that a decent shot was impossible to capture.
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Thanks, glad it helped! I wish I could have gotten a flight shot, but this one was just content posing and letting me get close.
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a flight shot would have been awesome too, but he's super cute and you did an amazing job capturing him here. And, I'm glad your photo helped me out too
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They don't call it the butcher bird for nothing! lol
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Yeah, read about one crazy individual in Brian Jacques' "The Bellmaker: A Tale of Redwall"
He helped the good guys, since they had a common enemy in Urgan Nagru the "Foxwolf" - but he proved too dangerous to stay friends with for long, and had to be shaken off before he caused harm to them!
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Wonderful shot. I see them occasionally, but they are really very skidish and hard to photograph.
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Thanks. This one was surprisingly cooperative which made me quite happy, though it was never fully out of those branches unfortunately.
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Classic pose and good compisition. It's nice when they cooperate....
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Thanks, i was happy with this one ha
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