Northern Shrike

Lanius excubitor

 

 

First view, my yard, S. McClellan, Marquette, Michigan, 20 March 2013.

 

Another view, my yard, S. McClellan, Marquette, Michigan, 29 October 2012.

 

A sequence—in my yard, S. McClellan, Marquette, Michigan, 29 March 2013—of a Northern Shrike impaling and then beginning to eat a Black-capped Chickadee: First, second, third, fourth. Photos made from my living room, through the window (hence a bit blurry).

 

Another view, grounds of the Superior Dome, NMU campus, Marquette, Michigan, 2 December 2017.

 

Another view, Lake front, Marquette, Michigan, 22 January 2012.

 

Another view, across the valley to the south of my backyard, S. McClellan, Marquette, Michigan, 5 January 2011; here is another shot of this bird.

 

Another view, near Climbing Hill, Woodbury County, Iowa, 31 December 2009; here is another shot of this bird.

 

Another view, near Holly Springs, Woodbury County, Iowa, 29 December 2009.

 

Another view, west of Denver, Colorado, 3 February 2013.

 

Another view, near Duluth, Minnesota, 24 February 2013.