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You could say the Loggerhead Shrike keeps its Halloween decorations up year-round! 🎃 A songbird masquerading as a rapto
Birds GeorgiaOctober 16, 2026

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You could say the Loggerhead Shrike keeps its Halloween decorations up year-round!

🎃 A songbird masquerading as a raptor, the Loggerhead Shrike hunts and kills prey with its hooked beaks, then impales the leftovers on barbed wire or thorns. ☠️ For poisonous prey like monarch butterflies, a Loggerhead Shrike will leave the meal skewered for days to allow the toxins to break down before eating. 📷️: Loggerhead Shrike photo by Steve Rushing (@rushingoutdoors), a member of our Birds Georgia Photographers Network
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