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tive bird, a shrike sighted a flying bumblebee 300 feet away, flew after it, and plucked the insect out of the air with its bill.
I have read of no explanation for the loss of the shrike, a bird that perches on dead limbs and utility wires and stares at the ground silently plotting villainies,” as one 19th century ornithologist described it. As the shrike is subtracted from the fabric of American bird life, something basic and good in the character of the American people is diminished.
A recent study has shown that a male shrike impales a number of victims to communicate to females that he is an excellent hunter and provide and would make an excellent mate. A female is searching for a male that can feed her young and pass her genes on to the next generation.
A shrike that one ornithologist observed in North Carolina had impaled 15 small snakes on a barbed wire fence;
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