Friday, December 12, 2008

Beak of the Week!

Victoria from Colorado you've guessed another beak! Last week's bird was a red-tailed hawk. Great guessing!

Now here's an altogether different beak, belonging to the order Passeriformes. But this is no ordinary song bird. This is a predatory song bird. The owner of this beak impales its food on thorns or barbed wire fences:

But these feet look so dainty and innocent!

I wonder who can guess the identity of this terrifyingly cute little carnivore. Good luck!

3 comments:

  1. This bird is a Shrike. I'm guessing a Loggerhead Shrike.

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  2. I agree with Jane on both statements.

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  3. It looks like a crow to me.

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