Tweet of the Day - Great Grey Shrike
Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about our British birds inspired by their calls and songs. Kate Humble presents the great grey shrike. Great grey shrikes feed on small birds, which they can catch in flight. They also eat mice, voles and shrews and, as spring approaches, they'll include bees and larger beetles in their diet. Shrikes are also known as "butcher birds" because of their habit of impaling their prey on thorns, just as a butcher hangs his meat on hooks.
Published on Thursday, 10th April 2014.
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