Shrikes: Meet the Bird That Impales Prey on Spikes

If you’ve ever found a small animal impaled on a spike, odds are it was killed by a shrike.

Creature Feature: Loggerhead shrike

Bay-backed Shrike impales prey on thorn, Brainfever bird and Small Minivet - Birds of Jawai

I recently learned about the bird species Shrike, and was wondering how can they lured their prey into being impaled on a spike, but avoid being impaled or damaged by said spike?

Meet the loggerhead shrike, the rare butcher bird of FMR-restored prairies

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SCBI's Loggerhead Shrikes Released in Canada Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

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Loggerhead Shrike and its prey - Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

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