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1 0 Spotting

Spotting

by GeoffreyPalmerOklahoma, USA

Cricket impaled on barbed wire by a ...

0 4 Cicada

Cicada

by PatrickWareNew Mexico, USA

Why has it been impaled on a cactus?

0 2 Ladybug Beetle

Ladybug Beetle

by Reza HashemizadehLos Angeles, California, USA

This Poor thing was impaled on this ...

0 0 Loggerhead Shrike

Loggerhead Shrike

by avesjohnEureka, California

A predatory songbird, famous for impaling ...

0 1 Southern Fiscal

Southern Fiscal

by samloftus61Matola, Mozambique

on genetic analysis). Impales prey on ...

13 14 Loggerhead Shrike/Butcher Bird

Loggerhead Shrike/Butcher Bird

by ceherzogSarasota, Florida, USA

Often called the Butcher bird because of the way it

2 3 Horsefly (Loggerhead Shrike Victim)

Horsefly (Loggerhead Shrike Victim)

by Daniel PrinceTennessee, USA

This horsefly carcass was found as pictured. This was the doing of a Loggerhead ...

13 7 Loggerhead Shrike

Loggerhead Shrike

by DonnaPomeroySarasota, Florida, USA

predator. But it uses its hooked beak to kill insects, lizards, mice, and ...

12 13 Loggerhead Shrike (Butcher Bird) & Prey

Loggerhead Shrike (Butcher Bird) & Prey

by ceherzogSarasota, Florida, USA

predator. But it uses its hooked beak to kill insects, lizards, mice, and ...

4 3 Southern Grey Shrike

Southern Grey Shrike

by ElsaDoha, Qatar

a characteristic feeding habit which includes

1 0 Loggerhead Shrike

Loggerhead Shrike

by LoisStaceyGeorgia, USA

Medium sized bird. Bluish-gray back, black mask, black primaries and white ...

1 0 Saddlebill Stork

Saddlebill Stork

by SteffiCincinnati, Ohio, USA

other underwater creatures. It quickly strikes to grasp or

0 0 Loggerhead Shrike

Loggerhead Shrike

by FeliecaCatoCordleOrlando, Florida, USA

Often called "the Butcher Bird" because it

1 0 Loggerhead Shrike

Loggerhead Shrike

by DonnaPomeroyLos Angeles, California, USA

predator. But it uses its hooked beak to kill insects, lizards, mice, and ...

8 7 Loggerhead Shrike

Loggerhead Shrike

by Frank WeaverClearwater, Florida, USA

predator. But it uses its hooked beak to kill insects, lizards, mice, and ...

1 0 Loggerhead Shrike

Loggerhead Shrike

by East End aka LoreleiCape Canaveral, Florida, USA

predator. But it uses its hooked beak to kill insects, lizards, mice, and ...

2 0 Common fiscal

Common fiscal

by Maria dBNairobi, Kenya

of impaling its prey on acacia thorns to ...

3 2 Loggerhead Shrike

Loggerhead Shrike

by ceherzogSarasota, Florida, USA

predator. But it uses its hooked beak to kill insects, lizards, mice, and ...

4 2 Southern Grey Shrike

Southern Grey Shrike

by NishantRajasthan, India

hunts from prominent perches, and impales ...

4 2 Southern Grey Shrike

Southern Grey Shrike

by SatyenMMadhya Pradesh, India

hunts from prominent perches, and impales ...

4 0 Loggerhead Shrike

Loggerhead Shrike

by LivanEscuderoTitusville, Florida, USA

"Vlad the Impaler" of the avian world. It ...

1 0 Loggerhead shrike

Loggerhead shrike

by LuisStevensLeón, Guanajuato, Mexico

predator. But it uses its hooked beak to kill insects, lizards, mice, and ...

1 4 Loggerhead Shrike / Alcaudon americano

Loggerhead Shrike / Alcaudon americano

by LuisStevensUtah, USA

predator. But it uses its hooked beak to kill insects, lizards, mice, and ...

1 1 Spotting

Spotting

by TrishPeakeOregon, USA

washed up tree !

0 0 Coachwhip snake

Coachwhip snake

by billikendaveArizona, USA

to strike us. Unfortunately on one strike attempt, it

3 0 Brown Shrike

Brown Shrike

by sunnyjosefErnakulam, Kerala, India

impale prey on thorns. Hence the name ...

4 13 Scale bug impaled on thorn

Scale bug impaled on thorn

by martinlNew South Wales, Australia

This bug has been stuck onto a thorn of the Bursaria bush. The legs are pointed ...

9 9 Rainbow Scarab stuck on barbwire

Rainbow Scarab stuck on barbwire

by Tom15Florida, USA

their habit of impaling small prey on ...

1 0 Loggerhead shrike

Loggerhead shrike

by Maria dBSouth Carolina, USA

A bird that impales its prey on thorns and ...

3 0 Loggerhead Shrike

Loggerhead Shrike

by James McNairTitusville, Florida, USA

habit of impaling its prey on spiky ...

0 2 Impaled 'Honey bee'

Impaled 'Honey bee'

by Mark RidgwayVictoria, Australia

Occasionally I have found various hymenopterans, dead and unattended, and ...

2 0 Loggerhead shrike

Loggerhead shrike

by Marta RubioTexeiraCalifornia, USA

lizards. Known in many parts as the "butcher bird," they

13 13 Loggerhead Shrike

Loggerhead Shrike

by robert emondGeorgia, USA

thorns and in this case barbed wire to

3 4 Great grey shrike

Great grey shrike

by Marta RubioTexeiraBritish Virgin Islands

underparts. They impal little rodents on ...

0 2 Bushbuck Doe

Bushbuck Doe

by JinkyDeeManyara, Tanzania

wounded and charge the hunter when he comes looking for it,

1 2 Loggerhead Shrike

Loggerhead Shrike

by East End aka LoreleiCape Canaveral, Florida, USA

predator. But it uses its hooked beak to kill insects, lizards, mice, and ...

0 6 Gentle Annie

Gentle Annie

by freelancingTexas, USA

need tweezers to remove it, or it will

1 2 Great Grey Shrike

Great Grey Shrike

by Marta RubioTexeiraTorrevieja, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain

shrikes it hunts from prominent perches, and

1 0 Butcherbird

Butcherbird

by ShannaB4573, Queensland, Australia

, as well as some fruits and seeds. Uneaten food may be stored in the fork or a ...

1 0 Brown Shrike

Brown Shrike

by sunnyjosefKochi, Kerala, India

that it could take even a small mouse and

9 6 Red-backed Shrike

Red-backed Shrike

by Ali Hemati Pourفارس‎, Iran

, rodents and lizards. Like other shrikes it hunts from prominent perches, and ...

4 2 Loggerhead Shrike

Loggerhead Shrike

by Ric3Florida, USA

"Butcher Bird" due the fact that it will captures its prey and often

2 0 Thread-legged assassin bug

Thread-legged assassin bug

by Sergio MonteiroCuritiba, PR, Brazil

grabbing, impaling, or pinning their prey. ...

1 0 Loggerhead shrike

Loggerhead shrike

by StacyHolcomb

Playful loggerhead shrike.

4 0 Bay backed shrike

Bay backed shrike

by Ashutosh DudhatraRajkot, Gujarat, India

it sallies after lizards, large insects, small birds and rodents.Prey may be ...

6 0 Loggerhead Shrike

Loggerhead Shrike

by JellisYuma, Arizona, USA

. Because it lacks talons, it impales it's ...

1 0 Didinium

Didinium

by William_DembowskiPennsylvania, USA

Didinium has a needle-like trichocyst which it uses to

2 0 Brown Shrike

Brown Shrike

by SukanyaDattaBardhaman, West Bengal, India

Rufous-brown crown and wings, scale-like pattern on breast and a patch over ...

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