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Nailed Grasshopper

Description:

This is how the Lanius ludovicianus store their food!! a grasshopper nailed in this kind of Agave sp.

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6 Comments

Aaron_G
Aaron_G 12 years ago

Very cool to see prey stored on a natural item such as an agave. I frequently see small animals stashed on barbed wire fences near my home. (see the 2nd photo of my spotting) http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/834...

Maria dB
Maria dB 12 years ago

Thanks for the explanation, Argybee - makes this spotting even more interesting.

Panda27
Panda27 12 years ago

Wow amazing shot

Mau Sanchez
Mau Sanchez 12 years ago

yes this is amazing!!

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 12 years ago

Wow this so interesting about the bird Argybee i have no idea

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 12 years ago

Good spot.
For those wondering about Lanius ludovicianus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loggerhead_...

Mau Sanchez
Spotted by
Mau Sanchez

Valle Alcocer, Guanajuato, Mexico

Spotted on Feb 20, 2012
Submitted on Feb 20, 2012

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