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This horsefly carcass was found as pictured. This was the doing of a Loggerhead Shrike that impaled the insects thorax with the barbed wire fence.
Farmland
Spotted on Aug 21, 2017
Submitted on Nov 3, 2017
3 Comments
This is very possible! It was on farmland and there is an abundance of thorned Honey Locust trees in that area. That would make a lot more sense. Editing.
Yes I think Machi is most likely onto it. We have a few 'butcher birds' in Australia too. Sometimes there are several victims on one thorny bush.
Did you see it collide with it? It looks like a possible prey of a Loggerhead Shrike, in which case that would be very cool.