True Shrikes (Laniidae) - BIRD OF THE MONTH JANUARY 2014

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Long-tailed or Magpie Shrike w/ scorpion - Kruger

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(Can someone please move this to the specific topic entry - looks like they're arranged by species) Thanks


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Fiscal shrike in front of my stoep
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Nice one \O


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\O okie!


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That shrike again, killing a mouse this time! :shock:

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We don't know if it has killed the mouse ;-)


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You thinking suicide? :-?


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=O: =O:


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Interesting find by aat in 2014 - was it a leucistic magpie shrike in the end?

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It has the features of a magpie shrike even if the tail is a bit shorter -O-


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