Payout "Name the Bird Contest!" (Episode 52)

in #nature6 years ago

How well do you know the most common birds living in the Eastern USA and the East of Canada?

Read through the text below and pick the correct bird. The included photo may give you a good clue as well.
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Markings : Black mask, wings and tail; grey above, white below; hooked bill.
Habitat : Thornbushes, as in orchards and old pastures; barbed-wire fences
Seasons : All year in South; spring, summer, fall elsewhere.
Range : Breeds from Canada to Florida and Gulf of Mexico, but rare and local over much of Northeast; winters from c. U.S. southwards; north along coast to Virginia.
Note : Carnivorous, feeds on insects, more rarely on mice and small birds, all of which are caught and impaled on thorns and barbed wire.


The answer is the Loggerhead Shrike bird.

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@nexit
@camdor
@opiman
@oliviackl
@maryresp
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@owenwat

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