Great cinereous Shrike, or Butcher Bird

Plate 192
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Northern Shrike
Lanius borealis
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This tough bird feeds on rodents and smaller birds for much of the year. It spends the summer in the far north, appearing in southern Canada and the lower 48 States only in winter. Solitary and wary, the shrike is likely to be seen perched at the top of a lone tree in an open field, watching for prey.
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