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Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)Observer
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Shrike nest with two newly hatched chicks so far. Industrial yards, train yard, interstate, brownfields. Nice urban prairies with good food source in native plants and insects, lizards, mice, etc.
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American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)Observer
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Kestrel has been hunting and perching in the same fields as the shrikes. Industrial yards, train yard, interstate, brownfields. Nice urban prairies with good food source in native plants and insects, lizards, mice, etc.
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Eastern Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa virginica)Observer
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Loggerhead shrike prey
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North American Mice and Rats (Subfamily Neotominae)Observer
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Loggerhead shrike prey. Missing the head.
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Wood Frog (Lithobates sylvaticus)Observer
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In the spring run to the pond
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May Beetles (Genus Phyllophaga)Observer
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Loggerhead shrike prey
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Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)Observer
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Loggerhead shrike eating a mourning dove. I observed the shrike perched on a wire above the carcass and swoop down to pick and tug at the mourning dove. I don’t know if the shrike killed the dove or if it just took advantage of the situation.
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Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)Observer
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Loggerhead shrike eating a mourning dove. I observed the shrike perched on a wire above the carcass and swoop down to pick and tug at. I don’t know if the shrike killed the dove or if it just took advantage of the situation.
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Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)Observer
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Finally found the larder!
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Smoky Brown Cockroach (Periplaneta fuliginosa)Observer
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Loggerhead shrike prey on agave in the parking lot of the public beach
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Mole Crickets (Family Gryllotalpidae)Observer
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Loggerhead shrike prey. Three crickets impaled on the agaves in the public beach parking lot landscape.
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North American Spur-throated Grasshoppers (Genus Melanoplus)Observer
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Loggerhead shrike prey
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Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)Observer
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Wedging a mole cricket in the twists of cables
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Mole Crickets (Family Gryllotalpidae)Observer
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Loggerhead shrike prey. Dauphin Island shrikes use the wires to perch and hunt and the twists of cables and wires to wedge their cache.
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West Atlantic Mantis Shrimp (Squilla empusa)Observer
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Found in my bag of shrimp from Bayou La Batre
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Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)Observer
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A large flock/murmuration of tree swallows were swirling over the marsh and around the pines.
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North American Least Shrew (Cryptotis parvus)Observer
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Loggerhead shrike prey
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Red Bats (Subgenus Lasiurus)Observer
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Suspected loggerhead shrike impalement (impaled by two prongs in the rear end and not the wing membrane). Found on the fence line I call Larder Lane. There were grasshoppers, beetles, spiders, skink remains, rodent remains on the same fence.
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Blackburn's Earth-boring Beetle (Geotrupes blackburnii)Observer
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Loggerhead shrike prey. Three beetles found on the barbed wire in close proximity. One was still wiggling. Found two more down the fence a little bit.
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Red-legged Grasshopper (Melanoplus femurrubrum)Observer
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Loggerhead shrike prey
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White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)Observer
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A little group of male and females foraging along a recently cut hedge next to the barbed wire fence. Found while looking for shrikes.
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Catalpa Sphinx (Ceratomia catalpae)Observer
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Several catalpa trees were completely defoliated. So many of the caterpillars were parasitized.
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Hornworm Parasitoid Wasp (Cotesia congregata)Observer
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So many parasitized catalpa sphinx moth caterpillars! And so many caterpillars. Several catalpa trees were completely defoliated.
