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Lanius excubitor

Northern Shrike

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The latin name of the Northern Shrike, Lanis excubitor, means "Butcher watchman" due to its practice of impaling prey on thorns or barbed wire, much in the way butchers hang up meat in their shops. Boundary Bay, Delta, BC. Canada

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