Saw this very cool bird on top of an Ocotillo cactus along Fish Creek Wash in Anza Borrego State Park.
Loggerhead Shrike
This bird is famous for impaling small mammals against the spines of cactus. A carnivorous passerine...
They call this bird, the butcherbird.
Check this video of the shrike's handiwork. It has impaled about 10 horned lizards on a cactus.
credit:unknown (clearly not my photo, because the quality is too good....)
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