[Kits]

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[Kits]

I watched a pair feeding young in a sloping meadow in [[Switzerland]]. The adult male frequently perched on an overhead power line. The juveniles stayed close to hawthorn bushes or on fences. I was surprised that the local house sparrows seemed to take no notice of them, freely perching close to the shrikes. There were three young. <br />
The shrike was known as the 'butcher bird' because of its habit of impaling prey on spikes (either natural or man-made). This habit is common to many shrike species.

[njlarsen]

Kits,
could I ask you to be a little more specific with why you put things up? Are you asking what to do with the quotes you put in here?

If that is what you want, then I think that the first part can go, but that the second part is a description of behavior worded in a way that helps people to remember what was said, so even though it is non-traditional, it still should stay is my feeling.

Cheers
Niels

[Kits]

I am putting other people's comments here as I thought they were meant to be on the discussions? Rather than just deleting them?

[njlarsen]

I believe most of these discussions are from before the old database was moved to Opus. In some cases, people did put up descriptions of the bird at that time which can be reworded to fit the current format, in other cases, they did put op comments that probably are not relevant to keep within opus.

Niels

[Kits]

I see.

I shall just delete them in future then.

Thanks!