Hunting ...
... impaling and eating
a prey ...
Southern Grey Shrike ...
A handsome large Shrike ...
Another first in my
BF-Folder ...
... One that has seen
lot of Taxonomic
upheavals ...
... reportedly, breeds
in our area ( ( eastern-most
boudary of its breeding range )
... that I'll
try to confirm for
myself during next summer ...
... by locating
a nesting site ... if
possible ...
This individual was sitting
on a boundary-post of
a field ... jumped to the
ground ... captured
a grasshopper ... and flew
into a nearby small Acacia
tree ... impaled the prey
and ate it head first ...
... disengaging it in
the end and swallowing
it fully ...
Though we missed the
capture part ... rest all
can be seen in a video-clip ...
Link :
http://www.birdforum.tv/members/action/viewvideo/7069/Southern_Grey_Shrike/
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Lanius meridionalis
Dist Gurgaon
Haryana
India
28.09.2015