bay-backed shrike

Glimpse ... Fabulous species of mid-sized Shrike ... ... love these colorful ... rather camera shy beauties ... _________ Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus Keoladeo National Park Bharatpur Rajasthan India 23 December 2013

Had uploaded a picture of the impaled beatle by this Bay-backed Shrike earlier. It proceeded to have its meal at liesure thereafter. Another full frame shot from my car.

With its kill. A full framer shot taken from my car.

Bay-backed Shrike

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Bay-backed Shrikes are widespresd resident birds of open dry scrub jungles and cultivated areas.

These are the two Juveniles with reference to the previous Adult Pictures. First breeding record in the UAE !

I heard the news that Bay-Backed Shrike had bred for the first time in the UAE (First Record of Breeding) and were residing in Masafi Wadi , UAE. I set off really early last Saturday and arrived at the Wadi about 6am. Took me about an hour to find the birds but they were very active. Managed...

I heard the news that Bay-Backed Shrike had bred for the first time in the UAE (First Record of Breeding) and were residing in Masafi Wadi , UAE. I set off really early last Saturday and arrived at the Wadi about 6am. Took me about an hour to find the birds but they were very active. Managed...

I was 2 weeks in Goa, India. There were incrediple among of birds. I got photos of 120 - 140 species of birds. I am still looking id of these birds. And I have some problems with my mobile photo hard drive. I have about 3 800 photos in that machine and I can`t move these to my computer. This...

Captured a few miles north of Baga at Morjim beach. Similar in size to Red-backed Shrike but considerably smaller than a Long-tailed Shrike.