Pose please

Went back to Stow maries first thing this morning and was pleased to see the Great Grey Shrike was a little bit more photogenic for me this time round.

Operation Butcher Bird !!

Today's target was this Great Grey Shrike, that had been found on the Stow maries Aerodrome near Cold Norton. Known as the butcher bird because it strikes its prey, usually lizards or small mammals with its feet. Then it impales them on the spikes of a blackthorn bush or on the barb of a barbed wire fence. So at last another new species for my blog and my Essex tick for 2011. Mission complete.