| 单词 | shrike |
| 例句 | Crows flapped off an occasional jackrabbit carcass; a black-and-white shrike sat on a fence post with a dead kangaroo rat dangling from under its talons; cows lumbered moodily off the dirt path into the sagebrush. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Stewart flits between action and sky-searching with aplomb: when Ashley urges the hero to pull a gun, he moves from paralysing fear to decisiveness and then, when he spots a red-backed shrike, to exhilaration. King Crow by Michael Stewart ? review 2011-07-22T21:55:04Z One is the red-backed shrike, a common autumn migrant in Egypt that often roosts in acacia trees. Put a Bird on It? Ancient Egypt Was Way Ahead of Us. 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z One of the few natural predators of live lubbers is the shrike, a small bird that can decapitate the grasshoppers with its beak or impale them on thorns or barbed-wire fences. Monster grasshoppers swarm the Everglades 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z “Remember me, love, when I am reborn/As the shrike to your sharp and glorious thorn,” Hozier sings. Review: Singer-songwriter Hozier stuns with sophomore album 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z A 1987 paper reported on a shrike killing a cardinal not quite two grams lighter than its own weight and then struggling to lift off with its prize. These songbirds impale their prey in a ghoulish hunting technique 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Scientists used a high-speed video camera to film 28 shrikes attacking large vertebrate prey at a zoological research center on San Clemente Island in California. Slow-motion video reveals ‘killer whiplash’ butcherbirds use to take down prey twice their size 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z In the sagebrush, he found a loggerhead shrike, green-tailed towhee and prairie falcon. Mystery bird collection finds new home at Laramie museum 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z “Rough-legged hawk. Harrier. Bald eagle. Raven. Oh, there’s a northern shrike,” he says, glancing at his bewildered passenger. The power of the owl 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z The researchers also tracked two smaller migratory species traveling from Denmark to sub-Saharan Africa: thrush nightingales and red-backed shrikes. On Long Migrations, Birds Chase an Eternal Spring 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z Sustaita set up cameras around a caged feeding arena and filmed shrikes, beak open, lunging to catch dinner. These songbirds impale their prey in a ghoulish hunting technique 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z On a less positive note, northern bobwhite, American kestrels and loggerhead shrikes continued to decline in most regions. Annual Christmas Bird Count coming up 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z Lynch says researchers are monitoring 10 loggerhead shrikes that recently hatched. Smithsonian institute studies loggerhead shrike’s decline 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z High priority species needing swift intervention include black rail, loggerhead shrike, piping plover, eastern hellbender, Blanding’s turtle, and Atlantic sturgeon. NY revises list of species in need of conservation 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z Red-backed shrikes, for example, leave Denmark and reach southeast Europe in August. On Long Migrations, Birds Chase an Eternal Spring 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z Falcons and hawks attack with their talons, but shrikes evolved on the songbird branch of the bird tree — without such powerful grips. These songbirds impale their prey in a ghoulish hunting technique 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Among the thrush-sized great gray shrikes, males apportion their gifts according to what they can get away with. Basics: For That Zeus Bug in Your Life 2013-12-23T19:46:20Z Other species that fall into the death traps include woodpeckers, sparrows, shrikes, kestrels and owls, many of which are already experiencing population declines. Green Blog: Mine Markers Threaten Birds Out West 2012-04-26T11:43:30Z Wagtails and white-crested redstarts dodged about from rock to rock in the rushing stream, and the clear note of the shrike could usually be heard above the noise of the waters. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z At about the same time, he began watching and learning about birds, inspired by the burrowing owls, western meadowlarks, and loggerhead shrikes that inhabited the fields between his home and his school in northern California. City Room: Hawk Cam 2012: Ask About Bobby and Rosie 2012-04-02T14:15:45Z If the mouse somehow dodges, the shrike pounces again, “feet first, mouth agape.” These songbirds impale their prey in a ghoulish hunting technique 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z The family includes many species, some of which are called ant shrikes, ant thrushes, and ant wrens. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z So high, in fact, that there was soon a much greater concentration of hawks, falcons and shrikes in the Lower Ninth than would be found in a rural environment. The Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans Gives New Meaning to ?Urban Growth? 2012-03-22T13:27:22Z A red-eyed vireo baby in his cradle Out of it Home of the loggerhead shrike, with plenty of convenient hooks for this butcher bird to hang meat on. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z In a bush, on the left hand, a beautiful crimson-breasted shrike occasionally uttered a clear ringing note. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z But there’s a whole other question: How does a shrike manage not to shake its own brain to mush? These songbirds impale their prey in a ghoulish hunting technique 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z For such a Crow vanquishes without much trouble eagles, goshawks, shrikes, gerfalcons, sparrow-hawks. Flemish Legends 2011-10-10T02:00:21.467Z There were plenty of species at street level as well: blue jays, cardinals, American crows, Eastern phoebes, killdeer, loggerhead shrike, kestrel falcons, bronzed cowbirds and, rarest of all, an open-ground woodpecker. The Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans Gives New Meaning to ?Urban Growth? 2012-03-22T13:27:22Z It is sad to record that sometimes shrikes also sneak upon their prey. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z These shrikes tend to be resident in southern counties, but are migratory in the north. The Breeding Birds of Kansas 2011-08-27T02:00:24.797Z And Neale, when he was at hand, hung pieces of fat and suet in the trees for the jays and shrikes, and other of the “meat-eaters.” The Corner House Girls' Odd Find Where they made it, and What the Strange Discovery led to 2011-05-31T02:00:34.950Z Not unlikely a shrike sits motionless and dumb upon a telegraph wire, or in contrary mood whistles and chirrups industriously from some tree-top. A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z It was of the ordinary shape of the shrikes, or fly-catchers, and, like them, of sombre plumage,—a dull grey blended with bluish slate. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z It is only in winter that the northern shrike visits the United States, travelling as far south as Virginia and Kansas between October and April. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z He fell on the ground and the grasshopper disappeared, carried away by a huge shrike. Little Tom 2011-02-02T03:00:21.113Z The smaller predatory birds are the shrikes, and birds of paradise. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History He is every whit as independent as the shrike, but in how opposite a manner!—with a self-reliance that is never self-sufficiency, and bravery that offers no suspicion of bravado. A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z Under the cloudless curve Of a wide remorseless sky Sleeps the patchy scrub of the sweeping veld And the slim blue gums, and the wattle belt Where the shrike broods watchfully. Provocations You remember that the blue jay has the thrifty habit of storing nuts for the proverbial rainy day, and that the shrike hangs up his meat to cure on a thorn tree like a butcher. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z To leeward could be seen flocks of the wild sea shrike, whose ominous bark could be distinctly heard above the snort of the coming tempest. Bill the Minder While I was watching the first shrike family, Canello had two scares. A-Birding on a Bronco Life histories of North American wagtails, shrikes, vireos and their allies. Natural History of the Bell Vireo, Vireo bellii Audubon At this moment a passing shrike swooped down and caught the butterfly in his beak. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life Just such an extended branch as a shrike or a kingbird would use as a lookout while searching the landscape o'er for something to eat, the little sparrow hawk chooses for the same purpose. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z The shrikes are numerous here, and all have their special haunts, to which they annually return. The Hills and the Vale East of the willows, and separated from them by the dark green mallows and bright yellow California forget-me-nots, was the sycamore where the shrike was driven off by the blackbirds. A-Birding on a Bronco One very notorious habit of the shrike I had been especially desirous of investigating—that of impaling his prey. Upon The Tree-Tops One of them, painted, haggard, desperate, awful, stopped as if to speak to her; but Letty sped away like a snowbird from a shrike. The Dust Flower The jay and the shrike are wild and rough, not to say barbarous, while the white-eyed vireo and the chat have the character which commonly goes by the name of oddity. Birds in the Bush A shrike flew down from a hedge on May 9, just in front of me, and alighted on a dandelion, bending the flower to the ground and clasping the stalk in his claws. The Hills and the Vale I watched this attack with great interest, not knowing that shrikes were concerned in blackbird matters, and also because it was welcome news that one of these strange characters had rented a lot of me. A-Birding on a Bronco At least twice afterward, when silently approaching the nest, I found two other shrikes hopping about with the one I was studying, on the ground, almost under the tree. Upon The Tree-Tops It is an extensive group of thick-headed shrikes, containing about fifty species, ranging in the Indian and Australian region, but not in New Zealand. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia It is natural to think of the shrike in connection with the jay, but the two have points of unlikeness no less than of resemblance. Birds in the Bush I admit that I am always obliged to keep an eye upon the shrike, for I expect it to get into mischief at any time. Policeman Bluejay Some finches flew overhead as if meaning to stop, but saw the shrike and went on. A-Birding on a Bronco On one occasion I saw what sort of food the shrike collected. Upon The Tree-Tops But before he could raise his gun, the shrike, to his amazement, burst into an exquisite song, sweet and pure as a thrush’s melody, and, spreading its slaty wings, it sailed off through the sunshine. A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories But even the stoical shrike is not without his epicurean weakness. Birds in the Bush Either she or Tom was always at home, and for my part I watched the shrike carefully and found he did not fly near the nest of the titmice at all. Policeman Bluejay I could hear the merry songs of the assembly down in the sycamores, but not a bird lit while we were there—the shrikes certainly have a bad name among their neighbors. A-Birding on a Bronco I was particularly desirous to hear the song of the shrike. Upon The Tree-Tops If ever shrikes will learn to confine their attacks to English sparrows, we should offer them every encouragement. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year But further discussion concerning the bird's identity was soon rendered needless; for, while we were talking, along came a sparrow, and dropped carelessly into a hawthorn bush, right under the shrike's perch. Birds in the Bush Well, Tom Titmouse naturally thought the shrike had eaten Nancy's eggs, so he came to me and ordered me to arrest the robber. Policeman Bluejay It looked as if the shrike fed his mate. A-Birding on a Bronco In a minute the shrike returned and fed somebody,—I suppose his mate, since she did not move aside; and again in another minute he repeated the operation. Upon The Tree-Tops Look at him carefully through your glasses, and if his beak is hooked, like that of a hawk, you may know that you are watching a northern shrike, or butcher bird. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year A kind word must be said for the shrike, also, who during the three coldest months is to be seen on the Common oftener than any other of our native birds. Birds in the Bush But the shrike pleaded his innocence, and I had no proof against him. Policeman Bluejay The great red-backed shrike flew in alarm—his nest was destroyed; the ravens and all the other birds had lost their homes, and flew wildly about with cries of distress and anger. The Sand-Hills of Jutland The loggerhead shrike is one of our most beautiful birds, clear blue-gray above, and snowy white below. Upon The Tree-Tops Then for a few minutes there was such a chaos of shrike and scissorstail that we could scarcely tell which was which. Our Bird Comrades The third man, who had never before seen such a thing, stepped up within reach of the bush, and eyed the performance at his leisure, the shrike not deigning to mind him in the least. Birds in the Bush I was also angry, by that time; so I flew to the shrike's nest and found him all scratched and torn and his feathers plucked in many places. Policeman Bluejay The shrike's bloodthirstiness was seen in the fact that he did not stop to devour his prey, but went in quest of more, as if opening a market of goldfinches. Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs When we reached the thorn-tree, on that last evening, we seated ourselves on the bank beside the road, to enjoy the music of the meadow, and to see the shrike family. Upon The Tree-Tops On the other hand, the shrike's larynx, including the glottis, is a clumsy affair, whereas the mocker's larynx is indeed wonderfully made. Our Bird Comrades But, beside these, insects for swallows, swifts, martins, shrikes, thrushes, orioles, sparrows, the beautiful trogans and jacamars, moles, shrews, hedgehogs, and a multitude of others, too numerous to mention, but not too numerous to eat. The Deluge in the Light of Modern Science A Discourse Tom Titmouse accused the shrike of murder, and so did Nancy, who had nearly cried her eyes out. Policeman Bluejay A network of twigs and vines in one of the small willows afforded a support and partial covert for the nest of a pair of white-rumped shrikes. Birds of the Rockies Thanks are due to Mr. Frederic A. Ober for the use of his notes on one of the solitaires, embodied in Chapter XII., and to the Godey Company for permission to reproduce two shrike pictures. Upon The Tree-Tops A loggerhead shrike suddenly appeared on the scene, and made an assault on the flycatcher. Our Bird Comrades The foiled shrike, with an angry and astonished twitter, flew off to a tree across the pool. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life At this all the birds set up an excited chatter, and the shrike again screamed that he was innocent. Policeman Bluejay It is no argument against94 this theory, that the shrike sometimes leaves these stores without returning to them. Popular Adventure Tales Could the most bloodthirsty shrike desire a more commodious larder? Upon The Tree-Tops Each bird his kindly mate has found, And loud their notes of triumph sound, Blending in sweetest music like The distant warblings of the shrike. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse At this moment, from a branch overhead, a hungry shrike dashed down. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life The crook-beaked shrike His back may spike And pierce him with a thorn; The humble bee A tramp is he And there is none to mourn. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, May 20, 1914 You will notice in any picture of a shrike how admirably adapted is its curved beak for butchering purposes. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children It was a walk up a long, lonely road to a solitary thorn-tree, where I was studying a shrike's nest. Upon The Tree-Tops It is unusual to see a shrike at as high an elevation as 6000 feet. Birds of the Indian Hills It is no argument against this theory, that the shrike sometimes leaves these stores without returning to them. The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North Jays, hawks, owls, little falcons, shrikes, weasels, stoats, and polecats. Burr Junior I think I have told you that many birds—hawks, eagles, owls, shrikes, &c.—throw up from their crops the indigestible portions of their food. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children I watched the shrike several hours daily for weeks, and from the first I was every moment on the alert for the slightest manifestation of these characteristics; and what did I find out? Upon The Tree-Tops Undoubtedly passerine in structure, shrikes are as indubitably raptores by nature. Birds of the Indian Hills They evidently had had experiences with hawks and shrikes. The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers This species was determined by Blyth on a single specimen, which was found without its head, impaled by some shrike upon a thorn at Cherrapunji. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Mr. Yarrell says that the great grey shrike is only an occasional visitor to this country, and is generally obtained between autumn and spring. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children On one occasion, somewhat later, I saw an exhibition of a similar friendliness among four adult shrikes. Upon The Tree-Tops It is true that the grey-backed shrike does occur as high as 9000 feet, but this species, being confined mainly to the inner ranges, does not occur at most hill stations. Birds of the Indian Hills It was a shrike, thirsting for blood or brains. The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers A small shrike was also secured as a specimen. The First Landing on Wrangel Island With Some Remarks on the Northern Inhabitants There were two pairs of shrikes using the telegraph wires for this purpose one spring only a short distance beyond noisy Clapham Junction. Nature Near London On the morning of the Fourth of July, a cool, and in that remote part of the world a delightfully quiet day, I felt an unaccountable disinclination to make my usual visit to the shrikes. Upon The Tree-Tops Then out came the shrike, flew above the run-away gopher children, and, diving on them, killed them one after another with blows at the back of the skull. The Story of My Boyhood and Youth Both the grey shrike and the wood-shrike begin nesting operations in February. A Bird Calendar for Northern India The shrike is his worst enemy, the swift swoop of his cruel beak being always fatal in a flock of chickadees. Ways of Wood Folk The determination and fierce resolution of the shrike, or butcherbird, despite his small size, is most marked. Nature Near London I turned with dread to a family I had not thought of trying—the shrikes. Upon The Tree-Tops They kept nibbling at the wheat until it was harvested and then gleaned in the stubble, keeping up a careful watch for their enemies,—dogs, hawks, and shrikes. The Story of My Boyhood and Youth The large grey shrikes add the clamour of their courtship to the avian chorus. A Bird Calendar for Northern India Fortunately the shrike is rare with us; one seldom finds his nest, with poor Chickadee impaled on a sharp thorn near by, surrounded by a varied lot of ugly beetles. Ways of Wood Folk One day a shrike darted down from a hedge just before me, not a yard in front, and dashed a dandelion to the ground. Nature Near London I was at the shrikes' nest Thursday last. Upon The Tree-Tops The shrike was frightened away; its nest was torn down; the osprey and all the other birds lost their nests too, and they flew about distractedly, shrieking in their terror and anger. Stories from Hans Andersen As stated above, most of the shrikes go a-courting in March. A Bird Calendar for Northern India Red-backed shrike was her name, female was her sex, and from Africa had she come. The Way of the Wild The shrike's head resembles that of the eagle in miniature. Nature Near London I left hermits and veeries, I said adieu to sandpipers and grosbeaks, and went to the village to abide with the shrike family. Upon The Tree-Tops Warblers, thrushes, flycatchers, shrikes, and crows must all be comparatively recent immigrants from the Asiatic mainland. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science In this month and in April most of the shrikes lay their eggs, but nests containing eggs or young are to be seen in May, June, July and August. A Bird Calendar for Northern India Mrs. Blackie very nearly had a fit on the spot, and the shrike judged that the time had about arrived for her to quit that vicinity. The Way of the Wild The sharp relentless shrike that used to live by the copse moved up here, and from that very hornbeam perpetually darted across the road upon insects in the fern and furze opposite. Nature Near London On these lines, therefore, I proceeded to study my shrikes. Upon The Tree-Tops It obviously has much analogy? with the Drongo shrikes in habits, and in forked tail: as well as in lengthened body? Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries Three allies of the shrikes are likewise busy with their nests at this season. A Bird Calendar for Northern India The great northern shrike is a frequent winter visitor, but by ill chance I have not been up when he has called at the roof. Roof and Meadow In the Eastern tropics are many brilliant birds belonging to the families of the warblers, flycatchers, shrikes, etc., but the female is always much less brilliant than the male and often quite dull coloured. Darwinism (1889) Whatever other shrikes may be or do, at least this pair, and the three or four others who visited them, were amiable with their neighbors, small as well as great. Upon The Tree-Tops I believe it is only one of the shrike family, but it is too young to identify at present. Three Months of My Life Next to the manakins, are the Indian, African, and American caterpillar eaters; the Malabar and African shrikes; and in the two last cases of the tooth-beaked group, are placed the true butcher-birds and bush shrikes. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits We always answer at random and say it's a wagtail or a flowering shrike or a female magnolia. Mince Pie As soon as they are fledged and begin to leave the nest great numbers are destroyed by buzzards, sparrow-hawks, and shrikes. Darwinism (1889) One very hot day I did not reach my place under the maple till after nine o'clock, and I found the shrike, as I frequently did, on the fence, on guard. Upon The Tree-Tops Salammb�'s craving, morbid and enslaving, was sanity compared with your mad love, As well the swallow the fierce shrike might follow, Or hawk be chased by dove! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, April 4, 1891 The varieties to be seen here include the South American pikas and shrikes, with their gay plumage. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits The other day Titania sent me out to put up a new clothesline; I found that a shrike or a barn swallow or some other veery had built a nest in the clothespin basket. Mince Pie On the other hand the great shrike, the tree-creeper, the nut-hatch, the nut-cracker, the hoopoe, and many other birds, lay from four to six or seven eggs, and yet are never abundant. Darwinism (1889) The solitary white-rumped shrike is occasionally met with in late summer. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter The Mexican crossbill appeared to have little fear of the migrating Northern shrike. Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico In its structure it closely approaches the true shrikes, but in its habits may be compared to many birds. The Voyage of the Beagle In form and habits they resemble swallows, but in structure they resemble shrikes. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section T, U, V, and W Catbirds, king-birds, and shrikes gave him a wide berth, and not even the ever-quarrelsome jays plucked up enough courage to antagonize him. The Song of the Cardinal Sometimes it is a flycatcher, sometimes a greenfinch, or chaffinch, now and then a robin, in one place a shrike, perhaps another is a redstart. Pageant of Summer Some seasons pass and I never see a shrike. The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton The shrike had greatly annoyed him; it had been hanging about for some time, he told me, dashing at the linnets and driving them off when they flew down to the nets. Birds in Town and Village A nest had been built in a conspicuous spot by a pair of shrike thrushes, which the blacks, according to locality, know as "Moorgoody" and "Too-dring." Tropic Days A loggerhead shrike—now close at my elbow, now farther away—was practicing his extensive vocabulary with perseverance, if not with enthusiasm. A Florida Sketch-Book For nature is one with rapine, a harm no preacher can heal; The Mayfly is torn by the swallow, the sparrow spear'd by the shrike. Halleck's New English Literature There has been an unusual number of shrikes the past fall and winter; like the hawks, they follow in the wake of the little birds and prey upon them. The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton I shall not say one word in favor of the next bird that I mention, the great Northern shrike, or butcher-bird. Nature's Serial Story Not one of these birds was visible, nor was the fluty-voiced shrike thrush, which answers every strange call and mimics crude attempts to reproduce its varied notes. Tropic Days To my ear they were often suggestive of the Northern shrike. A Florida Sketch-Book A slug has been found impaled on a thorn, but whether this was the shrike’s larder, or as a charm for removing warts, is uncertain. John Keble's Parishes But let me change the strain and contemplate for a few moments this feathered bandit,—this bird with the mark of Cain upon him, Lanius borealis,—the great shrike or butcher-bird. Locusts and Wild Honey A moment later the shrike will be seen among them, causing no alarm, for his appearance is in his favor. Nature's Serial Story Sometimes it is a flycatcher, sometimes a greenfinch, or chaffinch, now and then a robin, in one place a shrike, perhaps another is a redstart. The Life of the Fields For at least half an hour the old mill was forgotten, while I chased the grackle about, as he flew hither and thither, sometimes with a loggerhead shrike in furious pursuit. A Florida Sketch-Book The drongo shrike is another permanent resident; glossy black, with a metallic shimmer on the shoulders, long-tailed, sharp of bill and masterful. Confessions of a Beachcomber The shrike's blood-thirstiness was seen in the fact that he did not stop to devour his prey, but went in quest of more, as if opening a market of goldfinches. Locusts and Wild Honey Three shrikes once made such havoc among the sparrows of Boston Common that it became necessary to take much pains to destroy them. Nature's Serial Story Of birds the most numerous were the new pigeon and the black-shouldered hawk; but there was a shrike that frequented the creeks which I should have noticed before. Expedition into Central Australia In the drier and more open parts of the way cardinals, mocking-birds, and thrashers were singing, ground doves were cooing, quails were prophesying, and loggerhead shrikes sat, trim and silent, on the telegraph wire. A Florida Sketch-Book I saw one of them catch four shrikes, called ta′-la, in a single afternoon, and a fifth one was caught early the next morning. The Bontoc Igorot The shrike is not a summer bird with us in the Northern States, but mainly a fall and winter one; in summer he goes farther north. Locusts and Wild Honey Probably it is because the shrike is a rare visitant, and is not found in this part of the country during the nesting season of our songsters. Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers The giant, loathing the little mouse-like ball of fur, chose the shrike. Openings in the Old Trail A lesser distiction between the only two representatives of the shrike family that frequent our neighborhood — and they are two too many — is in the smaller size of the loggerhead and its lighter-gray plumage. Bird Neighbors It is the cry of the Northern shrike, of whom tradition says that he catches little birds and impales them on sharp thorns. Little Rivers; a book of essays in profitable idleness The shrike is a citizen of the world, being found in both hemispheres. Locusts and Wild Honey The only case I know of in which our small birds fail to recognize their enemy is furnished by the shrike; apparently the little birds do not know that this modest-colored bird is an assassin. Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers This was further complicated by the nature of her burden—a half-fledged shrike and a baby gopher—picked up in her walk. Openings in the Old Trail Hawk or shrike has done this deed Of downy feathers: rueful sight! Poems — Volume 2 It proved to be a shrike with a small bird in his beak. Locusts and Wild Honey This account agrees with Thoreau's observation, where he speaks of the shrike “with heedless and unfrozen melody bringing back summer again.” Locusts and Wild Honey A youth who was with me, to whom I pointed out the fact, had never heard of such a thing, and was much incensed at the shrike. Locusts and Wild Honey On the instant a shrike, perched on the topmost spray of a maple above the house, set up a loud, harsh call or whistle, suggestive of certain notes of the blue jay. Locusts and Wild Honey To make my portrait of the shrike more complete, I will add another trait of his described by an acute observer who writes me from western New York. Locusts and Wild Honey The shrike was uttering a loud, clear note like clu-eet, clu-eet, clu-eet, and, on finding he had a listener who was attentive and curious, varied his performance and kept it up continuously for fifteen minutes. Locusts and Wild Honey A few days before, I had witnessed another little scene in which the shrike was the chief actor. Locusts and Wild Honey It cannot, for instance, be beset with one tenth of the dangers that threaten the robin, and yet apparently there are a thousand robins to every shrike. Locusts and Wild Honey But the shrike is one of our rarest birds. Locusts and Wild Honey In size the shrike is a little inferior to the blue jay, with much the same form. Locusts and Wild Honey Chipmunk, frightened by a shrike; stealing strawberries; playing tag; never more than one jump from home. Locusts and Wild Honey |
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