In the previous three meetings between the teams, Jack Butcher's group had fared well against Jim Jones' team. Even with the sensational play of Bird, Loogootee had beat Springs Valley in its ...

For that, they were given the nickname "butcher bird." Unfortunately, to some the term implied that the birds were somehow overly vicious, but that is hardly the case. In reality, many birds ...

This bird may look like an innocent garden singer at first glance, but the great grey shrike has more than earned its nickname: The 'Butcher Bird'. It swoops on its prey before impaling it on ...

The shrike also less formally called the "butcher bird," earns its gruesome nickname through its unusual, maqcabre hunting and eating habits. Unlike most birds, shrikes have developed a unique way ...

One example is of a Robin-sized bird whose behavior has made such an impression that it is often referred to locally as the “Butcher Bird”, although the real name is the Loggerhead Shrike.

Once impaled the shrike can tear it apart and eat. Therefore the bird is also called the butcher bird. Shrikes also use the impaled prey as a larder for future use. In one case a shrike was seen ...

Shrikes, dubbed “butcher birds” because they impale their dead prey on thorns, can kill animals larger than themselves – and now we know how. High-speed camera footage of captive shrikes in ...

The wryneck is a small brown woodpecker, so named because it can twist its head to an unusual extent; the shrike is a lovely mini-predator, like a tiny falcon, known as the “butcher bird ...