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Post by Edu Lorenzo Jr on Apr 18, 2009 8:18:21 GMT
Hi guys! I just got a pleasant surprise. I'm still here at Dagupan and this morning, a brown shrike was eating outside the window. It was incredible. The shrike had his food in his beak, then he used the barbed wire to hang the food and proceeded to eat it. Still wondering what the food was. Posting this pic first and will update with more when I get to PP them. Thanks for looking!
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Post by Edu Lorenzo Jr on Apr 18, 2009 8:18:59 GMT
sorry, forgot shooting details
Camera: Nikon D60 Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250) Aperture: f/8.0 Focal Length: 300 mm Focal Length: 302.0 mm ISO Speed: 200 Exposure Bias: 0 EV Flash: No Flash
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Post by Luis (Chito) Limchiu on Apr 19, 2009 3:11:45 GMT
These birds are always worth a shot if they are nicely pose.
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Post by Edu Lorenzo Jr on Apr 19, 2009 4:38:26 GMT
Thank you DocChito, and they are lovely to watch also.. It first came(flew in) with a carcass of something, I think a dead frog or a dead mouse in its beak. I hasted to get my camera but when I started the metering and aiming and focusing, I was surprised when it hanged its food on one of the barbs! Then it proceeded to peck off its food part by part.. it even inspected the food before actually eating it! it went on doing this till the snack was done.. but I think it was still looking for the parts that fell.. it even perched up a bit higher on the barbed fence.. and when it came back to the part of the fence where its food used to be, and found the food was gone.. it looked around and saw a birdnut! And gave this strange, wondering stare! here are a few more pics of it while eating.. here you just might be able to discern what it was eating, I think this is a limb or something Thanks for looking!
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Post by Toto Gamboa on Apr 19, 2009 7:41:12 GMT
heheheh strange sashimi cake that bird was eating!
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Post by Ronnie Dominguez on Apr 19, 2009 8:27:28 GMT
very very nice series, I like best the one when it stared at the birdnut, as if to say "well did you get my best profile?
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Post by mantarey on Apr 19, 2009 9:40:18 GMT
Very nice behavior documentation Edu, very interesting. Good job.
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Post by Edu Lorenzo Jr on Apr 20, 2009 1:57:56 GMT
Thanks guys. @toto, yeah it was strange looking, I couldn't discern if it was a dead mouse or frog. Ronnie Dominguez, that's my personal favorite too. It stared at me like that while it was looking for its missing food kinda like asking me "did you take my food?" @ray, thanks for the compliment. This is one those times when one wishes he has a video capable camera.
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Post by Bob Kaufman on Apr 20, 2009 2:11:25 GMT
Nice documentary series, Edu! That looks like a small frog that it was eating.
The shrike is also known as butcher bird because of it's habit of impaling its prey on barbed wires or thorns.
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Post by Mark Itol on Apr 20, 2009 5:05:26 GMT
Excellent documentary, Edu.
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Post by Edu Lorenzo Jr on Apr 21, 2009 11:33:34 GMT
thanks Bob, yes the term "butcher bird" would really describe the behavior I was able to observe.
Thank you to Mark too.
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Post by Sylvia Ramos on Apr 22, 2009 2:22:52 GMT
How cool! I've always wanted to see and photograph this behavior after seeing Master Romy's really gory but great series of shots showing a Long Tailed Shrike eating a Eurasian Tree Sparrow! Nice series!
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Post by Edu Lorenzo Jr on Apr 22, 2009 9:43:08 GMT
Thank you for the kind compliment Mam Sylvia.
It is always a pleasure to share.
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Post by Ding Carpio on Apr 22, 2009 10:53:10 GMT
That's some mean fence! I think that's technically called "Razor Wire", much more formidable than the commonplace Barbed Wire. What was it protecting? Must be some important place.
Would be nice if, after the bird hung the carcass, you caught him light a fire and made a barbecue!
Seriously, that's the first time I saw a bird use things in its surroundings to facilitate feeding! Awesome!
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Post by Edu Lorenzo Jr on Apr 22, 2009 11:37:01 GMT
well the fence was protecting a guest.. ME! hahaha!
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Post by Edu Lorenzo Jr on Apr 22, 2009 11:45:00 GMT
But on a more serious note, it was also my first time to see this behavior and that's why I did my best to capture it and share even if the images are not top rank.
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