I just witnessed the killing of a
Common Redpoll at the feeders at the Aerie by a
Northern Shrike. It swooped in and pinned the smaller bird to the ground, adjusted its grip, and then flew off with its captured prey to the locusts and multiflora rose bushes on the far side of the clearing.
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