FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] Re: Loggerhead Shrike

[K Dean EDWARDS <kde@xxxxxxx>]

Another interesting shrike tidbit:  they kill for reasons other
than food.  Male shrikes will kill as many critters as they can
and adorn their territory with the trophies to attract a female.
`My territory if full of prey and I'm great at catching it.'

Back when the former Oilers were looking for a name my two votes
were the Tennessee Shrikes (headlines: "Shrikes butcher the Patriots")
or the Tennessee Thrashers with a mockingbird as the mascot.

Dean Edwards
Knoxville, TN



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