One of my top five birds is the Loggerhead Shrike. This guy rates a gallery all to himself. Watching this fierce predator catch small birds and insects is somthing you will not forget. I watched one in my backyard dive on and kill a female house sparrow and then carry it to the top of a wood fence, rip it open and eat the breast and internal organs. What he doesn't eat, he displays the "trophy" on a barbed wire fence or thorny tree. I call him the "lone ranger" bird because of the mask around this eyes. His nickname is "butcher bird". You can see why. Look for the Loggerhead Shrike the next time you're in the country or at a park. If you're up north, the Northern Shrike, a similar species hunts the same way.