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Hild’s bynames #2: Butcher-bird | Gemæcce
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The taxonomic name for the great grey shrike, Lanius excubitor, is Latin for butcher sentinel. Sentinel because of the way shrikes stand tall on top of a post, as both a warning and declaration of territory: they practically shriek vigilance and eagerness to tangle. (They remind me of new bouncers at a club: overready to…
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Gemæcce, another in my occasional series of posts about the byna...