The Common Fiscal (Lanius collaris)
A member of the shrike family found through most of Sub-Saharan Africa. Some times named Fiscal Shrike, Jackie Hangman and Butcher Bird due to its habit of impaling its prey on acacia thorns to store the food for later consumption.
This is a fairly distinctive 21–23 cm long passerine with white under parts and black upper parts extending from the top of the head down to the tail. The bird has a characteristic white ‘V’ on the back and a relatively long black tail with white outer feathers and white tips on the other feathers. The bill, eyes and legs are black.
Juveniles identification is more of a challenge. These were an easy ID, the mother was feeding them….
The Photographic Journey of bulldog. 
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Oh, these are so cute! Great captions!
Thanks again… this was a lucky capture… to get the young sitting unafraid of me was a bargain…
great photos bulldog! Those first 3 are beautifully composed.
They were very co-operative for a change… thank you..
Heehee, common indeed!
In so many ways…
LOL quite! Love the captions too! So few words saying soooooo much!
Shrikes are amongst my favourite birds – not that I ever got a photo anything like as good as these. They are VERY rare in the UK, but fairly common in Spain & Portugal.
thanks these where very co-operative… not normally like this… I suppose it is their age.. but it was nice to be able to get to withing 10 m without them disappearing…
Great photos, You have a good imagination to find the right words to suit the posture of the birds.
Thank you… I think the birds talk to me…
Beautiful and interesting birds, I love to watch them. Great photos!
Thanks … these youngster appeared not the least afraid and put on quite a show for me….
I noticed you seem to be fairly close. Love the inquisitive expressions.
Awww, so sweet 🙂
Thank you.. a very co-operative bird…
sei fantastico!!!
che statti!!!!
kiss
vento
Thanks very much… love it when you visit..
Hilarious – I love the way you’ve captured the facial expressions – amazing photos and dialogue!
Thanks Julie… this was a good day a stroll around the yard…
These are the best!!!! He looks a bit like bulldog??!! 🙂 🙂 ~ You are a natural at this creative writing stuff bd ~ and those shots are so simply spectacular — beautiful birds ! ~ Love to you and Linda ~ RL
Thanks Robin… I decided just to wander around in the yard and see what I could capture, got 7 different specie, but this was by far the best capture… and the young appeared unafraid and quite comfortable with me aiming a camera at them…
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Tutte molto belle, ma la seconda e la terza sono speciali, sembra che si senta osservata e cerchi di scoprire chi la guarda 🙂
Ciao, Pat
Thank you so much.. yes I liked the 2 and 3 the most… he was definitely fascinated by me… yet unafraid..
I’m loving these pics with your comments! (and the idea that they stay uniquely yours on the web is brilliant!) 😀
Thank you… I started this blog to share my photos with the family.. as we are all into photography of wild life and nature… but spread so far apart… but it has now become so much more for me knowing that others all over the world are enjoying them as much as my family… I must admit we are a bit competitive among the family for the best photos… and the blogging is helping me win hands down as I now spend more time trying to get better shots for the blog… wonderful.
That’s fantastic – I’ve never seen your family’s photography, but I vote you the winner! 🙂
Love that first shot!
Thanks… I like the second and third… they capture so well…
How cute is that? Sweet
Thanks nice to see the young out and about…
Love your pics and commentary Bulldog 🙂
Thanks so much… enjoy it when others do…
It always amazes me to see such wonderful, sharp up close shots of birds! Thanks for sharing your photos!
It is a pleasure for me.. of that I can assure you, and these came from sitting in our yard and taking photos of the bird life here… I got seven different specie in one afternoon before the rain came pouring down…
In the back of mind I’ve always wanted to see Africa. As a child, I was amazed at all the wildlife treasures it holds when I watched shows like Untamed World. Maybe one day….
Put it on your wish list… it is amazing..
When I saw your title, I expected a rant about the way our government is misspending our tax money. 😀
I much prefer your little comic strip. Excellent photos and captions.
One thing you can be assured of… I will not get involved on my blog about such subjects… I blog for fun.. not frustration….lol
🙂
They sound like mean little birdies. Beautiful photos though.
They are a very aggressive bird and you often see them stealing food from other birds and I even have photos of them robbing nests of young chicks of other specie… and merely pinning the chick on a thorn and going back for another…
Stunning images that shares an exciting story of these amazing birds. Thanks!
Thank you so much I just sat in our own grounds yesterday and captured the birds in the yard… seven different species… wonderful..