The End

I found this dragonfly speared onto on of the pegs I used to hang out the washing. I assume a Fiscal Shrike (Butcher bird) is responsible for this.

Alternative capture: http://365project.org/salza/365/2014-05-12

[Suse♡]

Oh :( That´s and very dramatic, beautifully captured despite the sadness of this

[Leon Buijs]

Very dramatic, great capture and composition

[Cathy Donohoue]

very cool.

[Brigette]

eeww! poor thing

[Shepherdman]

Excellent macro. Fav

[summerfield]

ouch! what a way to die. having said that, it's a rather excellent shot.

[Jo Ann Bellone]

cool capture Sally

[Sue Wilde]

It certainly is the end

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Oh dear- that was a gruesome end.

[Gena Pegg]

Oh my what a shot! Took a few mins. to figure this one out.

[Veena Gupta]

Lovely capture.

[Debs Stott]

Fiscal Shrikes are so mean, but I guess they have to eat.. well spotted and great shot

[Eric di Bosco]

Great find and perfect capture! Yes, it certainly looks like the work of a Fiscal Shrike!

[Sebella O'Donovan]

Awesome shot!!!

[Gillian]

Grizzly end - but what a fantastic shot! Love the detail of the delicate wings.

[Penny Price]

Great detail, Sally. the wings are amazing.

[Nina Ganci]

cool capture. Shows how the shrike has adapted to man

[Adam]

AWESOME nature photo. I hope your interpretation is correct.

[Sally Ings]

@adambralston the bird returned and claimed it's prey!

[~~JT]

This is an amazing shot! :)

[Adam]

@salza That is so neat. It just hunts, pegs it on a spike to dry and die, and then comes back to eat it? I respect that.

[Sally Ings]

@adambralston at least it was only a dragonfly! The common name for the bird is 'butcher bird'. I shall attempt to get a picture of one. There is definitely a pair that come into the garden fairly regularly.

[Laetitia Petrussa]

Poor dragonfly! But great capture! I never knew of birds doing this.