Butcher bird aka Shrike will attack caged birds as the believe that they are injured and can not get away.yours being in a cage give this predator the idea that there is something wrong or your bird is sick. By "butcher bird", you mean the small gray and white bird that looks kind of like a mockingbird, that kills food and impales its prey on thorns, right? It's good that you have stopped feeding the birds. Their upper beak has a small hook on the tip which is a handy tool for their butcher-work. I'd cover the whole run in a relatively fine, strong mesh, so the butcher birds can't get in, and make sure the quail have plenty of cover to hide in. 2. Take it into the house ASAP and do not put it out till the Butcher as given up.or gone away. The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 is considered to be the best fighter Germany’s produced during the war, and for good reason. At first glance it’s so cute and fluffy, but the loggerhead shrike has grim eating habits that easily earn its North American nickname of “butcher bird” (different from Australasian butcherbirds). Although birds are usually quite easy to see, often they are more difficult to identify. Mince is not a good food for any bird as it lacks many essential nutrients. You may have had the briefest glimpse or heard a snatch of its song, or perhaps it was a bird you have never seen before. With a nickname like the “butcher bird” for its habit of impaling its catch on spiky plant matter or barbed wire fences, probably not a big surprise! But both names reflect the fact that if prey is available, the shrike will kill more than it can immediately use. The bird’s folk name is the “butcher bird,” and we don’t know which came first, the folk name or the butcher reference in the Latin name. Just another line … Great Black backed Gull (Larus marinus) Preys opportunistically on on a range of other birds like migrating passerines and colonial nesters. Hi Natalia You have a few different issues here: 1. #2. The other morning up at the Winedale place I noticed one of these birds hanging around the front yard. The best place to look for it is here. It eats mammals, insects and small birds. I’ve also known mice to eat remains of birds if the budgie had died, possibly from some another cause & they are able to get into some amazingly tight places. The great grey shrike, nicknamed the 'Butcher Bird', swoops upon his prey and kills them before spiking them on thorns to save for future meals, as seen in … This little tool-using songbird outperforms the deadliest skills of hawks and the creepiness of vultures when it dines. You will discover the remarkable variety of birds that occur across Australia. Hi Matthew & All, I’ve also heard of Butcherbirds killing small aviary birds in the way you suggest. Bird Search.