They are small songbirds, but they are deadly. The loggerhead shrike, or "butcherbird," is slowly declining in Ohio.

Because their feet are not adapted to process prey items, shrikes carry large items to thorny vegetation and/or barbed wire fences and promptly impale the prey upon a thorn or barb. This behavior ...

Regina, Saskatchewan--(Newsfile Corp. - July 9, 2025) - Summer is underway, meaning young at-risk Loggerhead Shrikes are out taking their first flights across the prairies. This is the perfect time to ...

Standout reports this past week were Mississippi kites from four localities, a loggerhead shrike in Easton, a swain banded at the Manomet Bird Observatory, a curlew sandpiper at Plum Island, a ...

Like eagles and falcons, shrikes are birds of prey. However, they aren’t raptors, but are songbirds. Though shrikes have a sharp, hooked beak, they are small and have weak legs. The little shrike ...

Take a drive across New Mexico’s sweeping plains and you are likely to encounter a songbird whose name suits a slasher film. The butcherbird — or more formally, loggerhead shrike — is rather ...

Pasture fencerows and open woodlands of northeastern Oklahoma are home to the uncommon and declining loggerhead shrike. Though a songbird, its predatory habits resemble those of a raptor. Shrikes can ...