The Loggerhead Shrike’s population has declined nearly 80% since 1966. Northern Shrike The breeding grounds for Northern Shrikes are far to the north in Canada and Alaska.

Loggerhead shrikes make good use of those bills, earning their nickname “butcherbird”. Highly predatory, a hunting shrike scans for prey from a roadside wire, shrub or other prominent perch.

The shrike family is a fairly large group of birds – 39 species in all – but only two in North America. The northern shrike is the only round-the-world species, but only in circumpolar regions.

The loggerhead shrike is one of only two regularly occurring shrikes in the U.S., although there are 34 species worldwide. While closely related to songbirds known as vireos, and jays and crows ...

Of 33 shrike species worldwide, “only two, the loggerhead shrike and the northern shrike, are found in America,” according to the American Bird Conservancy.

Recent sightings (through Sept. 17) as reported to Mass Audubon. A loggerhead shrike was at Forest Beach in Chatham. A brown pelican has been spotted various places including the bay side of ...

The loggerhead shrike may look like any other songbird you might see at a backyard feeder, but its soft exterior masks the heart of a killer. “It really is a bird of prey trapped in the ...

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Similar Lots to This Artwork Loggerhead Shrike (Plate 57) Lanius ludovicianus ,1829 engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring P. 26 x 20 5/8 in. (660 x 524 mm.) S. 34½ x 25 in. (876 x 635 mm.