You have just imitated a hunting loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus), already considered one of North America’s more ghoulish songbirds for the way it impales its prey carcasses on thorns ...

While the prey hangs, the shrike strips the meat off the carcass. Loggerhead shrikes are year-round residents throughout much of southern Missouri. Species status: Loggerhead shrikes are declining ...

They’d find out if you didn’t. Meet the loggerhead shrike, another example of something that doesn’t fit in. Like finches and sparrows, it is a “songbird” or “perching bird”: a ...

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 ...

One example is of a Robin-sized bird whose behavior has made such an impression that it is often referred to locally as the “Butcher Bird”, although the real name is the Loggerhead Shrike.

Their goal? To catch a bird. Not just any bird, though. One that is clever and unique--the loggerhead shrike. The first pasture that we tried, in Greenbrier County, wasn’t a success. An unbanded ...

This animal is also known for impaling its victims on stakes. The loggerhead shrike is one of only two regularly occurring shrikes in the U.S., although there are 34 species worldwide. While ...

Both of these shrikes have homes in very different regions of the continent. The loggerhead shrike, a declining species, is still a common resident in much of the southern and western United ...

For two decades there had not been a single sighting of the Loggerhead Shrike in the Regina area, but the threatened bird has made a comeback in recent years. The long absence was broken in 2011 ...

A Saskatchewan organization is working towards protecting the population of loggerhead shrike in the province. Ashley Fortney, habitat stewardship co-ordinator with Nature Saskatchewan ...

It's that uniqueness that allows for a very rare and fascinating bird to call this area home, the Loggerhead Shrike. "Something about the Greenbrier Valley that's really special--is it's one of ...