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

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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 ...

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 songbirds body ...

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 ...

The shrikes are among our most interesting birds. They're on my mind this week because I've seen them on three different occasions. There are two species in our area. At this time of year, the ...

Two small, resident avians become more noticeable during winter months because many of their larger or more conspicuous relatives have abandoned our Northcentral Texas and Southwestern Oklahoma region ...

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 ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Young minds had some excitement at the Science Center. Liz Quirantes has that and the new plans for the Loggerhead Marine Life Center in #The561.