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 ...

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Greenbrier & Monroe Counties, WV (WCHS/WVAH) — The Greenbrier Valley in southeastern West Virginia is one of the more beautiful spots in the Mountain State. With open meadows and towering mountains in ...

Any feathered creature with the nickname butcher bird is sure to be a piece of work. Welcome to the carnivorous world of our most dangerous songbirds, the shrikes. At first blush, a shrike suggests 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 songbirds body ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AGFC) - The Loggerhead Shrike is a songbird with a raptor’s habits. A denizen of grasslands and other open habitats throughout much of North America, this masked black, white, and ...

Loggerhead shrikes can kill prey bigger than themselves by stabbing and shaking them, before impaling them on sticks to eat later. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

To us “civilized” mammals, some animal behavior can sometimes be construed as downright gruesome. There are behaviors that have been observed by animals in which even the most avid naturalist has been ...

The local birding community is atwitter with the discovery of a brown shrike, a small bird of Siberian origins that is exceptionally rare to the Western Hemisphere. It is the first time a brown shrike ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Bundaberg. Followed categories will be added to My News. The grey shrike-thrush has a varied, rich and melodious voice which has a song repertoire of many ...

Despite being classified as Least Concern by the IUCN, Red-backed shrikes are experiencing significant population declines. Habitat loss and fragmentation are the primary pressures contributing to the ...