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

Claim to fame: In birding circles, loggerhead shrikes are known for their aggressive and unique hunting methods. This robin-sized bird will catch its prey and kill it by impaling it on thorns or the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bite a mouse in the back of the neck and don’t let go. Now shake your head at a frenzied 11 turns per second, as if saying “No, no, no, no, no!” You have just imitated a hunting loggerhead shrike ...

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A team of researchers with the Nashville Zoo visited Robertson County last week in an effort to learn more about the loggerhead shrike, a carnivorous songbird that is disappearing at an alarming rate.

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