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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Is there a member of your extended family that doesn’t seem to fit in with everyone else? You know, the uncle that tells inappropriate jokes, an offensive cousin that wears the same clothes too many ...

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 ...

After speaking with Nathan Klaus, my long-standing crush on the Loggerhead shrike blossomed into a full-fledged infatuation. The songbird with a raptor’s habits has moxie. Klaus, a senior wildlife ...

FORT JACKSON, S.C. (March 6, 2014) -- The Loggerhead shrike is listed as a species of concern in South Carolina and is considered a rare or uncommon sighting in the state. Shrikes are predatory birds ...

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 ...