Loggerhead Shrike
Lanius ludovicianus
Order: PASSERIFORMES
Family: LANIIDAE

Description from AllAboutBirds.org © Cornell Lab of Ornithology with permission Loggerhead Shrike Range

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 gray predator hunts from utility poles, fence posts and other conspicuous perches, preying on insects, birds, lizards, and small mammals. Lacking a raptor’s talons, Loggerhead Shrikes skewer their kills on thorns or barbed wire or wedge them into tight places for easy eating. Their numbers have dropped sharply in the last half-century.


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