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 ...

Aaron Virgin says he often spots 40 to 50 species of birds on a walk around Lake Patton in Lakewood Ranch. It was a small ...

Because their feet are not adapted to process prey items, shrikes carry large items to thorny vegetation and/or barbed wire ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

To the editor: The bird in the photo that accompanied your article appears to be a loggerhead shrike. (“Rowdy input on desert plan,” Oct. 14) These are uncommon birds; in fact, in 52 years of living ...

Ten loggerhead shrikes hatched last month at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) in Front Royal, Va. These genetically valuable chicks will be the first SCBI-hatched shrikes to be ...

One might think of this 9-inch-long bird with a 12-inch wingspan and snappy black mask as a typical songbird, but the loggerhead shrike has a bit of an edge. It is a consummate hunter. Loggerhead ...