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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The shrikes are among our most interesting birds. They're on my mind this week because I've seen them on three different occasions. There are two species in our area. At this time of year, the ...

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 ...

Last December, as I was crossing the yard at the nature center, I heard an unusual bird song. It came from a small songbird perched near the top of an ash tree west of the barn, overlooking a brushy ...

In every winter, it seems, we are visited by a hunter from the Far North, a solitary figure wrapped in gray passing over the landscape capturing small prey and moving on. The snowy owl is such a ...

Raise your hand if you know what a loggerhead shrike is? Here’s a clue: it has nothing to do with men who cut down trees for a living and make shrill noises while doing so. If you think it’s a small ...