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

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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 ...

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 ...

Standout reports this past week were Mississippi kites from four localities, a loggerhead shrike in Easton, a swain banded at the Manomet Bird Observatory, a curlew sandpiper at Plum Island, a ...

Pasture fencerows and open woodlands of northeastern Oklahoma are home to the uncommon and declining loggerhead shrike. Though a songbird, its predatory habits resemble those of a raptor. Shrikes can ...