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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dotted along powers lines and treetops that outline Indiana’s crop fields, small black and grey songbirds perch and patiently ...

On Wednesday last week, a killer came into my yard. It was a northern shrike. Sometimes called "the butcher bird," the shrike preys on small birds and mammals. These it impales on thorns or wires, ...

What Does a Northern Shrike Look Like? “This bird (above) knocked itself out on my window. What is it?” asks Birds & Blooms reader Gary Wyrick of Scottville, Michigan. Birding experts Kenn and ...

Q. I heard a bird hit our picture window, which is a rare occurrence, since our feeders are close to the house. Looking out, I saw a grayish bird about blue jay size — it had a black stripe through ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Wildlife camera operators tend to work to a code of non-interference when it comes to the animals they film, but ...

The red-backed shrike was once a summer regular in the U.K. Unfortunately, the bird became all but extinct by 1989, making sightings of this species incredibly rare. According to the Northern Echo, ...

Indiana has a rich biodiversity with thousands of species in unique habitats, but growth and development have changed some of those fragile ecosystems and threaten the wildlife they support. IndyStar ...