Loggerhead Shrike
A singing Loggerhead Shrike | 10/08/2022 |
Description
The striking, block Zorro mask of the Loggerhead Shrike makes it unmistakable when you spot this bird. It’s robin-sized with a grey upper body and white lower. It has black and grey wings and can often be heard calling or singing from trees.
Personal stats
First observation
📆 |
01/19/2014
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📍 |
Los Angeles, California |
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Male
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Female
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Unknown
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📸 |
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✔️ |
🎙️ |
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✔️ |
10/19/22 - The cute but vicious Loggerhead Shrike is often found on barbed wire or thorny branches. It grabs a prey and impales it on the thorns. I usually don’t hear the Shrike vocalize but I got lucky and heard it recently and got to take a new recording of it. My husband and I always keep an eye out for this bird when driving around or going on a walk.
Photographs
The backside of the Loggerhead Shrike | 10/08/2022 |
A proud-looking Loggerhead Shrike perches on a power line next to the path in the park | 10/16/2021 |
Audio recordings
- ML492638881
- This is the song of the Loggerhead Shrike. There is a group of trees at the park that the shrike often likes to hang out in when I visit.
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