East to West

Original Fine Art Photography by Donna Kennedy
HDR-Photographed in Sun City Center, Florida, edited in Topaz Studio

Loggerhead Shrike (... more

by Donna Kennedy

Title

East to West

Artist

Donna Kennedy

Medium

Photograph - Photographs

Description

Original Fine Art Photography by Donna Kennedy
HDR-Photographed in Sun City Center, Florida, edited in Topaz Studio

Loggerhead Shrike ( Lanius ludovicianus) The Loggerhead Shrike is a songbird with a raptor's habits. This medium-sized, gray songbird is the smaller and darker of the two species of shrike in North America. The Loggerhead Shrike has a gray underside and a darker gray back. Its wings are black with white patches, and its tail is black with white corners. Its head is large in proportion to its body. It has a heavy bill that is hooked at the very tip, and a wide black mask across its face.
A denizen of grasslands and other open habitats throughout much of North America, this masked black, white, and gray predator hunts from utility poles, fence posts and other conspicuous perches, preying on insects, birds, lizards, and small mammals. Lacking a raptor’s talons, Loggerhead Shrikes skewer their kills on thorns or barbed wire or wedge them into tight places for easy eating. Their numbers have dropped sharply in the last half-century. 720

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April 11th, 2018