Loggerhead Shrike – The Bill Of A Killer

I’ve never been able to get a really good look at both the hook and tomial teeth on the bill of a Loggerhead Shrike in any of my images. Until two days ago on Antelope Island… [...]

A Shrike Partially Consumes Its Own Pellet

This post is documentary only. The images are not aesthetically pleasing.

Loggerhead Shrikes produce a pellet from an insect meal only 35.5 minutes (on average) after consumption. This is an amazingly fast turn-around time (Short-eared Owls average 8.5 hours before a pellet is produced from their rodent prey). When shrikes are consuming insects and spiders [...]