YAKIMA, Wash. -- The northern shrike is one tough predator, even though it’s a songbird only the size of a robin. Note the hooked beak, a formidable tool that helps this bird capture and kill its prey ...

Brainerd, Minn. – Don't be fooled by its robin-like size — the northern shrike is a songbird that kills for a living. If that's not odd enough, instead of using powerful feet and needle-sharp talons ...

MACLAREN RIVER — Most of us have seen northern shrikes, though few know what sort of bird they are. The shrike species common to Alaska is properly called the northwestern shrike. I grew up calling ...

All of a sudden on the day after Christmas – Tuesday, Dec. 26 – I suddenly thought of a northern shrike. (That’s the Feast of St. Stephen, for those of us interested in such matters.) My hand was on ...

Each year around Halloween, the northern shrike lands in our region to spend the winter. A songbird slightly smaller than a robin and covered in silvery-gray plumage, it sports a black tail and wings ...