The loggerhead shrike, sometimes called the French mockingbird, is one of two species of shrikes, or butcher birds, in North America. They capture insects, worms, small mammals, or birds and impale them on twigs or thorns before carving them up with their beaks and eating them.

John Bova/Photo Researchers, Inc.Library of Natural Sounds, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. All rights reserved.

"Loggerhead Shrike," Microsoft(R) Encarta(R) 96 Encyclopedia. (c) 1993-1995 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

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