Lanius ludovicianus ORDER: PASSERIFORMES FAMILY: LANIIDAE
IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern
© Gerrit Vyn
A small gray, black, and white bird of open areas, the Loggerhead Shrike hardly appears to be a predator. But it uses its hooked beak to kill insects, lizards, mice, and birds, and then impales them on thorns to hold them while it rips them apart.
At Loggerheads Over a Shrike: story and photos in Living Bird magazine