[Length 9 in. Wingspan 12 in.]

This Loggerhead Shrike was photographed at the Santa Ana NWR Christmas Bird Count, San Juan, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: December 18, 2010)

[Length 9 in. Wingspan 12 in.]

This Loggerhead Shrike was photographed at the La Sal Vieja Christmas Bird Count, Raymondville, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D7000 camera. (Date: December 20, 2011)

[Length 9 in. Wingspan 12 in.]

This Loggerhead Shrike was photographed at Anahuac NWR, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC20E III 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D3200 camera. (Date: January 15, 2013)

[Length 9 in. Wingspan 12 in.]

This Loggerhead Shrike was photographed at the La Sal Vieja Christmas Bird Count, Elsa, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: December 20, 2013)

[Length 9 in. Wingspan 12 in.]

Close-up of an Agave plant used for food storage by a Loggerhead Shrike. Note the body of an Indigo Bunting stuck on an Agave spine with its head stuck on another spine back and to the right. Photographed at Laguna Atascosa NWR, Rio Hondo, TX, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor ED 300 f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: April 1982)

[Length 9 in. Wingspan 12 in.]

This Loggerhead Shrike was photographed at Laguna Atascosa NWR, Rio Hondo, TX, USA. It was perched on an Agave plant which it used for food storage (note the body of an Indigo Bunting stuck on an Agave spine to the right). Photo taken with a Nikkor ED 300 f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: April 1982)

[Length 9 in. Wingspan 12 in.]

Loggerhead Shrikes are common, but declining, residents of open fields throughout much of the southern US. This one was photographed on an Agave at Laguna Atascosa NWR, in southern Texas, USA. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.5 Nikkor ED lens on Ektachrome 400 film pushed to 800. (Date: April 1982)

[Length 9 in. Wingspan 12 in.]

This Loggerhead Shrike was photographed in the foothills near Arroyo Grande, California, USA. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.0 Nikkor EDAF lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: September 1997)

[Length 9 in. Wingspan 12 in.]

This Loggerhead Shrike was photographed in the foothills near Arroyo Grande, California, USA. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.0 Nikkor EDAF lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: September 1997)