[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)

[Length 9.75 in. Wingspan xx in.]

This Long-tailed Shrike was photographed at the Nanhui Refuge, Nanhui (Shanghai), Shanghai, China. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC17E II 1.7x Teleconverter on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: May 05, 2017)

[Length 9.75 in. Wingspan xx in.]

This Long-tailed Shrike was photographed at the Nanhui Refuge, Nanhui (Shanghai), Shanghai, China. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC17E II 1.7x Teleconverter on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: May 05, 2017)

[Length 10 in. Wingspan 14.5 in.]

Northern Shrikes breed throughout southern Canada and Alaska. They shift south during the winter, spilling over into the northern US. This one was photographed along a roadside in February near Portland, Maine, USA. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.5 Nikkor ED lens on Ektachrome 400 film pushed to 800. (Date: February 1987)

[Length 10 in. Wingspan 14.5 in.]

This immature Northern Shrike was photographed in Anchorage, Alaska, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: June 1989)