A small, beautiful songbird, the butcher bird, defies expectations with its savage hunting and food storage habits. This ...

Like eagles and falcons, shrikes are birds of prey. However, they aren't raptors, but are songbirds. Though shrikes have a sharp, hooked beak, they are small and have weak legs. The little shrike ...

Any feathered creature with the nickname butcher bird is sure to be a piece of work. Welcome to the carnivorous world of our most dangerous songbirds, the shrikes. At first blush, a shrike suggests a ...

These birds, known as butcherbirds, have rightfully earned their name from their unique habit of spearing their prey on the thorns and spikes of trees and cacti. Cousins of the shrike, which is shown ...