Northern Shrike
Also known as: Butcher Bird
23 cm (9") Semi-open country, brushy swamps.
Told from very similar Northern Shrike by a wider face mask; it extends above the eye and is black above the bill.
Known as "butcher bird" for unusual habit of impaling its food on sharp thorns, twigs, barb wire.
Song: Shrikes and shrieks, slow harsh deliberate calls and trills, a melodious warbled song.
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Credit: Mark Vance
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Loggerhead Shrike distribution map