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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Shrike Symposium has been postponed until 2022. Follow the symposium Facebook page for future updates.
(Updated June 25, 2021)
IN THE NEWS
The loggerhead shrike might appear innocuous, but it’s ready to pounce.
(Virginia Living - June 6, 2021)
On Colorado’s grasslands, Rachel Hopper skillfully captures the beauty and brutality of this fierce songbird’s distinctive style of food storage.
(Audubon - Apr 22, 2020)
Appearing like a miniature version of a mockingbird, the loggerhead shrike looks like any other songbird until you find evidence of the shrike’s lethal side.
(Yellowhammer News - Jan 11, 2020)
The Loggerhead Shrike is a hawk trapped in the body of a finch. A recent study, published in Biology Letters, describes how shrikes manage to kill prey up to twice their size.
(The Atlantic - Sept 5, 2018)
MONROE COUNTY, WV (WCHS/WVAH) — Recently, on a cloudy and drizzly day across the Greenbrier Valley, we took a hike through a pasture with DNR Biologist, Richard Bailey, and some veterinarians.
Their goal? To catch a bird.
Learn about the activities happening in Virginia, led by Department of Game & Inland Fisheries Biologist, Sergio Harding.
(Published in Virgina Wildlife magazine)
Audio
From the Nature Conservancy of Canada, this is the story of a globally rare ecosystem discovered by chance — and why it matters.
Videos
Webinar: Research and Conservation of an Iconic North American Grassland Bird, the Loggerhead Shrike. Presenter: Dr. Amy Chabot, Research and Conservation Program's Coordinator, African Lion Safari (Jan 28, 2019)