ID Tips: Loggerhead Shrike vs. Northern Shrike
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ก.ค. 2024
- Shrikes are ferocious predatory songbirds and are fairly easy to tell apart from other songbirds. However, in the United States the Northern and Loggerhead Shrike can look similar and may be difficult for some birders to tell apart. Thankfully, with a little bit of insight, we can determine what kind of Shrike we are looking at.
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Credits
Baby Shrike at 0:06 by Bill Grossmeyer
Northern Shrike in graphic and cover photo by Andy Reago and Chrissy McClarren. Modified.
All other photos and videos by Derek and Ryan Sallmann
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Thank you for information about shrikes.
You’re welcome!
I can see the difference thanks !
You’re welcome!
I've seen the northern shrike in Illinois during the winter and I sometimes see the loggerhead shrike here in Alabama.
Nice!
Great video! I believe I saw my first ever (lifer) Northern Shrike yesterday as I was leaving Harrington Beach State Park.
It was sitting at the very top of a small scrub tree, in the prairie area near the exit. I’m embarrassed to say I had neither my camera, nor my binoculars. I was so upset with myself. It was roughly 25-30 feet away, so I got a fairly decent look at it. It then flew from the tree to the ground, and then back up to another tree. It had the distinctive grayish white coloring with the dark eye band, and wing band. Also larger, like a thrush or robin.
Weird thing is that when I put all the parameters into Merlin (location, date, size and colors), it wasn’t one of the resulting suggestions. Still exciting to see, and a reminder that I need to keep my car binoculars in my car!
That fits for Shrike behavior! It could definitely still be hanging out in the area if you wanna go back to try for a pic!
@@BadgerlandBirding Thanks for the reply! I definitely will try to get back there this week...with camera in hand! :)
Well done. That was helpful!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!
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In Florida you had one Northern??
They do look alike, but you do see the differences side by side. I have seen this bird, not often though . You can see the curve right at the end of their bill too in the side by side. Thanks ! Enjoyed the video !!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Nice video, thanks! I was surprised at the range map for loggerhead as it is critically endangered in Michigan (likely extirpated) and is considered a very rare bird anywhere in the state. How abundant and regional are loggerheads in WI?
A video on shrike life history would be cool!
They’re few and far between but there was a nesting pair a few years back.
A recommendation could be winter wren vs house wren
I like it!
I'm glad you put photos of each of the birds. I know which one I actually saw up here in the NW. Thank you. You both do a great job explaining all things bird.
Thank you!
Nifty video! I often wonder about the similarity between purple finches and house finches, beyond the difference in range.
They have a video on that!
Indeed! We’ve got you covered! th-cam.com/video/0HeZTYewqyg/w-d-xo.html
My video recommendations are:
Sharp-Shinned vs Cooper’s Hawk
American Black Duck vs Female Mallard
Greater vs Lesser Scaup
Cedar vs Bohemian Waxwing
Snow vs Ross’s Goose
Cackling vs Canada Goose
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To throw a few more into the mix:
Hammond's vs Dusky vs Gray vs Least
Chipping vs Clay-colored vs Brewers Sparrow
Tundra vs Trumpeter Swan
Common vs Barrow's Goldeneye
Short-billed vs Long-billed Dowitcher
Orange-crowned vs Tennessee Warbler
Cliff vs Cave Swallow
Western vs Eastern Bluebird
Bell's vs Sagebrush Sparrow
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Long-billed vs short-billed dowitcher lol
If only one actually had a long bill and one had a short bill 😔
Great information, thanks so much! Any help identifying gold finches and common finches would be helpful, we get so many of them in the winter.
You’re welcome! And what area are you in?
Peoria Arizona which is just five miles north of Phoenix.
@@ShawninAZ so it would be American Goldfinch, Lesser, and Lawrence’s Goldfinch?
@@BadgerlandBirding yes I’ve looked on a few websites and I’m still not sure if we’re getting any American goldfinches I know they aren’t as common here in the valley as the others are. All of my yellow and black finches stick pretty much to only eating from my Nyjer seed feeders and they occasionally eat something on the bushes. I don’t have any idea what they’re eating but it’s obvious that something attracts them to the bushes. We have red Bougainvillea bushes and those are the only ones they like. The other finches will eat pretty much anything in the feeders and I mostly buy finch seed and a mix they all like from Pennington named Select that I get at Walmart. It has shelled and unshelled sunflower seeds mixed in which they. The majority of birds we get in the winter are sparrows, the sparrows with a white stripe on their heads, they’re winter only, doves, pigeons so I don’t feed much on the ground, Grackles, Woodpeckers, and a lot of finches. Some curve billed thrashers , Abert’s Towhee, and several hummingbirds. Only a few Rosey faced lovebirds come in the winter. They’ll be back in the spring with their babies.
I’ve noticed that my winter sparrows won’t visit the feeders so I put food down in the evenings after the bigger birds leave. I have a whole peanut feeder wreath that the Grackles and the Woodpeckers feed from daily, the woodpeckers finally decided they liked the suet I bought them and now they’re eating that as well. The sparrows and
House Finches recently discovered the shelled peanut feeders and they’re all over those now, lol!
the 2 species can probably hybridise in the wild
I haven’t heard of it happening, but I would imagine it could