Each year around Halloween, the northern shrike lands in our region to spend the winter. A songbird slightly smaller than a ...

Birds are always up to something, and these entries captured an array of avians doing everything from impaling prey to ...

Pop across Highway 37 (enjoying the bird-filled Napa-Sonoma Marshes along the way) and in 30 minutes you’re in another avian ...

Pop across Highway 37 (enjoying the bird-filled Napa-Sonoma Marshes along the way) and in 30 minutes you’re in another avian ...

This preserve offers a few unique birding opportunities, starting with one characteristic bird of the Central Valley nearly absent from Marin: the loggerhead shrike. Shrikes appear superficially ...

The "butcher bird" strikes fear in small prey with its hooked bill and habit of impaling victims on thorns. The Great Grey Shrike is a medium-sized passerine with a distinctive appearance. It has a ...

A master of impalement, this fierce songbird skewers its prey on thorns and barbed wire across Europe and Asia. The Red-backed Shrike is a striking small bird with a distinctive appearance. Males have ...

The group, called the “The Jungle Shrike,” is accused of selling ... The group — which investigators named after a hunting bird known for impaling its prey — allegedly focused its drug ...