{"id":14561,"date":"2014-03-15T03:33:42","date_gmt":"2014-03-15T09:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=14561"},"modified":"2026-01-31T06:09:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T12:09:51","slug":"an-adult-loggerhead-shrike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/03\/15\/an-adult-loggerhead-shrike\/","title":{"rendered":"An Adult Loggerhead Shrike"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AdultAdult Loggerhead Shrike perched on rabbitbrush – Nikon D200, f7.1, 1\/640, ISO 400, +1.0 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light, not baited or called in<\/span><\/p>\n

I’d forgotten all about this Loggerhead Shrike image that I had taken in July of 2011 and came across it the other day, I had meant to post it some time ago but as you all know life gets kind of busy at times.<\/p>\n

Antelope Island State Park<\/a><\/span> is a great place to see, hear<\/a><\/span> and photograph these songbirds who behave more like tiny raptors.<\/p>\n

On the island some of the places I see the shrikes most often are the areas that have open grasslands with sagebrush, greasewood and rabbitbrush growing there too. They will also perch on the wild sunflowers found in abundance during the summer and later on in the year.<\/p>\n

This adult Loggerhead Shrike looks a bit on the scruffy side but it had been rearing its young and was still actively feeding them, there were a few chicks out of the frame near this adult when I photographed it.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to view more of my Loggerhead Shrike photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’d forgotten all about this Loggerhead Shrike image that I had taken in July of 2011 and came across it the other day, I had meant to post it some time ago but as you all know life gets kind of busy at times. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":167865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[511,27,1022,247,26],"tags":[4004,11978,4066,4104,4289,4362,3906,3907,2315],"class_list":["post-14561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-avian","category-davis-county-utah","category-loggerhead-shrikes","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-desert-island","tag-loggerhead-shrike","tag-perched","tag-rabbitbrush","tag-scruffy","tag-shrike","tag-shrikes","tag-summer-3"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/loggerhead-shrike-adult-mia-mcpherson-9170.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-3MR","jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":101743,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/04\/23\/loggerhead-shrike-population-decline-concerns\/","url_meta":{"origin":14561,"position":0},"title":"Loggerhead Shrike Population Decline Concerns","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"April 23, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"About two weeks ago I found an adult Loggerhead Shrike perched on a lichen covered rock in northern Utah a good distance from the road that I was on.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Loggerhead Shrike perched on a lichen covered rock, Box Elder County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/loggerhead-shrike-adult-lichen-rocks-mia-mcpherson-6340.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/loggerhead-shrike-adult-lichen-rocks-mia-mcpherson-6340.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/loggerhead-shrike-adult-lichen-rocks-mia-mcpherson-6340.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/loggerhead-shrike-adult-lichen-rocks-mia-mcpherson-6340.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2432,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2011\/06\/02\/a-shrike-kind-of-day\/","url_meta":{"origin":14561,"position":1},"title":"A Shrike Kind Of Day","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"June 2, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"There are days when I see a certain species of birds quite often, depending on location it might be an Eagle filled day, or a Shorebird day. 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