{"id":5303,"date":"2012-07-07T03:55:13","date_gmt":"2012-07-07T09:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=5303"},"modified":"2026-01-30T14:45:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T20:45:00","slug":"a-cooperative-loggerhead-shrike-juvenile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/07\/07\/a-cooperative-loggerhead-shrike-juvenile\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooperative Loggerhead Shrike Juvenile"},"content":{"rendered":"

From all appearances it has been a great nesting season for the Loggerhead Shrikes on Antelope Island State Park<\/span><\/a>. It seems everywhere I look there are numerous juvenile Shrikes perched on bushes near rather harried looking adults.<\/p>\n

\"JuvenileJuvenile Loggerhead Shrike perched on Greasewood – Nikon D200, f6.3, 1\/800, ISO 500, 0.7+ EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Yesterday while photographing an adult shrike I noticed some movement out of the corner of my eye and saw this cooperative Loggerhead Shrike<\/span><\/a> juvenile perched on a bush with the Great Salt Lake in the background.<\/p>\n

I was able to take about 20 images before the juvie flew off.<\/p>\n

I really like the black mask this species has.<\/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":"

From all appearances it has been a great nesting season for the Loggerhead Shrikes on Antelope Island State Park, it seems everywhere I look there are numerous juvenile Shrikes perched on bushes near rather harried looking adults.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":167797,"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":[4005,4067,4071,4171,4066,4450,4104,3906,3907,4193],"class_list":["post-5303","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-great-salt-lake","tag-immature","tag-juvenile","tag-lanius-ludovicianus","tag-loggerhead-shrike","tag-nesting-season","tag-perched","tag-shrike","tag-shrikes","tag-young"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/loggerhead-shrike-juvenile-mia-mcpherson-2743.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-1nx","jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26734,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2015\/07\/17\/a-juvenile-loggerhead-shrike-on-a-tintic-quartzite-boulder\/","url_meta":{"origin":5303,"position":0},"title":"Juvenile 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