{"id":8807,"date":"2013-07-05T03:45:15","date_gmt":"2013-07-05T09:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=8807"},"modified":"2026-01-30T15:29:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T21:29:32","slug":"calling-adult-loggerhead-shrike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/07\/05\/calling-adult-loggerhead-shrike\/","title":{"rendered":"Calling Adult Loggerhead Shrike"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CallingCalling adult Loggerhead Shrike<\/span><\/p>\n

Two days ago I posted a portrait of a juvenile Loggerhead Shrike<\/a><\/span> that I had photographed on Antelope Island State Park<\/span><\/a>, today I am posting an image of an adult Loggerhead Shrike taken a day after I photographed the young shrike.<\/p>\n

This adult was busy trying to feed a passel of fledglings and took a short break on the top of a Sagebrush near the pickup. This time of the year the adults look a bit ragged, probably from all the hectic activity involved in taking care of their young although I am just guessing about that.<\/p>\n

At any rate during the fall and winter the adult Loggerhead Shrikes<\/span><\/a> do have a more “dapper” look than they do during the breeding season.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

Two days ago I posted a portrait of a juvenile Loggerhead Shrike that I had photographed on Antelope Island State Park, today I am posting an image of an adult Loggerhead Shrike taken a day after I photographed the young shrike. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":167822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[511,27,1022,247,26],"tags":[4004,2519,11480,4072,4171,4066,4104,2817,4057,3906,3907,2315],"class_list":["post-8807","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-artemisia-tridentata","tag-big-sagebrush","tag-calling","tag-lanius-ludovicianus","tag-loggerhead-shrike","tag-perched","tag-sage","tag-sagebrush","tag-shrike","tag-shrikes","tag-summer-3"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t