The Loggerhead Shrike can be found in most dry parts of eastern Oregon. It is handsome, haughty and hell for smaller critters. Last year at Malheur we saw one with a Tree Swallow in its clutches. They rarely perch very high, sometimes using utility lines or poles but never tops of cottonwoods. They look for prey that is low and slow. A Brewer’s Sparrow’s worst nightmare, I fear. This one was along Ruh-Red Road:
Here’s another shrike, hunting from a fence line near Malheur Field Station:
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