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	Loggerhead shrike
		Shrike nests were situated to take advantage of mild microclimatic conditions (away from prevailing winds, toward morning sun).
		Shrikes foraged most frequently from tall perches (>2 m), foraged successfully 70% of the time, and captured and consumed mostly small arthropods, similar to shrikes in other populations.
		Though our study was limited by low shrike detectability, preliminary conclusions indicate that our shrikes tend to shift their habitat use in the winter away from the canyons used during the breeding season, and toward the flat marine terraces with little cover from predators and inclement weather (Lynn et al.
	www.iws.org /shrike_research.htm (905 words)

	Northern Shrike
		Northern Shrikes are migratory, wintering from the southern parts of their breeding range to as far south as northern California, Arizona, and New Mexico through the northern Great Plains and east to Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
		The rump of the Northern Shrike is white; that of the Loggerhead Shrike varies from dark gray to whitish.
		The Northern Shrike's mask is narrower and does not extend above the eye nor above the bill; the Loggerhead's mask is a bit broader and extends in a thin line above the bill and eye.
	www.shawcreekbirdsupply.com /northern_shrike_info.htm (697 words)

	AGM-45 Shrike - Military Aircraft
		The AGM-45 SHRIKE series weapon system is a passive air-to-ground missile whose mission is to home on and destroy or suppress radiating radar transmitters, directing both ground antiaircraft fire and surface-to-air missiles.
		NOTS developed Shrike, the first successful antiradar missile, beginning in 1958 as a direct response to Fleet needs, and China Lake personnel took the missile to the carriers in Southeast Asia in the 1960s.
		The Shrike's effectiveness was limitated by the requirement that the missile be pointed at the intended target radar during launch, and that the Shrike will lose its lock if the radar ceases to radiate.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/missile/agm-45.htm (313 words)

	PROTECTING THE SAN CLEMENTE SHRIKE FROM EXTINCTION
		Shrike habitat on the island is also used to conduct Marine and Seal training exercises.
		Twenty-one pairs of Shrikes are now breeding in the wild as the 2001 breeding season is well underway and nine captive pairs have produced 21 eggs so far.
		The Shrike Recovery Team is working on the definition of "recovery" in terms of carrying capacity of the island, which is thought to be around 550-700 birds.
	www.abcbirds.org /policy/shrike.htm (653 words)

	Shrike
		Shrike was originally laid down as AMS-201, but her classification was changed to MSC-201 on 7 February 1955.
		Shrike as assigned to the Mine Force, Atlantic Fleet, and the operational control of Commander, Operational Test and Evaluation Force, Atlantic Fleet, with her homeport at Key West.
		On 30 June 1965, Shrike's homeport was changed to Charleston; she was assigned to Mine Division 42, and her status was changed from an experimental ship to a sweeper in the mine force.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/s12/shrike.htm (328 words)

	Welcome to the DNR Division of Fish and Wildlife Web Site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Shrikes build bulky, sturdy nests of stick and roots, well, lined with a variety of soft materials such as hair, feathers and cotton.
		The loggerhead shrike is considered endangered in Indiana, and the northeastern subspecies is being considered for federally threatened status as well.
		Since nearly all shrikes occur on private land, efforts must be made to increase public awareness of the value of hedgerows to wildlife and appreciation of shrikes as valuable pest control agents.
	www.in.gov /dnr/fishwild/publications/lifeseries/lshrike.htm (782 words)

	Loggerhead Shrike Fact Sheet
		The loggerhead shrike is 8 to 10 inches long with a wing spread of 12.5 to 13 inches.
		The shrike is distinguished by a characteristic fl facial mask that meets over the base of the bill, a heavy hooked bill, fl wings with white wing patches, and a slim fl tail with white outer tail feathers.
		The loggerhead shrike is known for its unique behavior of impaling its prey on thorns, barbed wire fences, and similar projections, hence its preference for nesting near areas containing such objects.
	www.dec.state.ny.us /website/dfwmr/wildlife/endspec/loshfs.html (595 words)

	Loggerhead Shrike
		By this ingenious method, shrikes compensate for the lack of the talons with which birds of prey hold their catches while they bite off edible chunks.
		Compared to other perching birds, shrikes appear to have a disproportionately large, or logger, head, from which the common name of the species is derived.
		Shrikes are usually seen perched on utility wires, fenceposts, or dead branches protruding from the crowns of trees or shrubs.
	kaweahoaks.com /html/shrike1.htm (524 words)

	Shrike - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
		Shrike, common name applied to many unrelated groups of passerine (perching) birds that have in common a strongly hooked bill and predatory habits....
		Butcherbird, also known as fiscal shrike, small, non-migratory bird that is widespread in sub-Saharan Africa.
		"The Shrike and the Chipmunks" (quotations): Moderation: Early to rise and early…
	au.encarta.msn.com /Shrike.html (124 words)

	NPWRC :: Effects of Management Practices on Grassland Birds: Loggerhead Shrike
		In Oregon and Nevada shrubsteppe, abundance of Loggerhead Shrikes was positively correlated with increasing rockiness, dead vegetation, and shrub diversity, and to the percent coverage of spiny hopsage (Grayia spinosa), budsage (Artemisia spinescens), and shortspine horsebrush (Tetradymia spinosa) (Wiens and Rotenberry 1981).
		In Illinois, DDE was detected in 61 of 69 shrikes (Anderson and Duzan 1978).
		Characteristics of occupied and unoccupied Loggerhead Shrike territories in southeastern Alberta.
	www.npwrc.usgs.gov /resource/literatr/grasbird/losh/losh.htm (5713 words)

	Hinterland Who's Who - Loggerhead Shrike (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		At that time, the Eastern Loggerhead Shrike was reported in Nova Scotia, nested in New Brunswick, and was a common breeding bird in the Montreal area and Quebec’s Eastern Townships, as well as in the agricultural parts of southern Ontario.
		If a shrike is observed between the first of May and the first of September in southern Canada, almost certainly, it is a Loggerhead, because Northern Shrikes, which they resemble, breed far to the north, in the broad transition zone between the boreal forest and the arctic tundra.
		Shrikes seen from early October until the end of April in southern Canada are probably Northern Shrikes.
	www.hww.ca /hww2.asp?id=52 (2353 words)

	Loggerhead Shrike
		The loggerhead shrike is a masked, hook-billed songbird known for its habit of impaling prey on thorns or barbed wire.
		The song of loggerhead shrikes is an often repeated medley of low warbles and harsh, squeaky notes and phrases.
		The shrike quickly carries the prey in its bill to a thorn or piece of barbed wire and impales it.
	www.dnr.state.wi.us /org/land/er/factsheets/birds/SHRIKE.HTM (1145 words)

	Loggerhead Shrike
		Shrikes, predatory songbirds, are commonly known as Butcher Birds for their habit of impaling their prey of small insects, small birds, lizards and small mammals upon thorns.
		Shrikes are about 9 inches long with a wing span of 12.5 to 13 inches.
		The patterns of the adult shrike are evident in the young nestlings.
	www.wbu.com /chipperwoods/photos/logshrike.htm (673 words)

	SHRIKE
		The Shrike 5.56™ is a patented "drop-on" belt-feed upper receiver assembly that fits all MIL-SPEC AR15/M16/M4 type lower receivers.
		The Shrike 5.56™ is readily installed on a MIL SPEC AR-15 / M16 / M4 lower receiver without any modifications to the host weapon.
		Shrike 5.56™ including but not limited to different top covers, belt boxes, belt pouches, handgards, grips, several different barrels and more.
	www.dndguns.com /shrike.htm (276 words)

	Biogeography of the loggerhead shrike
		The loggerhead shrike is a native North American perching bird that preys on insects, lizards and small birds (Alden 1998).
		However, the loggerhead shrike is a little smaller than the mockingbird, the loggerhead shrike’s white spots are likewise smaller than the mockingbird’s and the loggerhead shrike’s bill is much thicker than the mockingbird’s (Alden 1998).
		The productivity of shrike pairs that live near roadsides is half that of pairs that live in other habitats because of accidents with vehicles and because raptors have an easy time spotting prey (such as altricial loggerhead shrikes) along roadsides where cover vegetation is lined up parallel to the road (Yosef 94).
	bss.sfsu.edu /holzman/courses/Fall00Projects/shrike.htm (1416 words)

	Lanier SHRIKE
		Since an OS 25-FP was chosen for use with the Shrike, the front of the fuselage came out a little short resulting in a 1/2" gap between the front of the fuselage and the back of the spinner.
		Finally, the doll "head" pilot and canopy were attached to the fuselage and the ABS plastic strip was attached to the bottom.
		The landings on these flights were much easier due to changing the center of gravity and the model has a different appeal from most planes as it skims across the grass during a landing.
	webpages.charter.net /rcfu/KitReviews/LanShrike.html (1144 words)

	Shrike links
		Nature North is a group of conservation-minded organizations working to save the loggerhead shrike in Manitoba.
		Environment Canada is the leading federal agency in shrike recovery.
		Bird Studies Canada is a Canadian not-for-profit conservation organization dedicated to advancing the understanding, appreciation and conservation of wild birds and their habitats, in Canada and elsewhere.
	www.shrike.ca /shrikelinks.html (224 words)

	Defenders of Wildlife - California Programs - San Clemente Island Loggerhead Shrike
		Shrikes nest in trees and shrubs primarily in the canyon woodlands of the island, and their population numbers have been negatively impacted by a number of factors.
		Additionally, when it was discovered that lethal control of the island fox to protect the shrike was adversely impacting the fox population, fox management methods were modified to try to minimize potential impacts on foxes while continuing to protect the shrike.
		During the 2001 reproductive season, after all reproduction of shrikes in the wild was concluded, and after all releases had been conducted of shrike raised in captivity, it is estimated the peak number of shrikes in the wild on San Clemente Island was 160 individuals.
	www.defenders.org /california/shrike.html (378 words)

	Shrike - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A typical shrike's beak is hooked, like a bird of prey, reflecting its predatory nature.
		Australasian butcherbirds are not shrikes, although they occupy a similar ecological niche.
		A bee presumably caught and impaled by a shrike.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shrike (234 words)

	FIERCE PREDATOR: The Shrike 5.56 Advanced Weapons System (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		In the animal kingdom, although the Shrike is often mistaken for the mocking bird, it is actually a fierce predator in disguise.
		During the bolt carrier's recoil stroke the bolt is unlocked, the expended casing is extracted and ejected from the weapon, the recoil spring is fully compressed, the ammunition belt is partially advanced and the disintegrating ammunition link is ejected from the feed tray.
		The Shrike 5.56 breaths new life into the Black Rifle and it does it with the quality and performance one expects in the 21st century and that which is necessary to win on today's battlefield.
	military.com /soldiertech/0,14632,Soldiertech_Shrike,,00.html?... (4537 words)

	Florida Orienteering - FLOing WILD: Loggerhead Shrike (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Shrikes hunt like a small hawk, preying on insects and small animals, including other birds.
		A masked, hooked-billed songbird, the Loggerhead Shrike compensates for a lack of talons by impaling it’s prey on thorns or barbed-wire.
		The Loggerhead Shrike flies with a fluttering, gliding, motion, showing large white patches on the wings.
	www.floridaorienteering.org /nature/shrike.htm (324 words)

	About Shrikes
		When it spots a potential meal, the shrike swoops in low to the ground and kills its prey with a quick blow from its strong hooked beak.
		Shrikes eat large insects such as grasshoppers, crickets, dragonflies and beetles.
		The bird is easily confused with its close relative, the Northern Shrike, which is larger, has a more barred underside, and is generally seen in Canada during the late fall and winter months when most loggerhead shrikes have migrated south for the winter.
	www.shrike.ca /aboutshrike.html (505 words)

	Hyperion Cantos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is named after the "Shrike" bird which impales insects and small animals on the thorns of a tree.
		The Shrike has been built by the machine god in the distant future, for the purpose of creating as much suffering as possible, in order to lure in and force a confrontation with the human god from the future (this is not revealed until The Fall of Hyperion).
		The Shrike is not always a foe; sporadically in the Hyperion duology it aids the protagonists, and in the sequel Endymion duology, the Shrike appears as a consistenly somewhat benevolent character.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hyperion_Cantos (4101 words)

	DNR - Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)
		The shrike prefers to live in open areas with shrubby hedgerows intermixed with some type of thorny bushes such as hawthorn.
		The shrike is the only Michigan non-raptor (hawks and owls are raptors) that actively hunts for mice.
		Shrikes prefer to sit on an exposed tree limb looking for prey.
	www.michigan.gov /dnr/0,1607,7-153-10319-33010--,00.html (280 words)

	Birds of Nova Scotia - Northern Shrike (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		However, the Northern Shrike will kill more prey than it can immediately eat, and the surplus victims are impaled on barbed wire fences or on the thorns of trees.
		However, a shrike seen in winter is likely to be of this species, but one seen in summer will be a Loggerhead Shrike.
		Sometimes the fl feathers over the bill of the Loggerhead Shrike are difficult to see, and the pale lower mandible of the Northern Shrike may be fl by spring.
	museum.gov.ns.ca /mnh/nature/nsbirds/bns0299.htm (534 words)

	Shrike
		We include a section on aging Loggerhead Shrikes at a distance in summer which should be useful to those monitoring populations on the breeding grounds.
		Therefore, a distinctly barred shrike in fall and early winter is a Northern, but the lack of barring on a late winter or spring shrike is inconclusive for Loggerhead.
		Juvenile Loggerhead Shrikes at close range (not illustrated) are grayer overall than adults with fine barring on the underparts (except the throat), a more contrasting whitish throat and a somewhat duller mask stripe.
	www.ofo.ca /shrike.htm (1118 words)

	Ares Shrike LMG Conversion (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		The Shrike is designed to replace the upper receiver of the M-16 familiy of weapons without the use of tools.
		The Shrike lends itself to use as a squad level machinegun (LMG) or can be used with a TandE unit for sustained fire.
		The Shrike features and integrated Picatinny rail system allowing for a wide variety of sighing systems to be mounted.
	www.guntech.com.cob-web.org:8888 /shrike/index.html (142 words)

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