The Loggerhead Shrike can easily be confused with the more prevalent Northern mockingbird, especially when seen from a distance. When I first saw this bird perched at the top of a tall snag at the beginning of my walk on the Salado Creek Greenway on Wednesday, November 23, I thought it was a mockingbird. With a closer look through the telephoto lens, I realized it was, in fact, a loggerhead shrike. The shrike has a prominent black mask across its eyes:
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