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• n  any of numerous Old World birds having a strong hooked bill that feed on smaller animals

• But Hollywood instantly claimed her as its new resident shrike, and she has lived out there over the past dozen years, making pictures like Johnny Guitar, Giant, A Farewell to .
• Whether describing a loggerhead shrike in North Carolina or an egghead racist in New Orleans, wandering over Beverly Hills ("reminds you of the environs of Florence and Fiesole .
• Others on his growing worry list include the bobolink, the upland sandpiper and the loggerhead shrike.

News & Articles

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• Endangered species thriving on US military ranges
  July 17, 2013: A San Clemente Island loggerhead shrike chirps away in its enclosure at a facility on San Clemente Island. AP The sign leaves no doubt about the risk in entering the steep seaside hills that North America's rarest bird calls home: "Danger. Boom. Explosives.
  Aug. 10, 2013 - Fox News
• Home on bombing range: Some endangered species thrive on military training ranges
  SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND, Calif. — North America's rarest bird is rebounding from the brink of extinction on a U.S. Navy bombing range. The San Clemente Island loggerhead shrike is among scores of endangered species thriving on military lands.
  Aug. 10, 2013 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
• Endangered species thrive on US military ranges - Quincy Herald-Whig | Illinois & Missouri News, Sports
  SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND, Calif. (AP) - North America's rarest bird is rebounding from the brink of extinction on a U.S. Navy bombing range. The San Clemente Island loggerhead shrike is among scores of endangered species thriving on military lands.
  Aug. 10, 2013 - Quincy Herald-Whig

Quotes

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• Mike Ward in Southtown Star
  All the hedgerows are gone,Ward says. "There are a few hedgerows here and there, but the hedgerow birds are gone. We found one shrike the entire time. We got a few more bobwhites, but they are all in southern Illinois. There's not much...