Like eagles and falcons, shrikes are birds of prey. However, they aren’t raptors, but are songbirds. Though shrikes have a sharp, hooked beak, they are small and have weak legs. The little shrike ...

To us “civilized” mammals, some animal behavior can sometimes be construed as downright gruesome. There are behaviors that have been observed by animals in which even the most avid naturalist has been ...

Last fall, when Ball State University’s football team was running up a long-unbeaten streak, alumnus David Letterman proclaimed frequently on “The Late Showâ that the cardinal – the school’s mascot – ...

Years ago, on one particular winter walk here at the nature center, we were concentrating on birds. We saw many of the "usual suspects" - chickadees, mourning doves, crows, plus a great horned owl and ...

Any feathered creature with the nickname butcher bird is sure to be a piece of work. Welcome to the carnivorous world of our most dangerous songbirds, the shrikes. At first blush, a shrike suggests a ...

Last December, as I was crossing the yard at the nature center, I heard an unusual bird song. It came from a small songbird perched near the top of an ash tree west of the barn, overlooking a brushy ...

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I love rule breakers. You know, the critters in nature that don’t follow the rules we people lay out for them. A good example of this is the opossum. How crazy is it for a mammal to have their babies ...