Yesssssss that's my bird, baby, I'm so glad everyone can learn about this extraordinarily gnarly little guy!! Although, if you get excited like I do, and you want to send your friends pictures of northern shrikes impaling snakes and birds and mice and anything else they damn well please, maybe put a spoiler on the image, or send it with a message more descriptive than "look how cool this is!" I have learned this lesson the hard way.
Aww! Cute! Terrifying! We see these guys in the winter here in MN (imaging picking MN as a winter retreat, absolutely a maniac choice, supports evidence for psycho killer status) and the Loggerheads in summer for nesting.
Yesssssss that's my bird, baby, I'm so glad everyone can learn about this extraordinarily gnarly little guy!! Although, if you get excited like I do, and you want to send your friends pictures of northern shrikes impaling snakes and birds and mice and anything else they damn well please, maybe put a spoiler on the image, or send it with a message more descriptive than "look how cool this is!" I have learned this lesson the hard way.
Aww! Cute! Terrifying! We see these guys in the winter here in MN (imaging picking MN as a winter retreat, absolutely a maniac choice, supports evidence for psycho killer status) and the Loggerheads in summer for nesting.
Also the inspiration for one of the best sci-fi monsters of all time (from Dan Simmons' Hyperion books)