i love shrikes because they’re horrible little carnivores whose feeding habits are grim enough to earn then the nickname ‘butcherbird’ but they look like this
“During courtship the male will perform a ritualised dance which includes actions that mimic the skewering of prey on thorns.”
– Wikipedia entry (their shrike photo looks a bit different from the bird above, but it might just be the angle)
Mooncustafer 