Birds! and Murder! and Convergent Evolution (and read the comments.)

https://crookedtimber.org/2025/03/25/occasional-paper-the-suplex-bird/

Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) at Lake Thunderbird in Norman, Oklahoma, United States on March 7, 2025

Some of the camera settings I used to make this photo are at: https://www.rsok.com/~jrm/2025Mar23_birds_and_cats/2025mar07_shrike_IMG_2949c.html

Delightful and informative:

Occasional paper: The Suplex Bird by Doug Muir on March 25, 2025.
Today I’d like to talk about that delightful little companion of field and garden: the shrike.

https://crookedtimber.org/2025/03/25/occasional-paper-the-suplex-bird/

Occasional paper: The Suplex Bird — Crooked Timber

https://crookedtimber.org/2025/03/25/occasional-paper-the-suplex-bird/

It’s spring time and the murder birds are back. #cclinks #shrike

Careful, we shrike back!

#FediArt #GoToSocialArt #Linocut #ArtForSale #FreeDL #Shrike #Birds #Anarchy #SocialJustice

Even a murderbird needs a little stretch sometimes.

An unusual bird in the UK but plenty of them in the Kruger..... Lesser Grey Shrike. A good looking bird.

#Kruger #KrugerNationalPark #Africa #SouthAfrica #Shrike #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #bandit #birdsofmastodon

https://youtu.be/w7fKpQbyHgc

SHRIKE – The Divine and the Serpentine
https://eternal-terror.com/?p=64773

RELEASE YEAR: 2025BAND URL: https://linktr.ee/officialshrike

Shrike, who hail from the city of Preston in the UK, turned out to be a bit of a musical curve ball in the positive sense of the word. An intense listen in so many ways, this richly textured long-player of theirs defies any attempt at pigeonholing and can perhaps best be summed up as progressive in nature as it weaves traits and […]

「啼(な)かずして / 寒(かん)の鵙(もず)らは / 夜(よ)もすがら
空(から)いばりして / 胸(むね)を張(は)るらし」

#aiart #気ままに一首 #fediverse短歌部 #短歌 #shrike


[季語：寒の鵙 ]
鳴き声ももらさず冬空の鵙たちはひと晩中、虚勢を張って胸を張っているそうだ


秋のうちは縄張りを主張して力強く鳴いていたモズも、冬は寒さを堪え黙して胸を張るばかりです、その弱音を吐かない孤高の姿を手本にしたいと思うほどに

Week 1 of #Swordtember2024 The Aspect of the Shrike. During the century of darkness, ancient and terrible creatures ruled the land, sky and seas, one such was a great wyrm. Her true name is lost to time; however, she was given a common name by her unique way of dealing with her enemies, impaling her victims on long barbs she called from the very earth. It’s said that both the sword and mortal who struck her through retained an aspect of her great power.

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Y’day with a strengthening #levante near #Tarifa where masses of Black #Kites and European Honey #Buzzards were gathering due to the wind as they danced over our heads!

Then a visit to las #marismas where we encountered migratory #shorebirds including Little #Stints and Curlew #Sandpipers as we observed Audouin’s and Slender-billed #Gulls!

The Northern Bald #Ibis came into to greet us and we also encountered migrants from the #campo like this juv Woodchat #Shrike and Eurasian #Hoopoe.

The Las Vegas Wash gives this Loggerhead Shrike a scenic view of #LasVegas and the #SpringMountains. It's likely more interested in scanning for small animals to eat, though!

Friends of Kororoit Creek
National Tree Day

10am to 2pm, Sunday 28 August

The Bug Rug, entry at 59 Sanders Ave, West Sunshine

https://www.fokc.org.au/

#BirdsofMastodon #honeyeater #shrike
#bluewren #KororoitCreek