#shrikes

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[michaelnordeman]

Red-backed Shrike/törnskata. Värmland, Sweden (15 June 2025).

[catherine-of-aragorn]

Shrikes are seriously the funniest birds to me. Like if you heard about a predatory species of bird that literally *impales its prey* and is nicknamed "the Butcherbird" you would probably expect something large and badass and intimidating but in reality they just look like this:

and it's hilarious.

this bird just looks like the physical manifestation of "you're so cute when you're angry"

[pernine]

im on a roll! here is a lovely woodchat shrike, ive not seen one as im not in range but they are an occasional vagrant where i am

[uwmspeccoll]

Another Daglish Feathursday

Here are some more wood-engraved renderings of birds by British author and wood engraver Eric Fitch Daglish (1892-1966) from his book  Birds of the British Isles,  published in London by J. M. Dent & Sons in 1948 in a limited edition of 1500 copies, with 23 black and white and 25 hand-colored wood engravings by Daglish. Want to know more about these feathery fellows? Here you go:

European Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)

Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

Common Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus)

Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)

Woodchat Shrike (Lanius senator)

Northern Nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes)

Our copy is a donation from our friend, Wisconsin wood engraver Tony Drehfal.

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[simplified-birds]

Simplified bird #85 - loggerhead shrike

( requested by @holiday-spice )

[lemonsbears]

red-backed shrike