butdustandashes:

imma be real with you tho, i had to look up what a “shrike” was and now i know that it is a “a songbird with a strong sharply hooked bill, often impaling its prey of small birds, lizards, and insects on thorns” which is SO BADASS like hella. hella. hella tiny murder bird SINGING and MURDERING. what an aesthetic. and i don’t know how i lived not knowing that until this very moment, thank you hozier my forest fae lord for teaching me about the wildlife of our glorious world full of strange magics i feel 219.04% more ethereal now imma go summon myself a murder of shrikes. a flock of shrikes. a whole shitload of shrikes.