>>5362655Holy shit, you weren't kidding. I haven't seen many of that kind of bird, so I looked it up and they're pretty metal. They've got full-blown developed techniques for how to best kill all kinds off big insects/small mammals.
"To spear prey, a shrike carries it in its beak to a perch, seizes it by the head and takes aim at the top of a thorn or other suitable spike. With a downward movement the thorn is driven through the head or thorax of an insect or the throat of a bird or mouse." -
https://britishbirds.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/article_files/V62/V62_N05/V62_N05_P192_199_A041.pdf 