Shrikes: Meet the Bird That Impales Prey on Spikes

If you’ve ever found a small animal impaled on a spike, odds are it was killed by a shrike.

National Audubon Society - Did you know that the Northern Shrike is a predatory songbird? It feeds on small birds, mammals, and insects, and sometimes impales them on thorns or barbed wire

Valley Grove Preservation Society

Loggerhead Shrike: Converting Thorns into Meat-hooks

Shrikes: Meet the Bird That Impales Prey on Spikes

Butcher Birds, The Loggerhead Shrike - 10,000 Birds

Meet the Shrike: The Butcher Bird That Impales Its Prey on Sharp Objects - A-Z Animals

Meet the loggerhead shrike, the rare butcher bird of FMR-restored prairies

Shrikes: Meet the Bird That Impales Prey on Spikes

Shrike birds use deadly branch spike to kill their prey

Meet the Shrike: The Butcher Bird That Impales Its Prey on Sharp Objects - A-Z Animals