Predatory Songbirds: The Case of the Murderous Tits (2018)

As I was reading the article I couldn't help but hear the hauntingly beautiful song 'Shrike' by Hozier, that is thematically based around the same-named birds in the article.

"Dragging along // Following your form // Hung like the pelt of some prey you had worn // Remember me love when I'm reborn // As the shrike to your sharp // And glorious thorn"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgsLoYuns6Y

What a great title! Also, that Great Tit photo definitely reminds me of those old "Big Game Hunter" portraits.

I remain sceptic about killer great tits, at winter they would crave for any fat source available, but using carrion looks much more probable

The roadrunner video is impressive.

Totally different animals in any case. Roadrunners aren't passeriformes (not songbirds).

> The great tit is a distinctive bird with a black head and neck -Wikipedia

If only I had known about this species of bird when I was a kid. Call me immature but there is something ticklish about disguised vulgarity.

Death by Snu-Snu