#the butcherbird

[totally-not-an-awkward-okapi]

I just realized that if I’ve got a little head world full of reimagined Spider-man villain’s anyway, I could just take my favorite wild reinterpretation of the Vulture and make him his own character.

So meet Butcherbird.

[inumbrapugnabimus-maybe]

Traumatizing Sky in fun and silly new ways :D

Ok I know shrikes probably don’t exist in hyrule but NEVERTHELESS

if there is a shockingly violent predatory songbird on our planet I can’t NOT draw Sky meeting it

Also here is the lineart which I like better idk why

[rukafais]

IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR, SWORDTEMBER 2024 (get your prompt list here)

Wings "An implacable weapon that settles for nothing less than the complete subjugation of its opponents. Its preferred technique is a single and swift impalement that leaves shattered bones and armor in its path, often severing the spine in the process.

It resembles a lance more than a sword, disdaining the cut and adoring the thrust. Even in the hands of a novice wielder, it hunts targets with unstoppable force."

[redrcs]

Rainforest colours #13. various locations.

On my travels.

1. Black Butcherbird.

2. Stone Bush Curlew.

3. Osprey.

4. Forest Kingfisher.

[cutestbabyanimalbracket]

Please vote for whichever animal is cuter, not whichever one you like more!

[unrestrained-balderdash-art-blog]

Pied Month day 6! (missed day 5 for Woodpigeon Wednesgay). Butcherbird? More like butch lesbian bird!

Reference photo by Robert Myers

I'm on Cara, it's a social media for art that's against AI! Follow me @ tbalderdash

[hometoursandotherstuff]

The Shrike is a brutal killer carnivore, also known as “The Butcherbird,” b/c it impales its prey and uses a special maneuver to break the neck of small rodents. But, it looks like this.

Cute, but deadly AF.

https://www.audubon.org/news/shrikes-have-absolutely-brutal-way-killing-large-prey

[lavendertoastmoth]

I WANNA SLIT YOUR THROAT AND EAT TILL I GET SICK!

Alt

[montymollusk]

wow i can’t believe i never posted this?? anyways fake cover for a thing i tried writing forever ago

[citizenoftmrrwlnd]

stimboard for : a northern shrike with snow, ice, and winter themes with a pallet of pale blues requested by ❄️Shrike

x | x | x x | x | x x | x | x

[aevris]

lil outfit ref for my true(?)sona. added a gull option because i am a Gull Girlie

[totally-not-an-awkward-okapi]

Just realized that instead of coming up with a whole new name, I could just let Butcherbird fully subsume Marvel’s only other Laniidae themed character: Simon “Killer Shrike” Maddicks.

There’s no canon relation between Simon and Arthur “Artie” Maddicks but. I mean I’m already letting The Ultimate Spider-Man’s Vulture be his own character. So you can’t exactly stop me now.

[dovemoulins]

just realised i forgot to post my bird pics from when i went to an ecology camp in south australia!!! so fun. i have a bunch more so i might do a part 2

[aroaessidhe]

a few NZ adult sff books!

for @thereadingchallengechallenge following an ask from a week or two ago

most of these authors also have other books that I love! I have mentioned specifically their books that are set here (or Aotearoa-inspired fantasy)

From A Shadow Grave by Andi Buchanan (alternate history fantasy based on a real life murder/wellington ghost story)

The Dawnhounds by Sasha Stronach (queer alchemical-biopunk dystopian fantasy)

No Man’s Land by AJ Fitzwater (queer historical fantasy about land girls in WWII)

The Stone Wētā by Octavia Cade (climate fiction novella about an underground network protecting science data in the future)

The Wind City by Rem Wigmore (urban fantasy set in Wellington)

How To Get A Girlfriend When You’re A Terrifying Monster by Marie Cardno (cute sapphic monster romance novella)

Kurangaituku by Whiti Hereaka (nonlinear myth retelling, this is definitely more in the direction of literary fiction tbh)

Butcherbird by Cassie Hart (supernatural horror/suspense, not quite sff enough for my tastes but might be of interest?)

Wake by Elizabeth Knox (similarly more horror/thriller than sff-y; she also has a fantasy called The Absolute Book that I haven’t read yet)

I already mentioned Na Viro by Gina Cole, but since I think it’s adult I’ll mention it again here! it’s a Pasifikafuturist sci-fi/fantasy

[redrcs]

The new addition to the family.

The newest pied butcherbird. Its parents brought it around today to introduce it to me, and the cheese and rolled oats I put out for them.

[ausbirdoftheday]

Todays bird of the day is the pied butcherbird! The butcherbird gets their name from their feeding habits - they impale captured prey on small branches before eating them. They share this title and behaviour with the shrike, but are unrelated, as Australia doesn’t have any native shrikes. They are related to the Australian Magpie (who aren’t corvids like other magpies) and share their swooping tendencies. They also have a lovely, layered song in contrast with their more violent behaviours

photo by me!!