Shrike
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Shrikes are passerine birds of the family Laniidae. The family is composed of 34 species in two genera.
Shrike on a Winter Tree, silk painting by Li Di (李迪). China, Song dynasty, 1187 AD
A bee presumably caught and impaled by a shrike
Image: Southern White crowned Shrike, Eurocephalus anguitimens, gleaning ants from the early morning soil at Marakele National Park, South Africa (13952312157)
Hoarding (animal behavior)
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Hoarding or caching in animal behavior is the storage of food in locations hidden from the sight of both conspecifics and members of other species. Most commonly, the function of hoarding or caching is to store food in times of surplus for times when food is less plentiful. However, there is evidence that a certain amount of caching or hoarding is actually undertaken with the aim of ripening the food so stored, and this practice is thus referred to as ‘ripening caching’. The term hoarding is most typically used for rodents, whereas caching is more commonly used in reference to birds, but the behaviors in both animal groups are quite similar.
Western scrub jays cache food such as acorns and insects.