This is a bird called the Sereima, and what you are seeing isn’t random behavior: it’s how they hunt. They chase rodents and lizards down, grab them with their beaks, then slam their prey down onto rocks repeatedly until they stop moving.
Metal as hell.
Huh. Is this an American thing? Book stores are definitely a thing in my corner of Canada. Like, perpetually busy.
Also yeah that’s a great story ❤️