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"I like to perk up here, watch the people go by... in times of old I had to nest amongst the gargoyles to do so- but these days? Nobody ever looks up"

A commission by @nodriot I have been RABIDLY waiting for, might actually be my favourite thus far!

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Taiwan Thrush (Turdus niveiceps), family Turdidae, order Passeriformes, endemic to Taiwan

photograph by Hiyashi Haka

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Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops), family Upupidae, order Bucerotiformes, Iceland

Hoopoes are very rare in Iceland.

photograph by Birding Iceland

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Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus), male, showing off on the lek, family Phasianidae, order Galliformes, Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge, MT, USA

photograph by Mountain Misfits 

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Northern Carmine Bee-eater (Merops nubicus), family Meropidae, order Coraciiformes, Benin

photograph by The Nature Project

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Himalayan Monal (Lophophorus impejanus), male, family Phasianidae, northern India

Photograph by Kamlesh Mirkale

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Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus), EAT A TASTY LIZARD!!!, family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes, Big Bend National Park, TX, USA

photograph by Judy Holt

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Giant Antpitta (Grallaria gigantea), family Grallariidae, order Passeriformes, NW Ecuador

Antshrikes, antbirds, antwrens, and antpittas get their names from the practice of following columns of army ants. They prey on insects and other small animals which flee or escape the ants.

photograph by Jospeh C. Boone

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Blood Pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus), male, family Phasianidae, order Galliformes, Sichuan, China

illustration by Bjorn Olesen

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Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus), family Anatidae, order Anseriformes, FL, USA

photograph by Kristen Grace

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Ruffs (Calidris pugnax), males, in full breeding plumage, family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes, Netherlands

photograph by Dirk Van Wijk

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Beautiful Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus), parents with chick, family Columbidae, order Columbiformes, endemic to New Guinea

photograph by Thomas Breuer

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Sahul Sunbird (Cinnyris frenatus), family Nectariniidae, order Passeriformes, Crater Lakes National Park, QLD, USA

photograph by Ruben Montero

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Corn Crake aka Landrail (Crex crex), HE SCREMMM!!!, family Rallidae, order Gruiformes, Slovakia

photograph by Peter Gaľo

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Someone once told me that it’s wrong to draw top surgery scars with jagged edges and pointed spines. They said that it makes them look monstrous, violent, but I don’t know. I think he’s quite beautiful.