#Potoo Bird

[doctor-direst]

I love potoos

[valerian-insomniac]

Okay so some people would probably say if Snatcher was a bird he'd be a crow or a raven, maybe even an owl.

I disagree. This sneaky son of a gun would be a potoo and you can fight me on that. It's literally called a "ghost bird"!

[lowkeiloki]

Top 10 Animals That Are Autism Creatures

10. Serval

9. Krill

8. Potoo

7. Sunfish

6. Sugar Glider

5. Desert Rain Frog

4. Acorn Weevil

3. Mudskipper

2. Baby Seal

1. Tardigrade

[little-drop-of-water]

So...

I knew I'd seen that face before.

[pollswithnogoals]

I'll start, I'm a bird... this one to be more precise

[boomartist]

Bird cleaning croc teeth, the natural order 🦜 🐊

[lousydrawingsforgoodpeople]

this is a potoo. if u wanna see a weird lookin bird, look it up, or just take my word 4 it

[undead-knick-knack]

Oh Prism

[funsizeart]

Potoo bird. Watercolour, 3x3 inches

[tagedeszorns]

[nobigneil]

this tweet from Neil in 2013

[ghost-bxrd]

An important question about your user name; should I be picturing a ghost bird or a ghost bard?

And if a bird, are we talking dead bird spirit imprint, or a potoo?

Or

Pfpfpfpf valid question. I go by GhostBIRD. Somehow fitting for my Robin obsession I’ll admit, but coincidentally Batman or adjacent fandoms didn’t have anything to do with that choice in username.

I used to sketch a lot of skeletal/surreal animals (and birds) and was very into subtle horror. I ended up stumbling across a book (and later the movie) “Annihilation” by Jeff Vandermeer, where the main character had the nickname “Ghostbird” and… it stuck with me. Also it helped very much that when I googled GhostBird and found the very real bird, the Potoo, it ended up being a wonderfully silly looking bird that’s just perpetually screaming which… is very on brand ngl.

so yeah, that’s how my username was born. A combination of sketching literal ghost birds, a killer book (and movie), and a silly looking bird that looks like it had too many espressos (mood). 🦉

As for what to picture… I’d like to say please think of me as an eerie spirit bird but… the potoo is much closer to reality lol.

[multidimensional-trashcan]

BEHOLD the representative of my mental state: The Potoo!!!

just look at him

and listen:

[fandom-junk-drawer]

Guys, guys! I found Geralt's baby picture! Behold, baby Witcher Geralt!

(This is a Potoo chick, for those who don't get the joke 😉)

[53v3nfrn5]

Potoo Bird

[taffydragondraws]

And this is a character I created for when I hope to get started playing D&D, an Aarakocra Druid named Kkh