#lyre bird

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[madamefluffnstuff]

I'm sorry but you cannot look at a Shoebill Stork and a Cassowary and tell me that's not an actual dinosaur.

Weird and wonderful compilation of strange bird noises.

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[antiqueanimals]

Animal Coloration: An Account of the Principal Facts and Theories Relating to the Colors and Markings of Animals. Written by Frank E. Beddard. 1895.

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[wulfthedollmaker]

Ok, so draw Wigrifid Roseate Skin :]. I dont know why I see so much art of it :(((

Hope u don’t mind i drew her in my furry au so now she’s a lyre bird :333 (unfiltered version under cut)

[franettifritz]

Stupid (?) question… are Lyre birds in the Appalachian’s? Cuz this would explain A WHOLE LOT.

Can lyrebirds also mimic human speech like parrots or just ambient noises and other birdcalls?

yeah they can imitate full sentences! here's one complaining about no sunblock

[windcarvedlyre]

ooh for the ask game what about 18 and 22 for venti?

From this ask game!

18. Type Venti's name and tell us what the autocomplete suggests as the next word.

Had to turn on autocomplete for this. It corrects his name to 'ventilation' and suggests 'and' 'is' 'system' as potential words. Ventilation System is my favourite character.

22. Give us a headcanon for Venti.

He was childlike as a wisp- and was infused with personality by NB- and had any potential for something like a childhood ripped away from him by the Decarabian situation and Celestia. He values the innocence of Mondstadt's children really highly as a result; I could see someone trying to seriously harm a child in front of him being a berserk button for him, or at minimum make him directly intervene without any fucking around.

Also, considering he's slept away most of his life, his awake periods might be taking him from trauma to trauma without giving him enough time to properly process them. Add on that being in the position of a god means any outburst or breakdown could cause mass panic or despair and you'd get someone with REALLY serious emotional repression problems. I feel like deep down part of him might still be a scared wisp desperate for someone to comfort him.

Sorry if that got dark, haha. But it is Venti.

[wildbeautifuldamned]

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[albino-parakeet]

Eva Oulu from Birdmen gives me Kauaʻi ʻōʻō vibes.

Mainly because of her being the last of the original seraph group and her still communicating with humans the only reason she's still around.

(Maybe that last point doesn't make sense, but I connect it with the fact we at least have a recording of the last Kaua'i 'ō'ō.)

[muppetjokernumberfivefan]

you’re going to a zoo right? might i suggest using these for inspiration: https://www.tumblr.com/octy-in-boots/736253861887672320

Hmmm... perhaps

[papillondusublime]

1ère éclaboussure : N’écrire que l’essentiel… Mais qui connaît l’essence des choses? Seul un poète du ciel Qui, lui, oublie l’essence des roses. Mais cueille, âme, les fleurs de la vie! Ce printemps d’un jour, tu lui survis.

2ème éclaboussure : L’auteur : l’autre que nul n’ôte. Ô lettres, immortalisez l’être! Scripta manent. De la faute Originale, je suis l’ancêtre. Mots divers, maudits vers, maux d’hiver, Allez-vous créer un monde vert?

3ème éclaboussure : Écriture! De tes ailes, Tu caresses mon front incertain. Avec ta plume éternelle, Tombe la graine d’un grand jardin. De l’Idée fleurit un parc d’étoiles, Naît un ange au règne végétal.

4ème éclaboussure : Chante, ma lyre adorée! Tes notes prises, pousse-les haut! Là, mon délire a doré, Sur le dos-ré-mi d’un bel oiseau. Ma voix, perdue comme une étincelle, Monte le ton avec l’hirondelle.

-Poésie: extrait de "L’encre et le sang", à lire dans "Genèse d'une femme" par Marine Mariposa, disponible gratuitement sur https://sites.google.com/view/papillondusublime/gen%C3%A8se-dune-femme -Image: ''Concert Of Birds'', Frans Snyders

[tlmtwelve]

December 2024, Day 23: Orpheus

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[nervousnumbat]

Yes! Aren't they cool? The Pennant-winged Nightjar can be found from Nigeria to northern South Africa. Those fancy long second primary feathers are exclusive to males during breeding season, which occurs from spring to early summer south of the equator.

They don't keep these feathers for long though, and quickly drop or break off after they've served their purpose. But they grow back each year a little bit longer than the before, with some recorded as long as twice the bird's body length!

Now, if you think these guys are cool there's another species in the Macrodipteryx genus called the Standard-winged Nightjar. A nocturnal bird with some similar fancy feather game.

And there's nothing standard about those ornamental flight feathers! Unless of course by standard you mean another name for war flags? Which is exactly how the males hold those breeding plumage in flight to attract and woo females! They too drop these when it's no longer date night, but they all makes some adorable sleepy faces when photographers find them during the day.

pennant-winged nightjars have a silhouette i’m literally obsessed with. you see the vision

[windcarvedlyre]

For your ask meme: thoughts on kaeya, rosaria -w-?

@tempests-bards-and-birds

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The Angel's share gang minus Venti... I love them...

Warning for discussion of a leaked playable character (technically already namedropped in-game, but still) in Rosaria's section.

Rosaria

What I think of her: god, everything about her is so hilarious on the surface but so tragic when you dig deeper.

She's a skimpily-dressed nun who skives off work, drinks and smokes at any opportunity, and is secretly an assassin handling the nastiest parts of Mondstadt's defense. Imagine being some foreign agent aiming to sabotage Mondstadt, thinking you're hot shit and wondering why the knights have been so gullible and welcoming, only for a sister of the goddamn church to corner you in an alley and end you. That's amazing.

Her past though... jesus christ. I really hope she'll learn to let herself live in the light a little.

Both aspects of her really enhance Mondstadt's atmosphere as a whole for me. They embody the city's (and archon)'s way of handling things: endlessly kind and welcoming and willing to forgive until someone passes a certain threshold of danger towards their people, at which point they reveal they're far, far more dangerous and capable than they look on the surface.

Romantic ships: not into any, though I could see Rosaria/Diluc being a thing. She's totally slept with Kaeya as well. Probably repeatedly.

Non-romantic ships: Rosaria + everyone in Mondstadt loving and appreciating her. Rosaria + that cat she absolutely should have adopted. Her + Kaeya + Venti as the Angel's Share gang driving Diluc up the wall never stops being entertaining, nor does any interaction between her and other members of the church.

Her + Venti specifically is especially amazing. She can't even get his name right. He must be struggling not to break down laughing every other conversation he has with her, I s2g. A reveal would be glorious. More seriously, I think he has a lot of blood on his hands himself and it would be fascinating to see how they would interact and how her views of herself might change if they were more open with each other.

I'm excited to see what relationship Dahlia has with her, too, since looking at his design there's no way he isn't connected to her somehow.

Unpopular opinion: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ no clue

Something I wish would happen: mainly the angel's share crew actually being open and genuine with each other. And I hope she gets involved in whatever plot happens when Dahlia is released.

Kaeya

How I feel about him: more unhealthy obsession by the day. Do I even need to spell out why? He's one of genshin's most interesting characters, imo.

How the hell does he function with stress and paranoia eating away at him day after day? Torn between his past that could come back to haunt him at any point and the city that's actually treated him with kindness? Carrying scars on his face that are a permanent reminder that that kindness may be conditional? Growing up in a world that worships gods he knows are complicit in atrocities without being able to talk about it? Meeting the god of his city, becoming drinking buddies with him and constantly dancing around the elephant in the room, probably wondering when said god will stop pretending everything's fine and throw him off Starsnatch Cliff?

Man.

Romantic ships: Kaeven kaeven kaeven. I will convert more people besides us to see the light of this celestia-forsaken ship. Ships between characters that are supposed to be opposed but could have deep solidarity over shared experiences if they actually talked to each other kill me.

Non-romantic ships: Kaeya x everyone in Mond loving and appreciating him too. I'll take platonic kaeven too, any interaction between them is gold. Do I even need to mention ragbros or does that go without saying? I'd love to see Kaeya + Jean post a Kaeya's backstory reveal too, and I need more Kaeya taking care of Klee in my life.

As I said in the Dain response, I'd love to see those two get closer as well.

Unpopular opinion: genuinely not sure. 'Kaeven is really underrated'? I don't see opposition to that though, it's just rare.

Something I wish would happen: my fingers are crossed so hard that they do what they've set up for him justice, having a dramatic backstory reveal for him in a way that forces him to actively choose a side. Also for him to become a 5* with a better kit but that's never happening.

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