#perching java sparrow

[blacklakritz-fr]

Perching Java sparrow edit/recolor

to resemble eurasian bullfinch

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[frogofalltime]

@luneyjuney asked me for my top 100 birds and i am extremely autistic so. here yall go

feral pigeon (if you even slightly know me you will be aware of this. i have a whole army of pigeon friends in my city and they are my favourite birds of all time)

wandering albatross (widest wingspan of all extant birds, fly incredibly long distances, hella cool)

sparrowhawk (so cool and also the name of the main character in earthsea)

african penguin (i became obsessed with them as a kid because i didn't know penguins could live in warm places)

great crested grebe (hella cool, also i saw one in real life a few weeks ago !!)

woodpigeon (they are always cooing outside my grandparents' house and it feels like home when i hear them)

bee hummingbird (tiny. adorable. the world's smallest bird)

nightjar (weird big mouths, i love them)

carrion crow (extremely smart and very emo)

magpie (they steal stuff they find on the floor, just like me fr)

mourning dove (name a better sound than the mourning dove's song, i'll wait)

green pigeon (my favourite colour and my favourite bird, what else do you want)

fairy wren (so small !! so cute !!)

tailorbird (they sew leaves together to make their nests, honestly the coolest thing ever)

turtle dove (pretty pretty pretty)

speckled pigeon (SO PRETTY AND I LOVE THEM)

little penguin (they look like babies !!!!)

barn owl (their faces are so lovely. i want to look like a barn owl in my next life)

spotted woodpecker (i saw one last summer !! i like the noise they make)

cockatiel (pikachu looking cheeks)

blue tit (they're so pretty and cute and i like their song !)

european robin (friendly little guys with pretty red bellies, and the loveliest song you've ever heard)

eurasian wren (small and round and the way they hop makes me smile)

collared dove (another beautiful pigeon-related bird)

kiwi (they have a special place in my heart thanks to a really sad video i watched in eight grade)

pekin duck (big and white with orange beaks and feet, very iconic)

gouldian finch (so pretty and i wanted to change my name to finch when i was younger)

emerald dove (green wings !!! and pigeon-adjacent !!!)

little grebe (just a baby. i have seen them a few times and they are so sweet)

mistle thrush (they're so beautiful !! i see them regularly in local parks)

wagtail (i like watching them perch around the river wagging their tails)

chaffinch (another lovely finch species !)

elf owl (world's smallest owl !!!)

bleeding heart dove (tragic in a beautiful way)

crowned pigeon (so beautiful, imagine a pigeon wearing the most splendid crown you've ever seen)

rosy-faced lovebird (couple goals fr)

coot (i like their funny webbed feet)

diamond dove (pretty !!!!)

orpington chicken (fluffy and big and make me feel cosy)

little owl (another tiny guy !!)

cockatoo (i made friends with one as a kid, she was so cool)

silkie chicken (so soft and beautiful)

hoopoe (i refuse to believe this is not a pokémon)

raven (big, black, smart, awesome)

mexican violetear (they're so pretty aaaa what shiny colourful feathers !)

great egret (majestic)

java sparrow (we studied them last year, it's funny how they are extinct in their native habitat but are thriving in their new temple homes)

mallard duck (the most common ducks that you see everywhere, i love them)

bowerbird (becky lemme smash)

house sparrow (cute little guys that live in the garden, we call them The Gang)

puffin (i like their beaks)

kakapo (big green potato bird)

potoo (they're so weird !! i love them !!)

grey heron (every time i see one it feels like a good omen)

red-crowned crane (the iconic japanese crane that i like to make origami of)

swallows (cool forked tails)

ringneck parakeet (they're so awesome !)

long tailed widowbird (longest tail you've ever seen, actually pretty ridiculous)

pochard (adorable little duck species)

peafowl (of course, i mean look at them)

mandarin duck (their plumage is so ornate !!! i see them in the park a lot !!!)

european starling (they're so common but so cool ! there's a family of them that live outside my window and i like to greet them every time i go outside)

fairy penguin (tiny tiny tiny)

bittern (pretty rare and make a great noise)

blue bird of paradise (exactly what it sounds like)

peregrine falcon (honestly these should be higher on the list they're awesome)

ruff (they have really interesting sexual dynamics, some of the males look exactly like females while others look starkly different, look them up)

oilbird (there's a picture of them with their mouths wide open in one of my bird books and it made me fall in love)

chiffchaff (they make such a cool noise, hence the name)

kingfisher (i think i saw one once as a kid, truly fantastic creatures)

red kite (i see them flying overhead sometimes, very cool birds of prey)

eastern bluebird (so pretty ! i wish we had them in the uk)

amazon parrot (hella intelligent and awesome)

frogmouth (i like frogs, and they look so goofy)

white emu (i saw one last summer, very cool)

grey parrot (apollo good bird !)

european blackbird (very common here, with a very memorable song. there's one outside my window that stays awake at night and sings to me when i get home late)

skylark (allouette gentil allouette)

blue jay (another cool species i wish we had in the uk)

waxwing (very pretty !)

mockingbird (they're so smart, they can mimic noises really well)

white hawk (the coolest hawk species in my opinion)

spoonbill (their beaks look like spoons)

nightingale (sang in berkeley square)

snow goose (the same reason i like pekin ducks; they just look so perfect, like yea that's a Goose alright)

chinstrap penguin (gay !!!!!!! look up roy and silo, you won't regret it)

cormorant (i like the way they display their wings, so magnificent)

house martin (they have a symbiotic relationship with humans, very cool)

sandpiper (i like the way they run)

tufted duck (cute little tuft on their heads)

fairy pitta (oh they are gorgeous)

great tit (they have regional accents, but they all have a two-note song which is very recognisable, there was one that sang nonstop in my parents' garden one year and we became quite fond of him)

shoebill (people say they're terrifying, but i think they're really cool, despite the creepiness)

blue footed booby (silly little guys that do a goofy tap dance with their bright blue feet)

red-billed scythebill (long ass curved beak)

ostrich (of course they had to be on the list somewhere, enormous speedy bois)

painted bunting (colourful and spectacular)

cactus wren (they make holes in cactus stems to live inside and keep cool ! very smart !)

harrier hawk (rather amazing bird of prey)

common swift (they're so fast, and i love watching them fly in the spring and summer)

[whiteclericmaris]

ToT

 I got a free drop on the Wingdrapes. Yesterday I decided to buy the earrings with gems since that was the item I had planned for my Progenitor.

Now it’s just the Tailwrap and the Scarf left to have one of each.

However....

Can you stop dropping these date plumed apparel things. I don’t like them in my hoard.

PM me if you are interested in one of these as I am more than willing to trade some away.

[oceanodroma-blog1]

Java Sparrow

Kapi’olani Park, HI

[primrose-fr]

Wildlife of the Scarred Wastes

Hey I put together a list of all wildlife found in Plague, for writing purposes. Because it's pretty unique from the rest of Sornieth. Thus can be a bit difficult to write for.  It's also interesting to note that most of the creatures can be found in other locations too, I picture the varieties found in plague to be more...plague-y. I hope this is at least a good jumping off point for you writers/worldbuilders!

Includes little personal notes here and there about possible uses, ecology and real-life equivalents, and interesting notes from the items bio too.

Everything under the cut. Long post ahead

Meat:

Panther Anole (Small, fool hardy, easy prey for hatchlings) Plague Bat (Bat that carries plagues?? Probably a small snack for adults and a meal for hatchlings) Satin Mouse (Magically charged mice, might have been introduced from Arcane) Java Sparrow (Small songbird, Nutritious) Shrew (Small and mole like, cannot be tamed) Marsh Rabbit (Oily water repellent fur, probably like a softer beaver pelt. Decent meal. Probably farmed for fur) Dappled Clucker (Chickens whose females brutally fight over males. Probably farmed for meat) Steppes Box Turtle (known for it's shell pattern) Musk Scrapper (Like a brown skunk, stinks but apparently the meat is incredible.) Flecked Bushrunner (Type of quail. males race each other to impress females. Proabably a common type of wild game) Wood Duck (Probably a common type of wild game) Silver-Laced Rooster (There was a play about a rooster trying to woo a dragon. Ended poorly.) Arroyo Toad (Most dragons are immune to it's toxin but Mirrors are allergic to it.) Plantain Poacher (Type of squirrel monkey. Common pest that raids produce stores.) Bush Rat Wallaby (Probably a decent sized meal) False Podid (Decent meal, cousin to common podid, tastes best when roasted in the shell) White-Eared Hummingbird Coral Snake (VENOMOUS. Rear-fanged. But edible to dragons if eaten carefully. Snakes store their venom in the head area. Body meat is generally fine.) White Squirrel (Cannot jump, probably easy prey. Most likely is native to Ice) Tokay Gecko (DEADLY. Covered in a potent poison from head to toe. (Note: real tokay geckos are not poisonous, just massive bitey assholes)) Bleeding Heart Crow (Only Males have the "Bleeding Heart" coloration) Ferret (a treat for most dragons, might also be kept as pets and for hunting small game) Sugarglider (Common pest in sugarmelon crops. might also be kept as pets.) Bar-Headed Goose (Might be farmed for meat/feathers) Hellbender (Massive salamander (one of the largest species on earth!)) Emerald Striker (VENOMOUS. Emeralds contain the toxin) Silver Raccoon (Known to steal and hoard silver.) Green Iguana (apparently very friendly and probably common pets (Important Note: Real green iguanas are NOT friendly and want nothing more than to whip you to shreds. Make terrible pets!)) Bog Canary (Song is apparently horrible, but plumage is pretty, might be kept as pets (Note: the art depicts a budgerigar not a canary)) Golden Reefprince (Regal and golden, best served to someone you're trying to impress. Probably farmed and marketed in the same vein as Valentine Roses) Black Swan (Probably farmed for Meat/Feathers) Green-throated Skink (More confident then it's cousin, probably more common to see skittering around in daylight) Dustrat (Seen as vermin, a sign to clean your lair) Banded Dart Frog (POISONOUS. However NOT deadly. Instead it's hallucinagenic. Probably farmed as an legal and/or illegal narcotic. Probably a big market for them.) Collared Lemming (Probably has a local superstition about it staring into your soul and knowing all your secrets) Webwing Alpha ( might be farmed for meat or plumage. Or kept as familiars) Yellow-Throated Sparrowmouse (kept as Familiars. Plumage might be used in crafts) Basilisk (Direct eye contact can turn dragons to stone. Probably Hunted as Big/trophy game. Also Kept as familiars) Clown Charger (Skin is poisonous. Might be hunted as Trophy Game but not eaten. Also Kept as familiars) Parasitic Fungus (Has mind controlling fungus, however fungus rarely takes. Also Kept as familiars) Fungalhoof Qiriq (Leaves a trail of fungus where ever it goes, easy to track dangerous to hunt. Might be hunted as big/Trophy game or as possible rites of passage . Also Kept as familiars) Roving Lionsnake (Large dangerous ambush predators that stalk long grasses. Might be hunter for trophy game or possible rights of passage. Also kept as familiars) Murkbottom Gull (Common seabirds, most likely a common sight at waterways. Also kept as familiars) Giant White Toridae (Large! Has Myths and urban legends surrounding it. Probably hunted as Trophy game or even rites of passage. Also Kept as familiars.) Ultramel Amphithere (Amphithere displaying the "Ultramel" color morph. Probably popular pets. Also kept as familiars) Auburn Woolly Walrus (Hostile due to chronic pain. Probably Farmed for meat and fur while also being hunted as big/trophy game. Also kept as familiars.) Hooded Dodo (Completely blind despite three sets of eyes. Probably farmed for meat and feather. Also kept as familiars) Infestation Hound (Wild ones are ambush predators, baiting and eating scavengers. Probably Domesticated by plague clans and bred then raised as hunting partners and companions. Kept as familiars) Heartred Croaker (Meat is uniquely brown and green in coloration. Kept as familiars) Mossy Cerdae (Healing magic-less Unicorns. Population is rising exponentially. Probably hunted for meat/fur/horns. Kept as familiars) Hippojay (Might be farmed for meat or hunted as big/trophy game. Or kept as familiars) Bluetail Skira (Blue algea clings to their tail fur causing the blue coloration. Might be farmed for meat or hunted like big game. Or kept as familiars) Paddyfowl (Common predator to smaller amphibians, might be farmed for meat or plumage. Or kept as familiars) Moordwelling Trunker (Displays are a lot like jousting. Probably farmed for meat. Or kept as familiars) Glowing Pocket Mouse ( A light snack. Or kept as familiars) Grey River Flight ( Probably farmed for meat and water resistant hide. Or kept as familiars) Brown River Flight ( Probably farmed for meat and water resistant hide. Or kept as familiars) Bearded Pupowl (Actually a vertebrate! Amphibian and probably distantly related to salamanders. Kept as familiars)

Aquatic Life:

Crawdads Wetland Vampire (Leech) Glass Minnows (maybe kept in dragon aquaria?) Mussels Clown Shrimp Warmouth (A mid sized bass/perch-like fish, probably decent eating) Wave Skippers (Flying fish?) Sea Hare (Sea slugs) Sunset Sea Dragon Dumpling Squid (bio implies they’re eaten and dipped in sauce.) True Rainbow Trout Green Corydoras Catfish (tiny bottom dwelling catfish, maybe kept in dragon aquaria?) Golden Cushionfish (Pufferfish) Seabed Pincher (Hermit crab) Blackwater Jester (Appears to be a cardinal fish of some sort) SeaHeart (Some kinda urchin) Aether Hermit Black Maiden (type of Black Guppy, possibly poisonous? maybe kept in dragon aquaria?) Ruby Tetras (possibly a red version of the blackskirt tetra, maybe kept in dragon aquaria?) Blue Ring Octopus (DEADLY. Venom can straight up kill smaller dragons. Considered an accomplishment to catch and eat properly. Probably equivalent to Fugu.) Striped biter (Similar to a cat shark in appearance. Apparently very common.) Devilsnap (Apparently an oyster that bites back) Blue Dragon Seaslug Cobra Snakehead (mid-sized carnivorous fish) Nebula Floaters (Jellyfish of some sort, very sweet may cause tooth decay) Pond Slip (Come from dirty water, VERY important to clean) Cinnamon Loach (Popular gift among the seafood eating dragons, may also be kept in dragon aquaria?) Deviant Darter (Covered in pustules, looks plague-y) Giant Isopod Billy Bass (Breaks into song when taken out of the water, mid-sized fish probably decent eating) Discus (Popular, beautiful, and challenging to care for in irl aquaria. Possibly kept as decorative fish for the upper class in dragon aquaria) Four-Eyed Butterflyfish Pincushion Urchin Gaseous Megashrimp (Big, kept as familiars. this is speculation but depending on the size it may also be used as a seafood alternative to whole roasts like pig) Skittering Megashrimp (See above) Longjaw Lurefish (Based on the jawfish, probably much bigger. preys on birds) Glow Star (glowing starfish. Glow fades when it leaves the water. Might make good underwater decoration) Wave Sweeper (Patrols shallow waterway. Probably hunted for meat or ignored, Kept as familiars) Plantation Pincher (Considered a rampant pest on farmland.)

Insect Life:

Fungus Cutter (Large fungivore ants) Glade Swarmer (Builds large hives and defend it fiercely, disturbing it will end in either a feast or a healers visit) Crop Cutter (Pests that can devour entire fields. Plant eater hate them while others feast on them.) Maggot (common on the many festering corpses of the scarred wastes) Harlequin Ladybug (perform intricate aerial acrobatics, can be challenging for hatchlings to catch) Salt-Marsh Mosquito (Carry many diseases, numbers swell in summer) Tachinid Fly (Their carapace can be ground into tincture and tonics with restorative capabilities. Valuable. Probably farmed for medicinal purposes) Redwing Hopper (Spend most of their time gliding. low-flying dragons end up with face fulls of them.) Greenworm (Blends in well and challenging to find) Land Snail Rainbow Grasshopper (Taste terrible. seems to be a common prank to tell younger dragons that they taste like rainbows.) Tinder Bug (Tastes good if properly cooked, also effective tinder) Earwig Craftsman Brightback (Crafts intricate nests around spherical fruit, to which the fruit inside is eaten leaving behind the dried structure.) Redknee Tarantula Dusty Cicada (Collecting their shells and placing them in unexpected places around your den is considered a fun pastime) Millipede Wasteland Pauper (In an event known as the Blue Harvest vast numbers of this butterfly go migrating.) Stinglash (DEADLY. Aposematic. Skull pattern on it's head is a threat display. When stinger is removed however it's considered a delicacy) Shale Skitter (Pillbug relative. Completely flatten themselves when threatened) Parasitic Grub Red and Black Froghopper Fever Fly (Ingesting this fly is fine. being bitten by this fly leads to fevers and muscle spasms (dancing!)) Two-Tone June Beetle (Best served lightly toasted) Blackshield Cockroach (Fae use rocks to crack it's shell for eating.) Yellow Jumper (Deadly? Very tasty apparently) False Veneer Moth (Pattern on it's wings shines to distract predators) Yellowtail Caterpillar (Commonly eaten in piles with pepper sauce, cucumber, rice, and wrapped in seaweed) Orchid Beetle (Native to the Starwood Strand. gets its coloration from the plants it eats) Water Bug Catocala Moth (Cryptic patterning on wings) Giant Prickly Stick Insect (Has a hard time find mates due to effective camouflage) Autumn Pennant (Dragonfly. Scarce, only appears towards the end of autumn) Sugarbee (Feeds on sugarcane. Popular as sweet treats. might be treated like candy to insectivores) Firefly (Probably native to Fire. Has a crisp, crunchy texture with an extremely spicy flavor.) Dead Leaf Mantis (Feeds entirely on brain matter. (braaains)) Hydra Scorpion (It's said that cutting off it's tail grows two more in it's place. Probably large and treated like big/trophy game. Kept as familiars) Triple-Sight Firebug (Dragons closely bonded to this bug can use it's sight for short periods of time. Possibly used for rough reconnaissance. Kept as familiars) Tufted Leaf Beetle (Pests. A swarm of these beetles can devour a field overnight. Kept as familiars.) Tender Larail (Consumes all parts of a plant except seeds, which it carefully buries. Might be a Keystone species. Kept as familiars.) Spoiling Scorpio (Probably large and treated like big/trophy game. Kept as familiars)

Plant Life:

Highland Dryleaf (Hardy. Tastes awful. Plentiful) Marsh Choker (Named for it's choking pollen. probably grows in wetland areas.) Desert Scrub (Plentiful. Tastes like dirt) Diseased Fungus (Has a following that believe it tastes zestier than normal fungus. Probably cultivated or foraged for.) Carnaval Tulip (Pretty, often in bouquets. considered by plant eaters to be "edible arrangements" Probably cultivated for food and appearance) Crisp-leaf Amaranth (Seeds are edible and commonly eaten, while the leaves are eaten less commonly.) Wild Catsup (grows along cliff-sides in thin patches with bright red flowers. might also go well with wild mustard greens) Always-Autumn (Thistle. Blooms year-round with sun-dappled colors.) Canyon Ruffage (Staple for herbivorous animals and dragons alike, common in dry areas) Blood Acorn (Filled with nutrient rich nectar) Cinnamon (Probably cultivated for exportation in the spice trade) Chickweed (Used in herbal remedies to sooth itchy scales. Probably cultivated for medicinal purposes) Herbal Plantain (Leaves of this plant can be used as an effective anti-toxin. Probably cultivated for medicinal purposes) Peace Lily (Pretty and edible, it's petals are a favorite snack of peace doves. Probably cultivate for decoration and consumption.) Gryphon's Blood Sempervivum (Appears to be a type of succulent that grows in sandy red (clay rich?) earth near gryphon territory. does not actually use blood in cultivation.) Treasure Plant (Considered to bring good luck if kept in the lair. Possibly cultivated for decoration or as gifts.) Boxwood (Has a subtle flavor?) Winter's Delight (Sweet red berries that taste the best at the coldest point in winter, Most likely native to Ice) Bonebark Mold (Plentiful. grows on dead trees.) Ashfall Prickler (Nectar on the inside has a spicy flavor that oddly goes well with anything.) Honeycrisp Apple (Probably cultivated for food. Most likely food source to Craftsman Brightbacks) Turnip (Does not keep long and must be eaten immediately. Probably cultivated for food.) Wasteland Pear (Common. but finding an edible one is not.) Cindermint (crunchy texture with a  fiery kick. Often dried and crumbled up to help accent desserts or teas. Probably cultivated for this reason.) Butcher's Fig (Fruit has a crimson coloration, juice stains the mouth for days.) Leechroot Mushroom (Parasitic fungus native to the Scarred Wastes. Pests. Targets healthy plants.) Green Plantain (Has a tart flavor and can be stored in cool places for long periods of time. Probably cultivated and exported to other flights.) Daffodil (Can be boiled, mashed, and used in stews. Blooms are also pretty. Probably cultivated for these reasons.) Grassland Grain (Easy to spot and filling meals. Great for foraging on the road.) Water Lilies Crimson Jadevine (Extremely rare. ground up to make war-paint. Might be cultivated for this purpose and might also be treated as sacred.) Sour Strawberry (It's a strawberry, but sour) Wilting Rose (Its a rose, but wilting) Pompom Mums (Vibrant, cheerful petals. Very attention getting to pollinators. might be used to attract pollinators to fields. Also useful for decorative purposes) Sand Creeper (Type of ivy that spreads prolifically over sand. Might be a good crop for those in barren wastelands.) All Seeing Shroom (Disgusting looking, covered in veins and tumors. Unknown if edible but can be traded as currency in select venues.) Ancient Mushroom (Rumored to aid with a dragons growth) Over-ripe Cherries (Cherries that ripen then go bad at a break-neck pace. Probably not cultivated.) Melon Marzal (Behaves like a normal plant until it matures in which it will become more animalistic. Weird. Kept as familiars)

???:

River Muck (Goopy. probably common in or near waterways. Probably a pest/hazard) Poultrygeist (Ghost?? Probably some kind of urban legend. Kept as familiars) Undying Featherback (Undead and requires magic to kill permanently. Probably a serious threat to plague clans. Can be kept as familiar) White Rot Deer (An older wood ear deer, not hunted nor eaten. Cultivated by dryads for protection. Also Kept as familiars) Sanguine Multimist (Sentient mist?? Probably has urban legends surrounding it. Kept as familiars.) Creeping Tendril (Animal like?? Shy, only moves when no one is looking. Kept as Familiars) Blue Vein Pansy (??? Uproots and moves itself to more optimal locations when required.) Ancient Fungus (Has a cracked, stone hard outer shell. Kept as familiars)

[peacevine]

perching java sparrow // 841418

Known for staying awake for days on end.

[nature-nerd-sarah]

I gave my birds a brick

The idea was that sitting and hopping around on it would wear away their nails, so they wouldn't overgrow and cause harm. Kind of similar to why you'd give rabbits or rodents a brick.

There was, however, a problem. The brick was a New Thing. And to little Java sparrows, New Things are scary. They even changed their favourite perch, because the old one was too close to the brick.

So I decided to coax them, by putting some rice on it. Rice is a Java sparrow's favourite seed, which is why they're also known as paddy birds or rice birds.

This worked for Basmati. She's always the more brave and more curious of the two, and as we speak she's happily eating rice and her nails are of a perfect length.

But not for Pandan. He's not as trusting of New Things, and despite seeing his mate getting yummy rice from the brick, he still tries to avoid it. So far, he has run his beak over the brick and then over the perch he was sitting on, conforming that the brick is not made out of wood; tried picking up the rice on the brick from the perch diagonally above it; and tried to steal Basmati's rice.

[safrising]

So it’s my birthday tomorrow..

I might as well update my wish rising.

Misc. - Homes for my Dragons for sale - Lair Reviews? - Unhatched Eggs

Den Items - Hardshell x15 - Sardines x15 - Ragepuff - Bamboo Phytocat

Genes (not going to happen but okay) - Glimmer - Bee - Metallic - Stained

Familiars (brace yourself, it’s a long one) - Amberwing Waveskimmer - Anomalous Skink - Ashen Bicorn Whale - Autumn Sea Dragon - Barking Jester - Bellus Glamourtail - Bloodstone Beetle - Blotched Quetzeel - Bubble Brook Gecko - Charoite Burrower - Chocolate Ferret - Cinderkelp Loach - Coarsefur Yeti - Conjoined Skink - Cosmo Gecko - Crazed Powermith - Crowned Roc - Crystalhide Jester - Deeprealm Hunter - Disoriented Spirit - Downy Fox Rat - Ethereal Trickster - Fallout Streak - Fawn Fox Rat - Featherback Boar - Firefly Cockatrice - Frost Delver - Gale Wolf - Glamourtail Hopper - Glossy Duskrat - Golden Featherfin - Golden Lionsnake - Goldenbeast - Great Blue Waveskimmer - Hawksbill Goliath - Heckling Hydrena - Hydra - Inscribed Pangolin - King Quillrunner - Leftover Residue - Longneck Scrapper - Longwing Epiptite - Malevolent Spirit - Maned Cobra - Mantarune - Melon Marzal - Mesacliff Harpy - Molten Wartoad - Mossy Pohip - Overcharged Silverbeast - Pangolin Racer - Patina Pangolin - Peacock Spider - Perching Java Sparrow - Princess Petal Gecko - Quartz Cockatrice - Quetzeel - Rat King - Roc - Rockback Charger - Rosy Lake Cormorant - Seaweed Scavenger - Sentinel Mith - Serpenta - Sewer Toridae - Shiny Residue - Smoke Gyre - Snowsquall Floracat - Speckled Peacock Spider - Spined Cobra - Spinel Vulstal - Spiney Whale - Stone Borer - Tendril Loach - Thunderstomp - Tourmaline Vulstal - Tunnel Hydra - Umberhorn Qiriq - Umbra Wolf - Undying Featherback - Vermillion Epiptite - Wartoad - Wave Sweeper - Windcarve Harpy - Wintermane Minstrel

[spiteweaver]

wishlist

It’s a long one, folks.

Genes/Scrolls:

Butterfly x1

Capsule x5

Laced x1

Metallic x1

Opal x2

Pinstripe x2

Rosette x1

Runes (Gaoler) x1

Scrolls of Eternal Youth x11

Shimmer x2

Skink x1

Spirit x1

Stained x1

Striation x2

Tapir x3

Vials of Scattersight

Accents:

Many Eyes Plague (Male Spiral)

Apparel:

Aeruginous Tail Tatters x4

Archer’s Tail Twist x3

Astonishing Sweater x1

Autumn Breeze x5

Autumnal Wreath x10

Bewitching Ruby Clawrings x1

Bewitching Ruby Grasp x2

Bewitching Ruby Pendants x1

Bewitching Ruby Tail Decor x1

Black Aviator Boots x3

Black Aviator Coat x1

Black Aviator Gloves x3

Black Aviator Scarf x1

Black Arm Bow x1

Black Leg Bow x1

Black Neck Bow x1

Black Tail Bow x1

Black Wing Bow x1

Black Currant Plumed Anklets x1

Black Currant Plumed Cover x1

Black Currant Plumed Jabbot x1

Black Currant Plumed Tuft x1

Black-Edged Claw x1

Black Lace Tail Ornament x1

Black Lace Waist Frill x1

Black Linen Leg Wrap x1

Black Linen Neck Wrap x3

Black Linen Tail Wrap x3

Black Spats x1

Black Tulip Flower Crown x1

Black Tulip Flowerfall x11

Black Tulip Tail Lei x1

Black Tulip Wing Garland x1

Bone Antlers x2

Brown Daredevil Cover x6

Burlap Mantle x2

Burnished Gold Belt x1

Burnished Gold Boots x1

Burnished Gold Gauntlets x1

Burnished Gold Pauldrons x1

Burnished Gold Tail Cuffs x1

Celadon Silk Veil x1

Citrine Talonclasp Pendant x2

Copper Amulet of Transmutation x6

Copper Earrings of Transmutation x6

Crimson Leg Silks x2

Crimson Silk Veil x1

Crimson Wing Silks x4

Daisy Flower Crown x1

Daisy Flowerfall x3

Dark Red Arm Bow x1

Dark Red Leg Bow x1

Dark Red Neck Bow x1

Dark Red Tail Bow x1

Dark Red Wing Bow x1

Darksteel Amulet of Necromancy x2

Darksteel Earrings of Necromancy x2

Darksteel Glasses x1

Dusky Rose Thorn Gloves x1

Dusky Rose Thorn Stockings x1

Dusty Highnoon Vest x2

Ebony Antlers x7

Ember Sylvan Anklets x1

Ember Sylvan Bracelets x1

Ember Sylvan Headpiece x2

Ember Sylvan Wings x1

Enchanter’s Cobwebs x2

Ethereal Flame Tail Ribbon x1

Filigree Rapier x2

Haunting Amber Grasp x1

Gloomy Highnoon Vest x2

Gold Halfmoon Spectacles x1

Golden Sage Cover x1

Golden Sage Shawl x2

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Golden Seraph Anklets x2

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Golden Seraph Headpiece x3

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Gossamer Arm Silks x2

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Gossamer Silk Veil x2

Gossamer Wing Silks x5

Gray Plague Doctor Mask x1

Grim Healer’s Reference x2

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Grove Sylvan Bracelets x1

Grove Sylvan Twist x1

Grove Sylvan Wings x1

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Haunting Amber Grasp x2

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Haunting Amber Tail Decor x1

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Honeyed Woodbrace x1

Honeyed Woodwing x1

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Horizon Starsilk Earrings x1

Horizon Starsilk Scarf x1

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Horizon Starsilk Tailwrap x1

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Lovely Seraph Tail Bangle x1

Luminous Halo x2

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Moonlight Lace Tail Ornament x2

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Nature Tome x1

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Obsidian Roundhorn x3

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Onyx Seraph Armpiece x1

Onyx Seraph Headpiece x3

Onyx Seraph Hip Drape x1

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Opulent Nightshade Gloves x1

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Opulent Nightshade Spats x1

Pastel Rose Thorn Tail Tangle x1

Pastel Rose Thorn Wing Tangle x1

Pearl Flourish Anklets x1

Pearl Flourish Belt x2

Pearl Flourish Bracelet x1

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Pink Wooly Tail x1

Poisonous Rose Thorn Gloves x1

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Pretty Lavender Neck Bow x1

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Pristine Rose Thorn Arm Tangle x2

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Pristine Rose Thorn Gloves x2

Pristine Rose Thorn Leg Tangle x3

Pristine Rose Thorn Stockings x2

Pristine Rose Thorn Tail Tangle x3

Pristine Rose Thorn Wing Tangle x1

Privateer’s Cutlass x1

Privateer’s Seaspray Boots x1

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Raven Sylvan Filigree x1

Raven Sylvan Twist x1

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Raven Woodtreads x1

Red Rose Flowerfall x10

Respectable Alabaster Locket x4

River Royalist Cuffs x4

River Royalist Tail Rings x18

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Sakura Flower Crown x3

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Sanguine Rose Thorn Gloves x1

Sanguine Rose Thorn Stockings x1

Sapphire Talonclasp Pendant x2

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Seapetal Flower Crown x3

Seapetal Flowerfall x3

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Spectral Fuchsia Clawrings x2

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Familiars:

Armored Duskflapper

Ashen Bicorn Whale

Bearded Yeti

Black-wing Hummingbird

Blackline Bicorn Whale

Blacktalon Striker

Blotched Quetzeel

Blue Tang Hippogriff

Bone Fiend

Boolean

Bubble Brook Gecko

Budwing Morpho

Buff Laced Cockatrice

Charoite Burrower

Clattercog Engineer

Cloud Chaser

Coarsefur Yeti

Cog Frog

Colorburst Buttersnake

Corrosive Depin

Crystalhide Jester

Dappled Dunhoof

Deeprealm Hunter

Downy Fox Rat

Driftwood Baron

Dunewind Manticore

Dunhoof Ambassador

Dwarf Unicorn

Enstatite Burrower

Fawn Fox Rat

Fire Sprite

Firefly Cockatrice

Flamerest Fiendcat

Flamescale Spearman

Fluted Pukasloth

Frost Delver

Glamourtail Hopper

Glasswing Flutter

Glossy Duskrat

Golden Featherfin

Golden Idol

Golden Kitsune

Golden Porpoise

Goldenbeast

Goldfin River Flight

Great Blue Waveskimmer

Greenwing Razorclaw

Hippojay

Hulking Greatowl

Ice Sprite

Iron Golem

Irregular Nekomata

Kelp Tender

King Parda

Lesser Wisp

Light Sprite

Lightning Sprite

Longhorn Capricat

Longneck Scrapper

Longwing Epiptite

Malevolent Spirit

Mammertee

Maned Cobra

Mantarune

Maren Ambusher

Maren Warrior

Maren Wavesinger

Masked Harpy

Melon Marzal

Melprin

Mimic Buttersnake

Mock Firebird

Molten Wartoad

Monkey Wrench

Mottled Buttersnake

Octoflyer

Orange Blotch Pansy

Overcharged Silverbeast

Pangolin Racer

Paradise Zalis

Patina Pangolin

Peacock Spider

Perching Java Sparrow

Plague Sprite

Quartz Cockatrice

Quetzeel

Rat King

Red-Footed Akirbeak

Regenerating Reedjumper

Rivermouth Flatbill

Rockback Charger

Rosy Peryton

Roundhorn Melprin

Ruffle Glasswing

Runic Bat

Seaglass Swimmer

Sentinel Mith

Shadow Sprite

Shimmering Xolo

Silver Featherfin

Silver Ferret

Silver Kitsune

Skycat

Smoky Bantam Fangar

Speckled Peacock Spider

Speedy

Spellwall Boran

Spined Cobra

Spinel Vulstal

Spiney Whale

Spotted Pukasloth

Steelhound

Stone Borer

Swift Volt

Torrent Tricktail

Tunnel Hydra

Ultimate Buttersnake

Undergrowth Shovelsnout

Undying Featherback

Velvet Floracat

Vermillion Epiptite

Wartoad

Water Sprite

Watermelon Coleus Gecko

Wave Sweeper

Wind Sprite

Wispwillow Peryton

Woodland Turkey

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[whiteclericmaris]

Harpy's Roost isn't the best venue for grinding but... getting Perching Java Sparrows and Black Tulips that I need for Swipp trades?

YES!!!

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Java Sparrow by rjseg1 https://flic.kr/p/2dL6TN9 A Java Sparrow perched on our villa's rooftop on the Big Island of Hawaii.

[learnaboutbirds]

What Everyone Is Saying About Birds Name Is Wrong and Why?

Birds name are classified among the difference species in their habitat.The ideal way to find birds here is to have a ride on a houseboat or motorboat. Well, there are several kinds of birds name in Nepal. If your bird is untamed, it’s ideal to put the cage in a quiet site. So, it’s sometimes also known as the `bird of paradise’. Birds are a few of the absolute most well-known animals on earth mainly since they are everywhere! Perching birds constitute the greatest order of birds on the planet. Also, it’s the biggest bird in India.

There are various sorts of birds found in Nepal. Anytime a bird has the ability to be caught by humans without lots of gear it’s not a great sign, she explained. The birds that eat insects, meat, seeds together with fruit are put in the category of omnivorous birds with different birds name. Like you are discovering new nature backyards.

Three hundred twenty distinct assortments of birds are counted in Periyar. In deference to their edibles, they are classified into carnivorous as well as granivorous. Your bird will likewise be memorialized on our Website Memorial Wall, too. Well, there are lots of food items which might interest birds. If you pick up your bird before NOON there’ll not be any charge for this day. Java Temple birds are extremely active. The Java Ricebird also called the Temple Sparrow or Java Temple bird is among the largest finches.

The New Fuss About Birds Name

When you’re going to be bitten by the bug of bird watching, you’re sure to travel all over the nation to find the other incredible places also. Insects are an excellent supply of nutrition to broods. Therefore, the reason why the majority of species are small does not appear to be on account of differential rates of speciation or extinction. Our ecology must be maintained, at any price tag. Animals know when winter is all about to begin with the assistance of external stimuli. The elusive fox is more difficult to spot. Young crows don’t have babies till they are at least two years old.

The lake is quite shallow, just a few feet deep in the majority of place for the majority of the year. There’s also much different fish, which are a source of food for those people dwelling in the plains. Fresh foods still ought to be given for the interest of variety and to guarantee a balanced diet. Fresh fruits, in their normal form, are also simple to digest, when compared with nutritional supplements. So, now you’re excited and prepared to purchase your crabapple tree. Occasionally, two flowers which look similar may bear precisely the same nickname or common name. When it has to do with naming flowers, we can say they are grouped in the exact fashion as other plants.

Numerous other orders aren’t included either. Even though the range of eggs might vary, they are usually found in batches of four. A number of choices are readily available.

An early instance is Yanornis. So, the best approach to teach a parrot the exact same is to use the exact same words with the exact same activities repeatedly. The truth is, parrots really like to communicate, and talking is only one way of transmitting feelings and data in their opinion. There is yet another thing I should stress out here. SR My favorite, favorite issue isn’t to speak. In case it knows you are around, it is going to be gone. Aside from this, you want to be certain you devote a great deal of time with your Indian ringneck parrot if you would like to tame them, or keep them tamed.

If you’re looking for a list of all fruits with pictures, then you’re at the perfect location. As you are there, check the list of budgie names for pairs, there are a number of intriguing ideas if you are thinking about how to list a pair of new parakeets you’ve just brought home. If you use some name that’s female-only you should be sure the bird is a female indeed. There are many related names to take into account.

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Animals Might Be Able to Appreciate Art

Science saw the world through different lenses when Jane Goodall first arrived at Cambridge University in the early 1960s. Astronomers were still searching for the Big Bang's cosmic fingerprint, genomes were decades away from being decoded, and Goodall herself hadn't yet revealed the complex social lives of chimpanzees. Back then, humans were seen as a completely different kind from the animal kingdom.

"Science and some religions were desperate to define ways in which we were different — self recognition, consciousness, and so on," Goodall tells Creators. "One by one, these barriers between us and them were knocked down."

Today, people often celebrate the similarities between us and our animal relatives, and yet we're sure some traits — such as an appreciation of art — are distinctively human. Then we come across a video of a Labrador admiring a landscape painting and realize it's time to reassess what we think makes us unique.

Researchers have been studying animals and their relation to art for decades. In 1995, a team of psychologists from Keio University in Tokyo showed that pigeons could be trained to discriminate between paintings by Claude Monet and Pablo Picasso.

A study in 2001 from the Rowland Institute for Science tested whether koi fish were capable of distinguishing the music of blues legend John Lee Hooker from that of classical genius Johann Sebastian Bach. They could. Years later goldfish accomplished a more complicated task by distinguishing between Bach and Igor Stravinsky, which they did in 75 percent of cases. These were impressive and perhaps unexpected feats, but simply distinguishing one arrangement of sounds from another is hardly akin to appreciation.

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"Appreciation of art has two aspects," says Shigeru Watanabe, who led the study on pigeons and paintings. "Namely discriminative (or perception) and a reinforcing property (feeling of pleasure)."

Watanabe says animals have demonstrated a capacity for the former, which can be trained, but aren't particularly good at the latter. As an example, in 2009 he worked with pigeons again, training them with food rewards to discriminate between "good" and "bad" art. "They learned to respond to food-associated paintings but not to no-food-associated paintings," he says.

A chimpanzee named Kenya paints at the Center for Great Apes. Image courtesy Frames USA.

But nearly two decades after the initial pigeon study, Watanabe and his team conducted another study, this time with Java sparrows, and spotted signs they experience a pleasurable feeling from art.

The sparrows in this study had no artistic training and, rather than challenging the birds to perform a task, the researchers simply watched the birds perch near various paintings, interpreting their choice of perch with a preference for this or that style of art.

From a selection of Cubist, Impressionist, and traditional Japanese artworks, five out of the seven sparrows in the study perched near the cubist painting longer than the impressionist one, three seemed to prefer the Japanese painting to the cubist one, and six showed no obvious preference for either the Japanese or the impressionist work — an interesting finding, given the influence Japanese-style painting had on impressionism. In yet another study with sparrows, Watanbe demonstrated they also had a preference for classical music.

Meanwhile, University of Wisconsin psychologist Charles Snowdon teamed up with cellist David Teie in 2015 to create music just for cats. In Snowdon's study, they concluded that felines actually prefer these species-specific sounds. (Note: Teie now sells music for cats online.)

"In cats, we found that they were more interested in and responsive to music in the pitch range and tempos of cat vocalizations," Snowdon says, "so there is some 'appreciation' of music, although we don't know if it is at the same level as human music appreciation."

These findings may make art snobs scoff, but they're practically self-evident to Richard Prum, an evolutionary ornithologist at Yale University. In his book, The Evolution of Beauty , Prum examines animals as aesthetic agents in their own lives and argues this capacity is woven into the very fabric of evolution through forces like sexual selection.

"It's scientifically demonstrable that animals have an aesthetic capacity," he says. "What I mean by that is that they can perceive objects, they can evaluate whether or not they like them, and then act on that. That in-and-of-itself makes for an aesthetic experience."

In Prum's view, there's also some overlap between the "art worlds" of animals and humans, that results in humans finding beauty in natural forms that aren't necessarily meant for our appreciation.

"When we look at a peacock or smell a wildflower, we're in a way eavesdropping on [...] the product of an independent art world," he says. But the question still remains, "Do other animals appreciate the products of the human art world?"

Prum leans towards yes, and he points to a video of Snowball the cockatoo dancing to Queen. "You can't say this parrot isn't happy," he says. "It has free volition to do whatever the hell it wants — it's doing it because it's enthusiastic about it." Snowball's "spontaneous synchronization" to music has since been studied by scientists who thought this behavior only occurred in humans.

It's difficult — if not impossible — to definitively answer the question. Even studying the brain scans of that painting-admiring Labrador probably wouldn't make things any more explicit. But there are animals that do display what seems like an inherent capacity for artistic appreciation.

Consider the bowerbird, which builds and decorates elaborate structures with sticks and colorful objects to attract a mate. "Their bowers are not nests," Prum says. "They're essentially just seduction theaters."

Before human-made objects were so prevalent, bowerbirds decorated their bowers with leaves, flowers, fruits, and bugs. Now they use a myriad of colorful objects, from bottle caps to coins and pieces of glass. The colors and objects differ between species and even between individuals, such that each bower has its own design at the discretion of it's owner. It's as though bowerbirds are curators of their own art galleries.

"It is impossible to say that the bowerbird does not appreciate the artistic arrangement of his bower," says Goodall, "or that the female does not admire the hard work of her chosen mate. And when captive chimpanzees work hard at painting, carefully placing their marks to present a balanced picture, we cannot prove that they do not appreciate their efforts... I for one will give them the benefit of the doubt."

Follow Jane Goodall on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Richard Prum's book "The Evolution of Beauty" is available for purchase.

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Monta update

Today Monta seems to be having trouble flying from one perch to the other. He often misses and lands randomly somewhere and  then just sits there for a long time before trying again. The guy I originally adopted Monta from back in 2012, who has raised Java Sparrows since forever, says that Monta is the equivalent of 80 years old now. He says Monta isn’t sick – just old. Sort of a sad feeling…