todaysbird:

thestrawberry finch, also known as the red avadavat, is a finch found in tropical regions of asia. they are known for the male’s colorful red breeding plumage, leading to their popularity as caged birds. the strawberry finch mainly feeds on grass seeds, but will also take insects such as termites when available. they are social birds that typically live in small flocks.

decadent-hag:

Definitely one of the Top Images of all time I gotta say

great-and-small:

This Sandhill crane father looks so tender and proud as he watches his chick horking down an absolutely massive egg immediately after he demonstrated that such a thing was possible

petermorwood:

curlicuecal:

todaysbird:

a rare closeup of a black swift, found throughout north america and small parts of south america. swifts are rarely seen up close; they spend more of their life in air than any other species of bird - they eat, drink, mate and sleep while in flight. they are incapable of perching like other birds; they must cling to vertical surfaces.

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I had to look this up because “sleep while in flight” ????

but yeah, apparently completely true.  these birds stay aloft for as much as 10 months nonstop, feed on insects, spend more energy at night (when there aren’t warm thermals to ride) and at dawn and dusk climb to 10,000 ft altitude where the 30 min slow descent is probably when they catch their sleep.

they’re unusually long-lived for such active critters (20 yrs) and they may be limiting energy expenditure by being extremely aerodynamic and narrow bodied.  Also a single bird travels the distance of about 7 roundtrip journeys to the moon in its lifetime (>3 million miles).

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There’s also a Night Fury look to it…

fred-erick-frankenstein:

ryssa-aquicoine:

tanou123:

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Enjoys scritches then cries when he drops his stick!

HOW CAN YOU NOT

A d o r a b l e

foibles-fables:

if you held yourself up to the light [hfw, aloy/talanah]

Mid-Horizon Forbidden West, 2.2K, complete

Aloy finds her voice, and the ghosts rise to be beheld.

“Now I’m—going to share some data with you.”

It might have gone line this: truth and trust in another buried placed.

See notes and read the rest on AO3:

if you held yourself up to the light - foibles_fables - Horizon: Zero Dawn (Video Game) [Archive of Our Own]

do birds even know how special they are………

konggodzuko:

Look, Guerrilla Games doesn’t seem inclined to give us the option to romance characters in the games… so I want to offer them a compromise. If they wanted to make a bunch more money on the relatively cheap off of the Horizon franchise, while also making a lot of fans really happy… they should make a non-canon spin-off that’s just a dating simulator.

Obviously you play as Aloy, and the romantic options are everyone you’d expect.

Erend

Varl

Zo 

(Varland Zo, hehe)

Alva

Kotallo

Talanah

Petra

Avad

Nil

Gaia and Beta would, of course, not be datable, they’re your confidants. Running gag is that neither have much social experience so they both keep giving Aloy bad advice.

I’m split on a setting. On one hand, I guessit makes more sense to be in a non-canon version of the Horizonworld. Plus, it’s really funny to imagine the hyper-detailed world of Horizon turned into the simplistic style of a dating simulator, as well as all the hand-waving that would be required to make everyone in generally the same area to be datable…

But it’s even funnier to imagine this game as a High School or College AU. Erend and Petra are engineering or shop students, Alva’s a geek, Talanah’s a jock, Avad’s the student council president or the president of the student’s union, etc….

LOVE THAT IDEA SO MUCH, WISH I COULD PLAY IT RIGHT NOW - so here’s  the messiest sketch ever

beardedmrbean:

A baby Kookaburra makin noises

birdsofoz

everythingfox:

One of these peaches… is not like the rest

Protecting me from the pigeon menace

Just added to my Etsy Shop! Just some birdies having fun on some shells. Because the world needs happy pictures these days!