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Clanmew Expansion: Finches

Lads it's about to be Clanmew time again, I'm gonna blitz through a bunch of asks but first, here are some I made a few days ago for the upcoming Clanmew 102 which evolved into expansive notes.

FINCHES All 8 species of finch seen in the White Hart Wood and at Sanctuary Lake, and how Clan cats feel about them.

First things first! Finches have a 'generic' term, a word that describes the entire category;

Finch (Generic) = Afigu

A small bird with a large beak and colorful plumage, usually seen in groups.

One of the few birds that has a generic name in Clanmew. This is because finches are extremely social and will often flock with completely difference species of finch. A contraction of "Afaf" (Fluttering) and "Pigu" (Songbird).

When used as a name, it's usually invoking a social, friendly image. The name that Palebird chose for her fading kitten (which was quite the social taboo) was Afigumew, "Flocking Finch Kitten"

Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) = Miuu

[ID: Northern Bullfinches, a male on the left, a female on the right.]

Males have a bright salmon-pink belly, and a humble tweeting call. Their beaks are small and powerful, though ThunderClan sometimes comes in conflict with them as they like to eat the buds off of fruit trees.

Most often used as a name by ThunderClan cats, usually referencing jolliness and a love of food.

Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) = Qiliao

[ID: Two chaffinches. A female is on the left, a male is on the right.]

The common finch, males sporting a slate gray hood and red belly. Named for the sudden stop at the end of its song, this finch is a more active hunter than the others in its grouping.

When used as a name, it's used in the high hopes of the kit becoming a beautiful, social, and active hunter. Finchstar of ThunderClan's name in Clanmew was Qiliaoshai.

Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) = Wibuch

[ID: A goldfinch perched on a creeping thistle.]

Has a distinctive 'chime' in its call, a bright red face, and a distinguished yellow marking on its side. A specialist eater that can pluck seeds out of spiky plants such as thistles. Seen as resourceful and brave by Clan cats.

Finchlight of ThunderClan was named "Wibuchshayu," Goldfinch-Radiance, referencing Firestar's opposition of Thistle Law. She is called "Wi-sha" for short!

Greenfinch (Chloris chloris) = Sheeshoo

[ID: Two greenfinches on a mossy branch, a male on the left, a female on the right.]

Has a laugh-like call and is a uniquely colored, yellow-green bird. Seen year-round, males are a lot noisier than females. They tolerate conifers much better than most British birds, meaning they're often seen close to ShadowClan.

Regarded with suspicion by other Clans for their strange sounds and behaviors, it's used mostly by ShadowClan for bizarre and erratic cats. Finchflight of ShadowClan was named "Sheeshoofba," "Green Finch Will Liftoff Powerfully."

Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) = Nree

[ID: A brambling perched on a twig.]

A winter-exclusive bird that likes to eat beech nuts. Large, beautiful, and delicious. In the Forest Territories they liked RiverClan's beech patch, in the Lake territories they are only seen in ThunderClan.

Older kittens and young apprentices anointed in winter often meet bramblings as the first bird they'll stalk, as the beech patch is just north of ThunderClan camp and a very safe place to explore as soon as they understand that yew berries are deadly. Use as a name invokes winter, soft memories, and a welcome meal.

Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret) = Chrri

Mostly seen in winter. Varied, always has a red spot on the top of the head, but sometimes also has a pinkish belly, or is nearly completely brown. The call is short, harsh, and almost rattle-like.

Can be translated into English as 'finch,' 'poll,' or 'redpoll' at translator's discretion. There is a greater redpoll, but it is very rare in this region! When used as a name, it may reference uniqueness. No two lesser redpolls look the same.

Siskin (Spinus spinus) = Iweewi

[ID: A siskin perched on an alder twig, eating seeds out of the cones.]

A bright yellow bird with a rapid call. Considered a survivor for being able to survive year-round in any type of woodland, including conifers, but pretty small to be taken for food except in emergencies. Has a particular love of alder trees and can be seen around them a lot.

Linnet (Linaria cannabina) = Nanarree

[ID: Two linnets. On the left is a female, on the right is a male in breeding plumage.]

Sometimes considered a finch by Clan cats, though it wouldn't be hard to argue to them that it's a hybrid between a sparrow and a redpoll. The kitties have not figured out taxonomy! They love to eat flax and other seed-bearing plants, and thus are seen often in ShadowClan, RiverClan, and at WindClan's watery borders.

In either case, a linnet is strongly considered a 'pigu' and killing one is considered very dishonorable, especially in WindClan. Their songs are sonorous, and hearing them is a beloved experience.

#Clanmew #Finches #Clan culture #Better bones au #BB!Wildlife Guide

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honey-minded-hivemind · 7 months

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Main X-Men and Brotherhood Members Avian Species (Part of the 🪶Avian AU):

(P.S.: Keep in mind this is just for fun.. Part of it is matching them to a fitting bird species, part of it is color-matching, and part of it is just personal opinion. Enjoy💛🧡😊)

The X-Men:

• Charles Xavier/Professor X: Cockatiel

• Ororo Munroe/Storm: Grey Crowned Crane

• Logan Howlett/Wolverine: Greater Spotted Eagle

• Hank McCoy/Beast: Great Horned Owl

• Anne-Marie/Rogue: Ruby-throated Hummingbird

• Remy LeBeau/Gambit: Cardinal

• Scott Summers/Cyclops: Blue Tit

• Jean Grey/Phoenix: Sun Parakeet

• Jubilation Lee/Jubilee: American Goldfinch

• Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler: Indigo Bunting

• Kitty Pryde/Shadowcat: Western Bluebird

The Brotherhood:

• Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto: Gyrfalcon

• Raven Darkholme/Mystique: Magpie

• Victor Creed/Sabretooth: Golden Eagle

• Pietro Maximoff/Quicksilver: Merlin

• Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch: Eurasian Hobby

• Fred Dukes/Blob: Turkey

• Lance Alvers/Avalanche: Hairy Woodpecker

• St. John Allerdyce/Pyro: Baltimore Oriole

• Mortymer Tonybee/Todd Tolansky/Toad: Malard Duck

Avian Options For The Reader:

• Barn Owl

• Kinglet

• Swan

• Common Grackle

• Bluejay

• Common Redpoll

• Northern Saw-whet Owl

• Mourning Dove

• Cooper's Hawk

• Peacock

#honeycomb thoughts #platonic yandere marvel #yandere platonic marvel #platonic yandere marvel x reader #platonic yandere xmen #yandere x-men #platonic yandere #platonic yandere x reader #🪶Avian AU

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outofangband · 9 months

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Songbirds of Doriath

Flora, fauna, geography and environment of Arda Masterlist

Orchids of Doriath, Mosses of Doriath, Ferns of Doriath

I love doing general flora and fauna posts but I can’t fit everything in them so I’m trying to make more specific ones as well! please please feel free to send categories to work on with locations! Or any environmental world building asks!

In ornithology songbirds are defined as species who possess a lower larynx or species belonging to the suborder passeri. This includes thousands of species that live all over the world, with the exception of Antarctica

Doriath is a region made up of a variety of forests. There is Region, a forest of holly and other mostly deciduous trees, Neldoreth, an ancient beechwood, Nivrim, a forest of primarily oak north of the twilit meres and finally Arthórien, a forest we have almost no information on, divided from the rest of the kingdom by the river Aros which runs along the Eastern border of greater Doriath.

Songbirds are canonically associated with the region and especially the queen, Melian, whose power was said to bring song to nightingales. She was also a Maia of Vána, as well as Estë. Vána was associated with songbirds and flowers. Lúthien’s sobriquet means nightingale and there are many references to songbirds in association with her in both canon and pre canon sources

like my others, I am going to add some world building notes at the end so it's not just listing species

Species:

In the deeper woods: chaffinch, azure tit, greenish warbler, song thrush, common nuthatch, golden oriole, long tailed tit, hawfinch, lesser redpoll

Forest edges: rose finch, horned lark, marsh warbler, chestnut bunting, white wagtail, common nightingale, common wren

Migratory: woodchat strike, wood warbler, thrush nightingale, redwing, fieldfare, sedge warbler, varied thrush, red throated thrush, bluethroat

Specific to Region: mistle thrush

River banks and alder groves: brambling, Willow tit, marsh tit (occasionally found along the river in Neldoreth too), common reed bunting

Arthórien specific: rusty crowned babbler, golden crowned babbler, grey thrush, maroon oriole

Other note: there are many species that exist throughout the kingdom that do not have equivalents in the real world. Some of these were brought by the Melian and some of these are, simply species unique to. Arda

World building notes:

-song birds are common in art, music, poetry, and lore. Though they have group associations (Melian and thus, Doriath itself, joy and livelihood, song) different species often have their own associations as well! Thrushes for example are associated with melancholy, seasonal change, and contemplation. Warbler species tend to be associated with summer and with revelry.

-I spoke about this on my post about speculative biology and elves, but I believe the elves can imitate a variety of animal nature sounds with higher accuracy than humans, and this is due in part to differences in vocal systems, as well as in their hearing and imitation abilities.

-Many games of Sindar children involve bird calls and different ones are often assigned meanings, some obscure, some almost universal.

-The marchwardens of Doriath also frequently use bird calls as well, changing based on season and location so their calls fit with the environment.

-It is considered highly taboo to slay a songbird as they are not hunted for food or materials but also because of the spiritual significance. Feathers may only be used when found having been lost or fallen, not taken from live birds or their bodies. Many will say a prayer to Melian or Vána at the sight of a fallen songbird

-Just as with butterflies, many species of birds inspired exploration in color and led to the development of pigments. Alder bark, from trees found primarily in Nivrim, is associated with varied thrushes as well as with orange tip butterflies, for example

#the silmarillion #beleriand #Doriath #musing and meta #the children of húrin

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revel-wallpapers · 5 years

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Common redpoll in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada(1366x768)

#canada #pink #bing #wallpaper #north america #animal #bird

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scrumpyfan43 · 7 years

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My ABA Life List, as I wrote it down the other day

I’m being a bit conservative here because I’m going by memory, so I pretty much write off any birds that I can’t identify on the spot, unless they’re really common. So ducks, empids, shorebirds, gulls, drab warblers, and emberzids are probably all undercounted.

Common Loon 1

Snow Goose 2 Canada Goose 3 Mute Swan 4 Trumpeter Swan 5 Muscovy Duck 6 Wood Duck 7 American Wigeon 8 American Black Duck 9 Mallard 10 Blue Winged Teal 11 Northern Shoveler 12 Canvasback 13 Redhead 14 Ring-necked Duck 15 Lesser Scaup 16 Common Eider 17 Harlequin Duck 18 Bufflehead 19 Common Goldeneye 20 Hooded Merganser 21 Red-breasted Merganser 22 Ruddy Duck 23

Bobwhite 24 Chukar 25 Ring-necked Pheasant 26 Ruffed Grouse 27 Wild Turkey 28

Pied-billed grebe 29 One of those migratory grebes idk 30

Rock Pigeon 31 White-crowned Pigeon 32 White-winged Dove 33 Mourning Dove 34 Common Ground-dove 35

Yellow-billed Cuckoo, I think Mangrove too but not counting that 36

Common Nighthawk 37 Whip-poor-will (heard but not seen, because seriously) 38

Chimney Swift 39 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 40

King Rail 41 Common Gallinule 42 American Coot 43 Sandhill Crane 44

Killdeer 45 Sanderling 46 Pectoral Sandpiper 47 American Woodcock 48 Spotted Sandpiper 49 either Greater or Lesser Yellowlegs 50 probably more but none I could remember what they’re like

Laughing Gull 51 Ring-Billed Gull 52 Herring Gull 53 Caspian Tern 54 Common Tern 55 Royal Tern 56 Black Skimmer 57

Wood Stork 58

Magnificent Frigatebird 59 Double-crested Cormorant 60 Anhinga 61

American White Pelican 62 Brown Pelican 63 Great Blue Heron 64 Great Egret 65 Snowy Egret 66 Little Blue Heron 67 Cattle Egret 68 Green Heron 69 Black-crowned Night Heron 70 White Ibis 71 Roseate Spoonbill 72

Turkey Vulture 73 Osprey 74 Swallow-tailed Kite 75 Bald Eagle 76 Northern Harrier 77 Sharp-shinned Hawk 78 Cooper’s Hawk 79 Red-shouldered Hawk 80 Rough-legged Hawk 81 Red-tailed Hawk 82

Eastern Screech Owl 83 Great Horned Owl 84 Barred Owl 85

Belted Kingfisher 86

Red-headed Woodpecker 87 Red-bellied Woodpecker 88 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 89 Downy Woodpecker 90 Hairy Woodpecker 91 Northern Flicker 92 Pileated Woodpecker 93

American Kestrel 94 Peregrine Falcon 95

Eastern Wood-pewee 96 Least Flycatcher 97 Eastern Phoebe 98 Great Crested Flycatcher 99 Eastern Kingbird 100 Gray Kingbird (if white-crowned pigeons count then so does this guy) 101

Loggerhead Shrike 102

White-eyed Vireo 103 Blue-headed Vireo 104 Warbling Vireo 105 Red-eyed Vireo 106

Blue Jay 107 Florida Scrub Jay 108 American Crow 109 Fish Crow 110 Common Raven 111

Horned Lark 112

Purple Martin 113 Tree Swallow 114 Bank Swallow 115 Cliff Swallow 116 Barn Swallow 117

Carolina Chickadee 118 Black-capped Chickadee 119 Boreal Chickadee 120 Tufted Titmouse 121

Red-breasted nuthatch 122 White-breasted Nuthatch 123 Brown Creeper 124

House Wren 125 Winter Wren 126 Carolina Wren 127

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 128 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 129 Golden-crowned Kinglet 130

Eastern Bluebird 131 Veery 132 Hermit Thrush 133 Wood Thrush 134 American Robin 135

Gray Catbird 136 Northern Mockingbird 137 Brown Tthrasher 138

European Starling 139

Cedar Waxwing 140

House Sparrow 141

House Finch 142 I think I saw redpolls at the feeder once? 143 Pine Siskin 144 American Goldfinch 145

Snow Bunting 146

Ovenbird 147 Black-and-white Warbler 148 Prothonotary Warbler 149 Orange-crowned Warbler 150 Common Yellowthroat 151 American Redstart 152 Cape May Warbler 153 Cerulean Warbler 154 Northern Parula 155 Magnolia Warbler 156 Bay-breasted Warbler 157 Blackburnian Warbler 158 Yellow Warbler 159 Chestnut-sided Warbler 160 Blackpoll Warbler 161 Black-throated Blue Warbler 162 Palm Warbler 163 Pine Warbler 164 Yellow-rumped Warbler 165 Yellow-throated Warbler 166 Black-throated Green Warbler 167 Canada Warbler 168 Wilson’s Warbler 169 Yellow-breasted Chat 170

Eastern Towhee (you’ll always be rufous-sided in my heart) 171 American Tree Sparrow 172 Chipping Sparrow 173 Field Sparrow 174 Grasshopper Sparrow 175 Fox Sparrow 176 Song Sparrow 177 White-throated Sparrow 178 White-crowned Sparrow 179 Dark-eyed Junco 180

Summer Tanager 181 Scarlet Tanager 182 Northern Cardinal 183 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 184 Indigo Bunting 185

Bobolink 186 Red-winged Blackbird 187 Eastern Meadowlark 188 Rusty Blackbird 189 Common Grackle 190 Boat-tailed Grackle 191 Brown-headed Cowbird 192 Orchard Oriole 193 Baltimore Oriole 194

#brd #birding #hobby #life list #inane #list #long post

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louveniatuck465-blog · 7 years

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Daddy And also Little girl Having Sex.

The very most recurring response is actually that of their moms and dads or grandparents if you ask a child under the age of 4 which is their part model. My papa claimed their next problem was actually to get on their own recognized, and although they tried bits of English, French, and my daddy also attempted Hindustani as he had actually know that when he was actually a young boy in India, as a matter of fact all the tongues they understood. This doesn't function that way Mothers are actually dads as well as females are actually male, I strongly believe that for a little one to mature in a satisfied safe setting is actually to have a mommy and also a father this supplies a healthy equilibrium from design in your lifestyle a support system! A committed daddy from three little ones, he is involved along with a variety of goodwills, featuring associations that assist with cancer therapy, performers, as well as displaced blog4u-Health4u.Info and handicapped folks and also provides his personal time in a variety of techniques to youth sanctuary residences and creature home teams. Some of the most significant trainings I gained from my daddy is one thing that I strongly believe holds a vital course for everybody. Management is certainly not just appearing at the office or perhaps what our company carry out while our company exist; management can be, and also must be actually, a lot more multi-dimensional compared to that. I am actually inspired by my personal husband's gorgeous trip right into fatherhood, and also through a beautiful Jewish pal which related to a manual reading for the compendium I co-edited - Affection, InshAllah: The Top secret Lovemaking from American Muslim Girls - and also informed our company that just what she discovered most ambulating the 25 non-fiction accounts about Muslim ladies's hunt for affection was actually the nuanced portrayal from Muslim males, particularly dads. Having said that, one point that a lot of studies set is actually that little ones perform not usually fair as well in the absence from a dad and also poor efficiency at institutions, drug use, intense actions and illegal activity are actually extra frequently viewed in kids which are actually increased without a father. I have to receive passed all of it in a healthy technique but to me receiving expecting as well as becoming a singular mother is actually not a spot from healing to me. I make certain that your youngsters are excellent however there will definitely be problems within all of them that you may certainly not stay away from. The attendant visited a hut that had been actually prepared some 10 paces from the cave, and Daddy Sergius continued to be alone. The birds along the flow were additionally much more plentiful than in the greater locations and a male Redpoll landing on a fence front from me was really pleasant. The good news is there are a number of types of federal government grants that are on call for solitary moms and dads and also it does not matter at all if you are actually the mother or the dad. My papa and also I invested many hours asking the question of exactly how could possibly our team produce the simple granulated sweets come to be like goodie syrup as well as be actually difficult. One thing father easily failed to provide his own father was a customizeded mouse pad. It relies on the alternative of the mother and also daddy to decide furnishings for their little bit of babies. The amount of from a role the groom's papa enjoys the real wedding ceremony depends partly on your family's customs and culture.

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