Sturcan

Your local (or not so local) coyote bird.

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About Me

Hello! I’m a coyote, an American goshawk, and an osprey. That said, I occasionally use photos of Eurasian goshawks and certain coydogs to represent myself due to our similarities. No photo completely captures me, so I usually settle for “close enough”.

This blog is an online space for me to share my experiences with therianthropy and to discuss it with others. I’ve been aware of my true nature for as long as I can remember, although I joined the therian community back in 2019.

⤷ I am eighteen! I’m fine if minors follow me, as this account is sfw (with the possible exception of non-graphic animal death). Asks are fine, but no dms please! I don’t have a dni list, but I will report those who I feel are at risk of harming themselves or others (e.g. a proud zoophile) and block freely.

⤷ I am equally a coyote, a goshawk, and an osprey on all levels except physical and as such I prefer the use of canid and/or avian vivterms. I recognize that I am a human biologically, but it’s not how I should be, and it makes me uncomfortable to be referred to as such.

⤷ I don’t really resonate with the concept of names/gendered pronouns, but referring to me by the common name of my species is best (e.g. “the goshawk”, “the coyote”).

If calling me by a more traditional name is more appropriate/easier for you, you may call me Sturcan. I won’t be upset if you make a mistake; these are just my preferences!

Hobbies: I like spending time outdoors. Bowhunting, fishing, foraging, identifying species, bushcraft, camping, vulture culture, climbing, scavenging/dumpster diving, and hang-gliding are a few activities I enjoy.

I also enjoy sketching, reading, running, skateboarding, slinging, playing ttrpgs, and all things zoology.

⤷ I practice vocals as well as animal movements (including, but not limited to, quadrobics) for both fun and species euphoria.

My username is a combination of the genus names of my species. That’s also where “Sturcan” comes from!

Thanks for reading! I may update this as needed.

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How I feel in public

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A Poem :>

You see me as one of your kind,

Bare, tall, tailless, armed,

You tell me the natural and unnatural,

I nod towards the shrinking treeline,

You laugh in your plastic pressed shirt,

While the wind stirs my fur,

It beckons, missing a song that you never cared to hear,

Why listen? For you, the world is full and good,

You snap at us with metal teeth,

As though hunger were a crime,

You chase with bullets unmade,

While we chase some reprieve,

Yet to be a feared animal is to die,

So I let you tie me to your glove,

All while you stroke my cold pelt,

For wildness is an audacity,

And beauty looks best when it is still and allows itself to be felt.

I look towards the dim stars and ask

Is concealment some kind of mercy?

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Sashimi-grade salmon is amazing

Apologies in advance to any fish lurking here; you might want to scroll past this one.

It feels so natural to tear into it with my beak, and I appreciate how it actually tastes like fish rather than a ghost of fish in a sea of seasonings. The skin’s satisfying to swallow too.

It can’t compare to fish caught with your own talons, but it’s still a worthwhile alternative.

Wholeheartedly recommend it to any creature who’s a piscivore, as it’s generally safe for consumption regardless of your physical state.

Tearing into some put me in a wonderful mood and I wanted to share :>

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I love doing this

I naturally have poor depth perception and this always helps me judge distances better.

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Thoughts on Height?

Heads up for a discussion about species dysphoria.

Does anyone else feel both amazed and off-put by how tall their physical body is?

I know walking on your hindpaws will do that, but still, it can be pretty jarring when you’re used to being roughly two feet tall. Same goes for the rest of my bodily proportions.

My physical body is so…flat and broad compared to that of my species, so I’ll constantly find myself underestimating my size despite being small by human standards.

It was easier when I was a fledgling, but even then, it still would constantly be “off” and cause me to be clumsy. Height obviously has its advantages, like being able to reach things, but being tall feels unnatural to me, especially when it feels more natural to just fly if I want to reach something.

The lack of other features bothers me as well, but I haven’t seen many talk about this specific feeling before.