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Hey guys, I’m Jackdaw, aka the corvid detector. I’m just a simple avian obsessed person with a passion for corvids. I use any crownouns- heh- and a plethora of names. I’ll get around to making a better pfp later

On hiatus until further notice.

#corvid croaks #corvid detector

thethirdromana

Just learned this absolutely delightful bit of etymology:

During the 15th century, the English had an endearing practice of granting common human names to the birds that lived among them. Virtually every bird in that era had a name, and most of them, like Will Wagtail and Philip Sparrow have been long forgotten. Polly Parrot has stuck around, and Tom Tit and Jenny Wren, personable companions of the English countryside, are names still sometimes found in children’s rhymes. Other human names, however, have been incorporated so durably into the common names that still grace birds as to almost entirely obscure their origin. The Magpie, a loquacious black and white bird with a penchant for snatching shiny objects, once bore the simple name “pie,” probably coming from its Roman name, “pica.” The English named these birds Margaret, which was then abbreviated to Maggie, and finally left at Mag Pie. The vocal, crow-like bird called Jackdaw was also once just a “daw” named “Jack.” The English also gave their ubiquitous and beloved orange-bellied, orb-shaped, wren-sized bird a human name. The first recorded Anglo-Saxon name for the Eurasian Robin was ruddoc, meaning “little red one.” By the medieval period, its name evolved to redbreast (the more accurate term orange only entered the English language when the fruit of the same name reached Great Britain in the 16th century). The English chose the satisfyingly alliterative name Robert for the redbreast, which they then changed to the popular Tudor nickname Robin. Soon enough, the name Robin Redbreast became so identified with the bird that Redbreast was dropped because it seemed so redundant.

corvid-detector

I’m not certain how accurate the magpie one is, because I know that Shakespeare made references to them as ‘Maggot pies’

#not detecting

herpsandbirds

Steller’s Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri), LEUCISTIC, family Corvidae, order Passeriformes, Neah Bay, WA, USA

photograph by Mer Parker

pinaple

That which we call a rose

I've always stood by the claim

That a rose

By any other name

Would smell as sweet

I know yours means a lot to you, and then some

But it makes no difference to me

I want you to be happy, so l'll use this one

But l'd see no change if you went by Klutzy the Nimble

The only person who seems to understand is you-

That which I should have realised that some time ago-

But even still I can only admit it to two

That mine only means discomfort to me

I recall, all the way back in nursery

The request of my name would have me freeze, panic

What if l'd fabricated every memory

Of my name, or just been pulled from a different world

I knew at the time it was silly

But I couldn't shake the feeling it was wrong every time

But something that makes me feel as though in a frilly,

Two toned collar with the loudest bells there are, is that

There's nothing l'd rather go by.

No name fits better than this

None of them are comfy, none of them are mine Some equal, some worse, none ok, none happy

If the name of the rose doesn't matter

What of rose with no name at all?

Would nothing be as good as anything on the wrapper?

Or would it simply never be called again

I suppose it's hard to refer to something without name

Without establishing what it is to begin with

But to establish what it is must be a right pain

When you've nothing at all to call it by

So why not make up a term?

Decide on something by which to refer to it

Any unused sound to indicate a person, worm or germ

Let I be the only meaning. But that's just a name again

And so what is a name, I ponder again

A string of sounds used to clarify a subject of reference

The sounds themselves shouldn't matter then

So why do mine feel so wrong?

I don’t want a new name. I don’t want one at all

But I don’t want to be ignored or forgotten

So I need something for people to call

When they want me, or to sing my praises, or curse me

Give the hypothetical that I could have any name

But I know that’s the real choice

One that just feels good is my only aim

But I can’t find that. I don’t think it exists.

I used to go by Lilly, when I played and was more young

Then it was my imaginary friend, daughter, and then gone

And now it’s on my mind again but it only feels wrong

I can’t even pretend to be Lilly anymore. That’s gone.

Perhaps I could be a bird, Swift is nice

But I’d feel awkward with it as a name

While I sort of like Sparrow, all bird names are on ice

Until the sad day they don’t all- in my mind- mean you

So what can I be called by then

I wouldn’t mind being nothing at all

A name can’t be right but I can’t be no one when

They call my name. Who will I be? Who can I be?

A rose called a poppy would smell just the same

And I still don’t fully understand the difference it rhyme with makes.

I’m sure I’ll feel right again in my own red name

Eventually. If I can convince myself I ever was.

A rose called a poppy would smell just the same

And I still don’t fully understand the difference it makes

I’m sure I’ll feel right again in my own red name

Eventually. I’ll convince me I ever was if that’s what it takes.

corvid-detector

bravelycowering

tumblr lesson 1 don't discourage a post from getting notes or it will only get more notes because people are evil on this site and do the opposite of what you tell them

neneloafsune

Tumblr lesson 2, never bring up the number of notes, because then someone will hit you with the curse of 10k

Tumblr lesson 3,

Curse of 10k

@ewoly5 @axolotl-detector @cheezbot

axolotl-detector

Lesson 4, Detectors are pretty good at spreading posts.

@rat-detector-seven @axolotl-decider @axolotl-2 @fork-detector @girl-detector @bat-detector @i-am-a-fish @peel-this-off @meri-is-best-axolotl @rocktis @erectile-disgruntlement @yet-another-wizard-detector @ixnova @i-love-dragonss @oreozfox @owostrich @protogen6768 @xx-obliviousfantasy-xx @void-things @miku-detector @crane-detector @crab-detector @bear-detector @orca-detector @crowifier-the-crowverlord @corvid-detector @corviddetector @columbiforme-detector @curse-of-10k

kavohh707

The gif to the picture from the weekend. As you can see the begging is a constant state of the baby crow.

lorn-art

Saw a stag beetle fight off a magpie today it looked like this

porcelain-face-art

?????Corvid??????

No, indeed not!

It is a Red-bellied Woodpecker, I believe!distinctly known for being nature's little drill hammer.

Funnily enough they are often confused with these little critters

Which would be a red headed woodpecker!

-No CORVID detected-

-no yippee-

-just tock tock tock and hammering trees-

spicymochi

it’s for you!

spicymochi

tiny flower crow

spicymochi

A little flower crow sticker will come with all orders placed during May in my shop!

waspsalad

Cookies & friends

Some of you were worried about the cookies, but due to the large furry population in her world, all chocolate is made to be pet-safe :3

girl-detector

corvid-detector

#corvid detector #detector blog #corvids #corvids detected

into-the-gimmickverse

Tumblr Gimmickverse list (updated vers) (Pt 1)

To all the gimmick blogs, I am so sorry for summoning you all. This is unfortunately the only way I can post the list <3

The threatsverse

@fuck-you-ominous-threats

@the-real-list-of-ominous-threats

@backup-ominous-threats

@the-fake-list-of-ominous-threats

@the-list-of-real-ominous-threats

@list-of-lists-of-ominous-threats

@twelfth-list-of-ominous-threats

@another-list-of-ominous-threats

@love-you-ominous-threats

@this-threat-is-ominous

@i-identify-as-an-ominous-threat

@nominous-threats

@autotheist-of-ominous-threats

Signsverse

@ominous-signs

@silly-signs

@hazard-symbols-that-fuck-hard

Gimmickthiefverse

@gimmick-thief

@gimmick-thief-thief

@bad-gimmick-thief

@gimmick-thief-thief-thief-thief

@gimmick-thief-theif-thcief

@gimmickthiefthiefthiefthiefthief

@gimmick-remover

@gimmick-thief-burglar

Identifierverse

@fish-identifier

@cat-identifier

@identifying-cars-in-posts

@identifying-horses-in-posts

@identifying-planes-in-posts

@poorly-identifying-cats-in-posts

@identifying-cat-phenotypes

@identifying-cats

@identifying-cellphones-in-posts

@identifying-bees-in-posts

@identifying-guns-in-posts

@identifying-guitars-in-posts

@identifying-gulls-in-posts

@identifying-fonts-in-images

@identifying-the-unseen-in-posts

@dragons-locator

@creatures-in-posts

@certified-piss-posts

@mammalidentifier

@identifying-spacecraft-in-posts

@dog-spotted

@cat-spotted

@i-identify-guns-in-posts

@identifying-dinosaurs-in-posts

@identifying-birds

@identifying-maille-weaves

@identifying-typewriters-in-posts

@mouse-spotted

@snake-spotted

@certified-new-york-posts

@chicago-mentioned

@identifying-snakes-in-posts

@which-os

@identifyinggimmickblogsinposts

Detectorverse

@fox-detector

@bear-detector

@detector-detector

@loss-detector

@girl-detector

@orca-detector

@carbon-monoxide-detector

@south-carolina-detector

@corviddetector

@goose-detector

@crab-detector

@gay-detector

@opossum-detector

@bell-detector

@columbiforme-detector

@corvid-detector

@axolotl-detector

@snow-leopard-detector

@bat-detector

@salmon-detector

@detector-detector

@mouse-detector

@cat-detector

@trans-detector

@egg-detector

@shark-detector

@bug-detector

@dino-detector

@crowdetector

@fish-detector

@skid-fit-detector

@therickrolldetector

@crane-detector

@lizard-detector

@i-detect-rickrolls

@pigeon-detector

@bronzong-detector

@text-inverter-detector

@tsunderedetector

@british-alert

@eroticismofthemachinedetector

Achievementverse

@pointless-achievements

@achievement-unlocked

@randomitemdrop

@dailyquests

@achievement-achievement-unlocked

orca-detector

rainyydoves

i beat myself up for not knowing enough about my special interests a lot but then i remember the average person off the street has no idea what the carboniferous is and i feel better

rainyydoves

are you really bad at it or are you in "good at it" spaces