franfish 𓅻 *ੈ✩‧₊˚

she/him/theirs - girlboy, lesbian, connoisseur of wildlife and art currently obsessed with birds/ornithology 𓃹 icon is a painting by Whyn Lewis 𓃹

[fossilfran]

obligatory about me post:

𓅣 *squishes into the aquarium glass* hey! welcome to the fran zone……

𓅣 a blog about mostly fish, birds, paleontology, and other wildlife, but also occasional reblog hell because this is MY TUMBLR BLOG and i can DO WHAT I WANT. /lh

𓅣 all my posts are sorted by tags— see the bottom of this post for the list, that way you can browse just one thing you enjoy and not get slapped in the face with fandom content and then a picture of a fish and then a cat and then a dinosaur and then more fandom content and then-

𓅣 i do partake in the arts myself so there’s some of that going on here on occasion

𓅣 all links to other sites (my personal insta + tiktok, my pinterest, artfight profile) and all my interests are listed here:

(my pinterest is pretty cool for finding pretty pictures of animals, especially fish, birds, seals, borzois, and paleoart. i got lotsa those…)

fran's carrd :3

a link hub for yours truly

tags 4 specific topics:

[birds--daily]

mayhaps i ask for a sweet little crested cormorant? :>

day 36

today's bird is the double-crested cormorant!

- the insides of their mouths are actually blue!

- cormorants have less preen oil than other birds, so their feathers get wet easier. they often dry them by standing out in the sun with their wings spread (like in my picture :0) )

- double-created cormorants use just about anything to build their nests, including rope, deflated balloons, fishnet, plastic, and parts of dead birds

[fossilfran]

MY BABY

[fossilfran]

TW FOR MENTION OF ANIMAL DEATH

i saw a dead cormorant on my walk home today. either crested or neotropic. (mind you, this is in a suburban texas neighborhood. very odd find.)

the poor baby was laying on its belly with its beak in the mud. i came back with gloves, and i stroked it, told it i was sorry, saw its little webbed feet, and looked into it’s dead, sunken eyes. i’ve dreamed of petting a non-parrot bird, especially a larger bird, for a while. i knew i never could, due to their nature, but i still dreamed. today i did. it was soft. it hurts that i only got to pet it in it’s death. i guess it’s better that way, though. the poor bird wasn’t stressed by my presence, and i still got to meet it up close.

then i went to micheal’s and bought art supplies. i am so sorry little cormorant, i will honor you, i promise. you are my favorite, sweet bird.

[ackitten]

[coldwateriztasty]

@todaysbird

[typhlonectes]

[michaelnordeman]

Long-tailed Tit/stjärtmes. Värmland, Sweden (January 27, 2024).

[natalieironside]

"You got vampire lore wrong in your story because real vampires do this and that" Buddy I have terrible news about all of vampires. Heartbreaking news. Worst news you're gonna hear all day.

[tactfulsaboteur]

are they problematic. did they get canceled

[balconybirds]

gotta get those seeds!!!!!

[antiqueanimals]

Black-capped petrel (Pterodroma hasitata)

\Part of a collection of watercolors by "M. Rabié" for St. Domingue Oiseaux. Dated 1766.

Internet Archive

[drafthearse]

Red Deer (female) in the Wisentgehege Springe game park near Springe, Hanover, Germany

[ur-daily-inspiration]

[aevris]

saw miss eastern towhee today (out of seasonal range + a lifer) and i was delighted by her pale butt plumage

[figdays]

Handmade cat sculpture // YasyaCeramics

[everythingfox]

Fast on their little legs

[cookieloveranddaydreamer]

These cute and quick little bastards. 🥰

[herpsandbirds]

Anhinga aka American Darter (Anhinga anhinga), female in breeding plumage, family Anhingidae, order Suliformes, Everglades National Park, FL, USA

photograph by Ken Parish

[longingforrotkehlchen]

He sleepy. Me too. And I want to dream of mandarin ducks.

Mandarinente ♂️ (mandarin duck) am Pfaffensee, Stuttgart-West.

[jellycatstuffies]

All Jellycat Birdlings

(Goldfinch, Swallow, Cardinal, Pigeon, Mallard, Blue Jay, Dove, Puffin, Robin, Kingfisher, Blue Tit, Woodpecker and Wren)

Ko-fi / Instagram