#bird characters

[cheesecakewitch]

rock, paper scissors, SHOOT!

my characters from @babybirdcomic :)

[superbbirdofparadise]

Top 5 birbs

I already answered a very similar ask, but since this is worded slightly differently, I'll be listing specific bird characters as opposed to bird species.

5. Poppy (Welcome Home ARG) - Poppy is a friend to all Neighbors, always offering them words of encouragement or some fresh pastries. (I do not condone her use of recreational drugs, though...)

4. Sam Eagle (The Muppets) - The most Eagle to ever America. Stern and old-fashioned, but loves his country. He was great in MuppetVision3D (rip).

3. Reggie (Free Birds) - Owen Wilson Bird. Waow. He haunts Thanksgiving. I hope he and Jenny have a wonderful and healthy turkey marriage.

2. Untitled Goose (Untitled Goose Game) - HONK!!! *steals your broom*

1. Blu (Rio) - Loving husband and father, and generally a pretty cool guy! He was a late bloomer for normal macaw things, but he was also able to survive a diet and climate that macaws really shouldn't be able to! Also helped bring awareness to the conservation of real Spix's Macaws (aka blue macaws), which is pretty awesome.

Thanks for the ask, Nat!

[mochamoth]

Birds 😱‼️‼️‼️

(There's more but it probably wouldn't fit..)

[cattimeswithjellie]

Bird Grian Behaviors

So I've been binging a ton of Hermitcraft/Traffic Series fanfic lately, and a lot of them have worked in an "avian hybrid" concept where some characters, most often Grian but also Jimmy or others, have feathery wings and tend to exhibit birdy behaviors. Some of them are very popular and appear in a lot of fics (wing preening, nest building, shoulder perching) but there are so many more things that birds do! Have you considered:

Poking colorful bits of paper and other decorations into their feathers because it is pretty!

Taking baths by rolling around in powdery dirt!

Attacking mirrors that surprise them!

Angry head-bobbing and mock-lunges to show aggression!

Napping on one foot with head tucked under one wing

Constant, constant, constant chewing! (This is beak maintenance behavior and most bird bybrid characters don't seem to have beaks, but still! So much chewing on toys, mineral blocks, snacks, friends, etc.)

Seeking the high ground in any given situation because they like to feel tall!

Also a couple of considerations about wing-preening, for those who might be interested. Birds spend up to 30% of their awake time preening their wings! It's a big job and very necessary for flying. Part of preening is cleaning, but the bigger part is keeping the feathers in order and properly waterproofed. Feathers are super-complex little structures and the beaks of birds are designed partially to keep the barbs and barbules properly zipped together and in flying shape. If you've ever played with a feather, you probably know how you have to very carefully smooth them out to get all the little pieces properly stuck together and feather-shaped. Birds also have special glands that produce a waxy, oily substance that they spend considerable time working into their feathers to keep them healthy and resistant to water. A bird hybrid character without a beak and talons or oil glands might need tools and products to help them stay in good flying condition.

When a bird grows a new feather it comes in as a pinfeather first, basically a feather wrapped in a keratin tube so it can push through the skin. They eventually groom off the tube bit and the feather spreads out, but a bird who is molting and has a lot of pinfeathers coming through is likely to be touchy and crabby. Birds who are very stressed, anxious or bored may resort to overpreening or feather plucking as a maladaptive behavior, starting first with the small downy feathers of the chest and under the wings. Birds can also pluck or overpreen one another if they live together.

Now please note that none of this stuff is supposed to be proscriptive, or the One True Way to write bird stuff. Part of the fun of fantasy characters in fic is that you check logic and basic biology at the door, and once you do that you can do whatever you want. And it's not like I'm being particularly scientific myself here, I'm just mostly sharing what I know from living with small parrots for a decade. All this stuff is just throwing out ideas for fun things to do with bird characters. Write what makes you happy!

[kabukiaku]

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A crucial turning point for Jiang’s character: his daughter Peiling is killed in battle. Jiang arrived too late to aid her, and grieves over the dead body of his teenage daughter. This death haunts him to this day, creating a weight of immense guilt in him---which still affects him to this day. he blames himself for letting this happen, if it weren’t for his pride, his honor clouding his judgement--but more importantly, his heart.

with no one left, he grows bitter, and began enforcing stricter laws over the city. he began doing selfish acts to benefit himself. Emotional response: Jiang sends an army to wipe out the enemy clan that killed his daughter. it wasn’t so successful, as he lost half his men, and permanently injured his right wing.

[confusionwolf-doodles]

My ttrpg character Terron Goldtalon he’s a pirate parrot I have a few doodle pages of him so look forward to those

[obsceremediaarchive]

Tweet! Tweet! Look at those birds!🕊

Sugarbunnies had two bird characters fun fact, one white with brown eyes including blue wings also bow and one yellow with blue eyes having orange wings including pink bow, they appeared in some merchandise and art, after awhile however, they didn’t come back.

Cinnamoroll also had a bird character but is unrelated and a different character.

[karamidaydreamer]

Oh my God... Drawing all these motives, 7 in total, absolutely destroyed me. I really underestimated how long it took to sketch, line, color and shade these all and I probably spent 60hrs+ on it.

Anyway here's the DAE Squad but as birds!