#birds!!

[mrminmi]

I love birds

[lumaberrycream]

favourite bird?

piping plovers!! they're very cute!!

(photo by Lorraine Minns, gotten from the audubon website)

[taranhunt]

Hi Hi Heloo! Saw your little note about birds in a prev ask, and so, for no reason at all, what kinds of birds would you associate with your characters (as many as you want or think of)?

This ask made me realize that I mentioned the bird symbolism for the Ministers in the last ask but somehow forgot to mention Sean WREN.

Sean: wrens, sparrows, finches. Harmless little social creatures that chatter a lot. Prey to larger birds.

Tamara: Probably a corvid (crows and ravens). Smart animals. Omnivores.

Indigo: I need you to know that I spent a very long time today reading Wikipedia articles on various kinds of hawks, falcons, and eagles in an attempt to nail down what kind of raptor he should be. This became very important to me. I’m going to blame the importance of this decision on the Animorph novels, which I was obsessed with as a child, and in which the bird of prey morph of each of the main characters revealed key features of their personalities. I’ve narrowed him down to a gyrfalcon or a Eurasian sparrowhawk. Both target smaller birds. Both are used by humans to hunt.

(I also briefly considered a kestrel but, unfortunately, I have seen an American kestrel before. They are the silliest looking little murder birds. I couldn’t do that to Indigo.)

Honorary mentions: Number One/Kora is, of course, associated with owls; Brigid, with peregrine falcons.

[runestonedragon]

if you guys have. any questions about birds. i will gladly answer them.

[bisonaari]

Me in a foreign country: I WILL TAKE PICTURES OF BIRDS WE HAVE BACK AT HOME

[jazzypizzaz]

I think I'm going to join my local Audubon society. hang out with a bunch of old people and listen to them talk about birds. hell yeah sounds super chill

[solbirbold-blog]