#callingbirds

[iamabananaoo]

Happy #twelvedaysofdc day 4! Today us Black Canary, hanging out with another calling bird. I based the bird on a common European blue bird, since images of the birds are always blue. #twelvedaysofchristmas #twelvedays #blackcanary #dc #dccomics #comicfanart #justiceleague #justicesociety #strongwoman #superheroine #artchallenge #holiday #holidayart #christmasart #callingbirds #fourcallingbirds #wreath #birdsong #birdsofprey #dinahlance

[swansasinging]

[cantwaittomissthatone]

4th Day // #🐦 . . . #SaraTyson #Finches #Day4 #art #nofilter #christmassong #illustration #callingbirds #2002 #talented

[confessionsofafoodaddict]

The 12 Days of Christmas -- Calling Birds?

For the fourth day of Christmas, I had to do a bit of research. After all, who knows what a “caling bird” is? But then it got worse when some sites referred to it as a “colly” bird, while others said “calling bird.” So here’s the skinny.

According to the Library of Congress, “Some basic research shows that, based on modern usage, both phrases are correct, though “colly birds” predates “calling birds” by more than a century.

So what is a colly bird? Again, the LOC tells us, “The Oxford English Dictionary traces the word’s [colly] use as an adjective to describe something covered in coal dust, or the color of coal,” It goes on to say that Arthur Golding’s 1565 translation of Ovid’s Metamorphosis describes a raven as being: “white by nature being bred, Hadst on thy fethers justly late a coly colour spred.”

So a colly bird is a raven by most accounts, including mine.

In looking up the symbolism for a raven, Native American lore connotes wisdom and intuition with this colly bird. For my goals this holiday and new year, I say let’s have the wisdom to follow our intuition.

Trust that feeling in the pit of your stomach that tells you to go for it or to run like hell. and be unapologetic. Be confident in that inner voice and exercise your intuition like the powerful muscle it can be.

When you start to trust that voice, that gut instinct, in all things in life, you start to actually heed your hopes, your dreams, and your sense of purpose. You also learn to trust in yourself, your personal wisdom, and your belief in the way you see and read the world around you.

Yes, having the wisdom to heed your intuition is a very powerful gift indeed.

[solanchfernando]

Red-winged blackbird perched on tree branch singing in Spring. 09/04/2017 #redwingblackbird #callingbirds #canadaspring #wildlifelover #wildbirds #maplepond #geoworld #wildlifephotography ##canadianlife #maplepark #sfphotography2017 #Sfphotography Maple🍁#solanchfernandophotography (at Vaughan, Ontario)

[ni-yin-ni-yang]

Jajajajaja amo cuando hace eso 😂 #cat #catsofinsta #callingbirds #cute #kitten

[schrockdesigns]

Merry Christmas!🎄 the final #Mashup design to wrap up the #decemberchallenge 😊🎨🎁 #12daysofchristmas #12designsofchristmas #12dofc #design #mashupdesign #christmas #holidaydesign #graphics #graphicdesign #art #vectorart #peartree #turtledoves #hens #callingbirds #gold #rings #geese #swans #milkmaids #dancers #ballerinas #lords #leaping #pipers #flannel #drummers #littledrummerboy #drumline

[prinsez05]

just finished reading about the 12 days of Christmas ~ turns out Christmas day is the first day, not the last ~ advent is the days preceding the birth of Jesus ~ the 12 days is the celebration after the birth, hence the gifts ~ they seem a little more appropriate when put into that context ~ lords a leaping, ladies dancing, drummers drumming, etc #advent #Christmas #twelvedaysofchristmas #celebration #drummersdrumming #piperspiping #lordsaleaping #ladiesdancing #maidsamilking #swansaswimming #geesealaying #goldenrings #callingbirds #frenchhens #turtledoves #apartridgeinapeartree #dove #rainbow (at Ridley Park, Pennsylvania)