#stanley crane

[animalids]

Blue crane (Grus paradisea)

Photo by Jon Atkinson

[ridiculousbirdfaces]

Crane Blue by Michael Heyns

Blue Crane (Grus paradisea)

[kraken-draws]

7ds comic based on the clickhole article of the same name. please blacklist #long if you would like to avoid any of my extra long pieces in the future!

character appearances in order:

case, uwuowo, marshall, pepper, persephone, arwyln, flick, dietrich, clover, stanley, cavalry, dr. edmund.

characters with names bolded above are mine, the rest belong to @pomtvs (pepper), @awful-quilava (marshall, flick, clover, stanley), @stonebutchsans (persephone, cavalry), and chrys (arwyln, edmund).

[kraken-draws]

based on an Obvious Plant poster.

characters, top to bottom and left and right: dana, dr. edmund, uwuowo, stanley, pepper, babe, case, persephone, marshall.

the bolded names above are my characters, non-bolded belong to @pomtvs (Pepper), @awful-quilava (Stanley, Marshall), @stonebutchsans (Dana, Persephone), and Chrys/Eclipse (Dr. Edmund, Babe).

[dare-g]

A majestic man

[birdstudies]

September 12, 2016 - Blue Crane or Stanley Crane (Anthropoides paradiseus)

These cranes are found in grasslands of southern Africa. The long black feathers that appear to be their tails are actually wing feathers. They eat mostly grass seeds, roots, and tubers, along with insects, worms, crabs, and fish. Pairs form long-term monogamous bonds and build their nests near water. They feed insects to the chicks for the first few days of their lives, until they are able to feed themselves. Though the chicks grow quickly and can fly in about three months, they don’t breed until around four years of age. They are classified as Vulnerable by the IUCN, due mostly to habitat loss, collision with power lines, and poisoning.

[sayadaramdial]

So yesterday I learned that Stanley Cranes exist and was immediately inspired to draw a dress based on these elegant looking birds. 

photo credit: image 1 - Trevor/Margaret Hardaker Image 2 - Ken Behrens