#tody

[herpsandbirds]

Jamaican Tody (Todus todus), family Todidae, order Coraciiformes, endemic to Jamaica

photograph by Sam Woods

[best-bird-tournament]

Coraciiformes order

Which is the best bird?

Long-tailed ground roller

European roller

European bee-eater

Trinidad motmot

Pitta-like ground roller

Jamaican tody

Lilac-breasted roller

Cuban tody

Common kingfisher

Voting ended onJan 20

[scottpartridge]

The Cuban Tody is day 29 of #birbfest2025 hosted by @monkeymintaka

[triruntu]

#619, a cuban tody! I enjoy round birds.

Requests for birds are open, updates happen on Thursdays. [project tag]

[vintagewildlife]

Jamaican tody By: William J. Bolte From: The Fascinating Secrets of Oceans & Islands 1972

[distantorchestravirtue]

[hoarsehorse]

Rotodo draft.

Saw this ship was criminally lacking, so I decided to add onto it, Ofcourse!

This is a draft snippet of an idea that’s not really written but goes along the lines of ‘Four times his bird flew at me, and one time he did.’

Snippet:

Shouto opened the door to the common room, and was immediately assaulted. He managed a strangled gasp as little talons began to scratch and wings frantically beat into his face. His hands dropped the groceries he was scheduled to bring today to attempt peeling the attacker off of him.

“Shouto!” Izuku yelped, and he was aware the boy was edging around him, trying and failing to grasp what Shouto was realising was a bird. A very funny looking bird. And angry, why else was it trying to claw Shouto?

“Ah, shit, I’m sorry-“ A new voice spoke, a taller boy stepping forward and gloved hands soon snatched the bird out of the air. Shouto blinked rapidly as his hand automatically went to poke just below his right eye, where the talon had managed to scratch him.

“Are you okay? I’m so sorry! She’s really slippery,” Izuku fussed, hovering around Shouto as the bi-coloured teenager tried to reorganise himself. He wasn’t as annoyed or startled as he was bewildered. What had he ever done to an animal to deserve so much ire?

He turned to the boy who’d scooped the bird up. Tattered coat, old goggles, long choppy hairstyle tied into a ponytail. Were they dreadlocks? Shouto’s vision couldn’t differentiate. He was holding the struggling bird, trying to shove her into his pocket with a furrowed brow. Grey eyes flick to Shouto.

“Hey, I’m sorry again. She’s uh- never been this..” he trailed off, frowning as he stared at Shouto. “Have we met?”

Shouto combed through his brain. Izuku must know, if his sudden stillness was a hint. The boy did look familiar, now that Shouto was straining his eyesight..

Oh. That usb puzzle thing, and that organisation. Shouto had met this boy during their mission abroad. Well, not met. Really, he was more acquainted with Izuku than Shouto.

“You solved that puzzle.” He recalled. Rody’s eyes narrow then light in recognition.

[kuboyesuu]

I have a love-hate relationship with drawing on my phone. On one hand, I can redo my mistakes. On the other, I usually cannot draw more than one person.