Any birdwatchers?

[Five_Inch_Heels]

This guy's pretty cool. One of the homepage wallpapers on Brave browser. Can't tell what's up with the wings, maybe just buried in the fluff.

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So, this little guy is apparently a Brearded Tit.


Uhhh, yup.


Otherwise known as a Beareded Reedling, the roundest bird in the world.

 

[ColtonWrites]

Would any bird-watching folks be interested in offering advice about hawks? I'm writing a story about a shapeshifter who spends most of her time as a bird.

 

[Alwaysthesun]

Would any bird-watching folks be interested in offering advice about hawks? I'm writing a story about a shapeshifter who spends most of her time as a bird.

good luck with the info, sounds like it could be a good read when finished

 

[liqueur]

Would any bird-watching folks be interested in offering advice about hawks? I'm writing a story about a shapeshifter who spends most of her time as a bird.

If they're species I know, I'd be happy to give it a shot.

 

[Britva415]

Would any bird-watching folks be interested in offering advice about hawks? I'm writing a story about a shapeshifter who spends most of her time as a bird.

Be free to send me your questions.

 

[liqueur]

@ColtonWrites — or just post them here, for that matter, and get a dozen different responses!

 

[ColtonWrites]

If they're species I know, I'd be happy to give it a shot.

Mostly I am looking at Swainson's hawks and what other species could be potentially mis-ID'd as one. The idea is that there's a researcher looking into Swainson's hawks, but instead he discovers this novel species (the fictional shapeshifter birds) and becomes obsessed.

 

[liqueur]

Interesting. I actually kept a Swainson’s hawk for a friend one summer when I was in high school. But teenage was 60 years ago. At this point, Swainson’s not being native to my area, I probably don't have any more technical information that the next person. What I do remember is power. A grip like an iron vise. By the end of the summer she was sufficiently accustomed to me that I could handle her without a gauntlet— but still, you could feel through that grip what she could do to you if she wanted to.