The 12 Days of Variations

[UnquietDreams]

(Que posts of red breasts)

Yes, please.

 

[orangecurious]

ok, i'll stop now (good job the subject wasn't Swans)

 

[OrdinaryPerson]

Im dying. Dying!!!



Cause Batman smells... Robin laid an egg...

 

[Peter_Out]

I like that a lot, thank you. The story of the Oak King of Summer and the Holly King of Winter reminds me of the Seelie and Unseelie coorts and Moving Day.

A Jim Butcher/Dresden Files reference? Although I don't think Moving Day was a Dresden book I could well be wrong.

 

[UnquietDreams]

A Jim Butcher/Dresden Files reference? Although I don't think Moving Day was a Dresden book I could well be wrong.

I love a good Dresden Files reference, but the Seelie and Unseelie coort predate that by about...a thousand years or so. The Scottish name for the two sidhe courts, and Moving Day is when the two courts change places at the change of seasons.

 

[Saltfountain]

This is a gentleman we know around town.
His name is Robert….
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So not Robin?

 

[lindi_85]

Im dying. Dying!!!



Cause Batman smells... Robin laid an egg...

Did you check on poor Robin. That thing would’ve broken the wee thing

 

[Saltfountain]

What do the English call these things?

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Unless you're a hyena

I'm going out on a limb here to say that that is not a hyena of either (or indeed any) gender...

 

[lindi_85]

update:
The N. American robin is a member of the thrush family.
The European robin is a member of the flycatcher family.
Not related really at all except they are both birds- lol. The common name is because they both have a red breast.
(Que posts of red breasts)

Now do the NZ Robin
(It’s just bigger than my thumb and terribly cute)

 

[Saltfountain]

ok, i'll stop now (good job the subject wasn't Swans)

Makes mental note to change the 12 Days of Variations...

 

[lindi_85]

Makes mental note to change the 12 Days of Variations...

 

[lindi_85]

The NZ Robin is a real inquisitive bastard and loves a good photo bomb

 

[Saltfountain]

The NZ Robin is a real inquisitive bastard and loves a good photo bomb.
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Well, if you will put food there

 

[deefalttwunnyfor]

The NZ Robin is a real inquisitive bastard and loves a good photo bomb.

!!!! It’s beautiful! Look at that plumage

 

[Peter_Out]

The NZ Robin is a real inquisitive bastard and loves a good photo bomb.

Don't you mean "a good photo bum"?

 

[Peter_Out]

I love a good Dresden Files reference, but the Seelie and Unseelie coort predate that by about...a thousand years or so. The Scottish name for the two sidhe courts, and Moving Day is when the two courts change places at the change of seasons.

Oh I knew the first bit, but not about the change of seasons, so thanks. TIL!

 

[Saltfountain]

Don't you mean "a good photo bum"?

Are you calling @lindi_85 a tramp?

 

[Peter_Out]

Are you calling @lindi_85 a tramp?

Well I have no idea whether she is or not, nor even which definition you use, but I was using the other meaning of bum (as I believe you well know, you scamp!)

 

[Saltfountain]

Well I have no idea whether she is or not, nor even which definition you use, but I was using the other meaning of bum (as I believe you well know, you scamp!)

You're saying she's not up to scratch? Like a bum deal?

 

[Peter_Out]

You're saying she's not up to scratch? Like a bum deal?

I believe she is capable of scratching her own bum, and would not presume.

 

[cascadiabound]

Now do the NZ Robin
(It’s just bigger than my thumb and terribly cute)
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Apparently the NZ robin is a passerine - a small perching bird, which describes about half of all birds. The NZ bird is somewhat rare and has protected species status.

As if I didn't have a long list of reasons to visit NZ, you've given me one more.

Darling bird.

 

[Saltfountain]

Apparently the NZ robin is a passerine - a small perching bird, which describes about half of all birds. The NZ bird is somewhat rare and has protected species status.

As if I didn't have a long list of reasons to visit NZ, you've given me one more.

Darling bird.

Of all the directions today took, I didn't see it becoming ornithology 101

 

[cascadiabound]

Of all the directions today took, I didn't see it becoming ornithology 101

I'm a nerd.
Not usually a bird nerd, but there you go.

 

[Saltfountain]

I'm a nerd.
Not usually a bird nerd, but there you go.

But a nerd bird...

 

[orangecurious]

I'm a nerd.
Not usually a bird nerd, but there you go.

i am a bit of a bird nerd... want strange bird facts, see how the game Subbuteo got its name.