#National bird day

[great-and-small]

#memes #mourning dove #modo #national bird day

[montereybayaquarium]

From our feathery fronds and the rest of us at the Aquarium, we wish you an unbelievably  wonderful National Bird Day!! 💙🐦✨

This is a perfect time to soar into birdwatching in your local neighborhood or flock to our website and Aviary Cam to learn about the winged wildlife whose protection is so important for our planet!

#monterey bay aquarium #birbs birbs birbs #national bird day #head over feathers for our birds

[birdhism]

#National Bird Day #cute animals #cuteness overload #lol #funny #parakeet #bird #birblr #animals #kawaii #parrots #parrot #birds #birb #cute #birb art #birbs of tumblr #cute birbs #chickens #pigeon #birb speaks #bird video

[arthistoryanimalia]

It's #NationalBirdDay in the U.S. so here's a painting of one of my favorite native birds, the Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja):

Abbott Handerson Thayer (American, 1849–1921) Roseate Spoonbills, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom, c. 1905-1909 oil on paperboard, 22 7⁄8 x 26 1⁄4 in. (58.2 x 66.6 cm.)

[Smithsonian American Art Museum]

#birds #birds in art #Roseate Spoonbill #painting #oil painting #Abbott Henderson Thayer #20th century #Smithsonian American Art Museum #animals in art #National Bird Day

[christophfanalways]

In honor of National Bird Day in the US!!

#christoph waltz #christophwaltz #National Bird Day #my gifs

[fandom-free-bingo]

INFO & RULES - FLIGHT EDITION (January)

- Feel free to interpret the prompts however you wish - the world is your oyster! <3 - No restriction to one prompt per fic/chapter. - You can merge this event with others, so long as the other event permits this. - Please mark rating clearly, and use CW where applicable. Posts not adequately marked will not be reblogged. - Use the tag #FandomFreeBingo and tag @fandom-free-bingo on tumblr for a reblog - don't forget to also add in the pairing/characters, the fandom and the warnings in the tags please <3 - The second event (Flight Edition) will run until February 29th. Feel free to post after this date, however - works will be reblogged until January 31st, 2025, and the Ao3 collection will be open indefinitely. - Two cards (at most) of each size for each participant. - All media forms, fandoms and original works are welcome! - You can request square changes twice, for up to a week after the card is issued. - Be respectful to other participants. - Be kind to me!- Ao3 collection can be found here! - This season we are offering BOTH 5x5 and 3x3 cards - please let us know which you would like!

Sign up here! Sign ups will run until January 31st - you can post whenever you're ready!

Why Flight Edition? Well - January 5th is National Bird Day! Why? "National Bird Day is a celebration of the wonder of birds and a time to raise awareness about the many threats that bird species face on a daily basis. Birds have long captured the imagination of humans as they effortlessly soar through the skies. It is no wonder that so many people have become either professional or amateur ornithologists (people who study birds). While birds may seem to live carefree lives, many of their natural habitats are under attack. Additionally, poaching and the illegal wildlife trade threaten many bird species. With these factors in mind we need to do everything that we can to protect our birds and their environments." [1]

Basically.... Because they're beautiful and majestic creatures, and we didn't want to lean into the whole 'winter' theme again, because it's not winter everywhere! So... Take Flight! <3

My favourite bird (uh, today-) is below the cut... Look at this majestic boy-

The resplendent quetzal lives in tropical forests in southern Mexico and Central America - and their population is decreasing. They've been given 'Near Threatened' status. Look at that fuzzy little head, and that MAJESTIC tail!

I like birds.

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[new-kit-on-the-block]

Happy national bird day

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[goodiecornbread]

Danuary, day 5

This coat from S.S. Daley (@ssdaley) gives me life

Happy National Bird Day

#danuary 2023 #danuary #dan levy #daniel j levy #ss daley #s.s. daley #this coat is fowl #national bird day

[alliterative-endlessknot]

Happy #NationalBirdDay! To mark the day, here’s our video about some surprisingly connected avian etymologies.

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[disney-afternoon-pictures]

Happy National Bird Day! Can you say "bird"?

#disney #bambi #movies #national bird day

[great-and-small]

#memes #national bird day #Nazca booby is like the prettiest bird in the whole world

[mtaartsdesign]

Today is National Bird Day!

Alfredo Ceibal’s “Permanent Residents and Visitors” (2010) at Wakefield-241 St (2) is an aerial view of some of the most common birds living in or visiting New York City. The observation of birds’ color, flight, and song inspired the artist. Numerous species of birds cross the sky — rendered in clear and etched glass — including gulls, ducks, blue jays, eagles, cardinals, geese, and crows. The work reminds us of the natural environment that surrounds us and that these graceful creatures share our space and urban experience.

#mtaarts #etched glass #national bird day #permanent art

[birdhism]

Birds can bring you entertainment as you watch their birdy dramas play out in a nearby tree. A Cardinal can make you feel the presence of one since passed. They can even motivate you to go outside your comfort zone to do right by them. What do Birds mean to you?

#chickens #vulture #ducks #cardinal #birding #pigeon #cockatiel #conure #parakeet #budgie #cute #kawaii #national bird day #birblr #pink #sanrio #hello kitty #pusheen

[arthistoryanimalia]

#BookRecommendation for #NationalBirdDay:

The Book of the Bird: Birds in Art

#animals in art #animal holiday #birds in art #bird #birds #National Bird Day #book recommendation #Amazon Associates

[aimee-maroux]

It's #NationalBirdDay so I want to talk about birds in mythology. There are many stories from ancient Greece about mythological birds and half-bird creatures.

Birds of Ares

The Birds of Ares (Ornithes Areioi in ancient Greek) were a flock of arrow-feathered birds which the god had set to guard his sacred shrine on the Black Sea island of Dia, also called Ares' Island. It had been built by the Amazons, his daughters. The birds were encountered by the Argonauts in their quest for the Golden Fleece. The heroes raised their shields as a defence against the birds' deadly volleys of arrows and with a clash of shield and spear scared them away.

The Birds of Ares were sometimes identified with the Stymphalian Birds driven off by Herakles (see below).

Griffins

The Griphoi or Griffins is a hybrid creature with the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion. They guard a treasure of gold by the border to Hyperborea. Griffins were popular decorations in ancient Greek art, for example the helm of the statue of Athena Piraeus:

Source: Athens, Archaeological Museum of Piraeus © 2014. Photo: Ilya Shurygin.

Harpies

The Harpyiai or Harpies were depicted as winged women, sometimes with ugly faces, or with the lower bodies of birds. They were the spirits of sudden, dangerous gusts of wind and were sent by the gods to snatch up people and things from the dark earth. A missing person was said to have been snatched by the Harpies.

Hippalektryon

The Hippalektryon, literally "horse-cock" or "horse-rooster" (hippos = horse, alektryôn = cock) is a hybrid creature with the head and sometimes forelegs of a horse and the wings, tail and back-legs of a male chicken. @sigeel drew them most beautifully, tended to by Demeter and Persephone.

Phoenix

This bird is still well-known today through the saying "rising like a Phoenix from the ashes". It was said to resemble an eagle, with feathers partly red and partly golden. The Phoenix flies from Arabia to the Temple of the Sun (Ra) in Heliopolis in Egypt every 500 years to bury its father encased in myrrh. And there only is a father because the Phoenix begets itself. The tale of the Phoenix actually rising from its own ashes is related in a 4th century CE Roman text called "The Phoenix":

...the pyre conceives the new life; Nature takes care that the deathless bird perish not, and calls upon the sun, mindful of his promise, to restore its immortal glory to the world. Straightway the life spirit surges through his scattered limbs; the renovated blood floods his veins. The ashes show signs of life; they begin to move though there is none to move them, and feathers clothe the mass of cinders. He who was but now the sire comes forth from the pyre the son and successor; between life and life lay but that brief space wherein the pyre burned. His first delight is to consecrate his father's spirit by the banks of the Nile and to carry to the land of Aegyptus (Egypt) the burned mass from which he was born.

Sirens

The Seirenes or Sirens were depicted as birds with either the heads or entire upper bodies of women. They are well-known from the Odyssey for their enchanting song.

Lovely Terpsichore, one of the Muses, had borne them [the Sirens] to Akheloos, and at one time they had been handmaids to Demeter's gallant Daughter [Persephone], before she was married, and sung to her in chorus. But now, half human and half bird in form, they spent their time watching for ships from a height that overlooked their excellent harbour; and many a traveller, reduced by them to skin and bones, had forfeited the happiness of reaching home. Apollonios Rhodios, Argonautika 4.892

The shape of the Sirens, a bird with a woman's head, was popular as a vessel for perfumes and cosmetics.

Stymphalian Birds

The Stymphalian Birds were a flock of man-eating birds of prey which lived around Lake Stymphalis in Arkadia on the Peloponnese. Herakles had to deal with them for the sixth of his twelve labours:

Herakles was stumped by the problem of driving the birds out of the woods, but Athena got some bronze noise-makers from Hephaistos and gave them to him, and by shaking these from a mountain adjacent to the lake frightened the birds. Not enduring the racket, they flew up in fear, and in this manner Herakles reached them with his arrows. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2.92

The Stymphalian Birds were sometimes identified with the arrow-shooting Birds of Ares that were encountered by the Argonauts (see above).

According to Pausanias' Description of Greece there was also an old sanctuary of Stymphalian Artemis in Stymphalos and near the roof of her temple the Stymphalian birds had been carved.

Which is your favourite birb story from mythology?

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[murderousink23]

01/05/2024 is Twelfth Night 🌎, Strawberry Day 🍓 🇯🇵, National Bird Day 🐦🇺🇸, National Whipped Cream Day 🇺🇸, Carver Day 🇺🇸

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