#tiny-blackbird

[eerna]

mizu just looks perfect in your artstyle 👏

Thank youuu! :D

#tiny-blackbird #eernask #eernask talk bes #thanks

[onewingedangels]

what do you do when your posts get shadowbanned? it's been 6 days and my posts are not showing up in the tags ç_ç

I'm sorry this is happening to you :( the only thing i know is you should try to contact support

#q&a #tiny-blackbird #i've also heard it takes some time for them to respond in stuff like this but i hope they'll get to u asap :') #anyone feel free to reply to this for more help

[unchartedthelostlegacy]

do you think nadine likes wearing hoodies? 🤨 I'm not sure she likes it

you are probably right! thank you for the ask, this was fun!!!

#chlodine #chloe frazer #nadine ross #uncharted #the lost legacy #fanart #chloenadineart #hoodies #asks #tiny-blackbird

[tlow02]

Been going through as many tiny desk concerts as possible and this one is just incredible.

#music #tash sultana #jungle #notion #blackbird #npr music #tiny desk concert #Youtube

[arrow-gt-ace]

happy 12ft tall skeleton season

#g/t #giant/tiny #gt #mini giant #when you're the only giant around and dress like a blackbird witch/mage on a regular basis u dont need a costume #my g/t art #g/t minigiant!jack AU

[chiropteracupola]

took the lads on a birdwatching stroll with @sailorpants today!

#em makes stuff #aubreyad #adventures of tiny aubrey and maturin #we saw some WARBLERS and a RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD and it was REALLY NEAT #friend fun at the lake! friend fun!

[fissions-chips]

Am now thinking of tiny guys but… winged.

Itty-bitty little bird fellas.

#tiny guys gives my life BUT tiny magical creatures is even better. if I had to pick songbirds for the gang it would be- #Jon- yellow-bellied sapsucker (those guys bite and it HURTS). Tim = starling. hated by circumstances outside their control and #- a bit flashier than blackbirds (gold spots suit him well). Butler… I’m gonna go with a little owl actually he still gets raptor privileges #- and Val would be a shrike! of course.

[o5-blackbird]

You guys wear white to funerals? Huh! Where I live, black is mourning clothes :O

Yes! At least as far as what I am familiar with on our own Council! I know that some regions do it differently but the majority of us have defaulted to wearing white for those unfortunate events.

#satisfaction brought it back #[I just want to clarify because I find this sweet and don’t know if it’ll come up again but the reason they wear white is because of- #-a combination of blackbird. he hadn’t attended any funerals prior to joining the council and her home culture wears white for funerals so- #-as soon as one ended up popping up and he was going around to make sure everyone had their funeral clothes - he placed an order for two- #-to get white formal clothes for the participants and it just kind of stuck from then on!] #[Tiny bit of lore that I find endearing! :] ]

[darksilvania]

STORMUR (Flying/Electric) the tiny bird pokemon

A solitary STORMUR is barely able to produce enough electricity to create sparks and crackling sounds, but when a large flock comes together, their energy combined is able to create giant thunderstorms wherever they go

STORMUR (Storm/Murmur) is similar to WISHIWASHI, a single small pokemon that merges with others to form a larger one, but insted of having the ability "Schooling" its ability is called "Murmuration"

It is of course based on a murmuration of birds, a large group of birds flying as a single mass, usually composed of Starlings, but other birds like robins and blackbirds can form murmurations

The solo form is based on the Yellowheaded Blackbird, one of the species known to form murmurations

Its murmuration form however is based on the Thunderbird from native american folklore. As its name suggest, the thunderbird is known for creating thunderstorms wherever it goes, with its wing producing the sound of thunder when they flap. Altough its name is "Thunderbird" many accounts of supposed sightings describe the creature looking very similar to prehistoric pterosaurs, with even some alleged photos of supposedly captured thunderbirds showing them like one, and that is why the murmuration form looks like a mix of bird and pterosaur.

Its shiny colors are based on Northwest Pacific art, in which Thunderbirds are a very recurring theme

#pokemon #fakemon #fake pokemon #flying #flying type #flying pokemon #flying fakemon #electric #electric type #electric pokemon #electric fakemon #thunderbird #murmuration #blackbird

[mythrilthread]

If you believe Lucy Spraggan, we getting lucky sapphic style here: meaning that we did manage to get quite old, and are spending this November on the couch marathoning all the Twilight movies. So what better time to finish binding this delightful Twilight fic by @volturialice gorgeously typeset by @yarnnerd for Tiny Book Bang 2023?

🍎 I wanted to make it appropriately bloody hence the splatter on the endpapers, and the edges colored with a combination of acrylic paint and markers for that extra bleed.

🍎 Fun fact: I got this lovely marbled paper as part of packaging for my Merry Blackbird Postcard Society cards. Reduce, reuse, recycle!

🍎 The symbols on the cover are used in the typeset to mark that it’s basically three texts wearing one coat, so I also wanted to include them.

🍎 This is the biggest tiny book I’ve bound so far, being an A7 (something like 7x11 cm). It’s a very pleasant format!

#bookbinding #fanbinding #ficbinding #mythril thread books #twilight #starfirebird bindery #tiny books bang 2023

[letaot-ze-magniv]

General guide to birds in Israel pt 2- cooler birds

This will be a long post. Link to part 1

White spectated bulbul/bul-bul me-mush-kaf

Usually referred to as just bulbul, this bisexual king is the roundest and my most favourite bird. IMPORTANT! BULBUL MEANS DICK! DO NOT TALK ABOUT YOUR LOVE FOR BULBULIM IN PUBLIC!

These birds are slightly larger then the house sparrow and are easily distinguished by their yellow butt. Their calls are reminiscent of frogs. They mate for life and are all bisexual and they cuddle each other. They are a menace to farmers because they are fond of fruit and tend to nibble just a little at a time. You can find them in all parts of Israel as long as there are nice trees nearby.

Eurasian blackbird/shakh-rur

These timid birds like to hide in bushes and trees. Their calls are beautiful and I love them. They are smaller then a pigeon. The males are black and the females are brown. They feed on seeds, fruits and bugs, and use their beaks to search the ground for worms. You can find them in Jerusalem and the north, they like cool weather and don’t fuck with sand.

Great tit/yar-ge-zi ma-tzui

Life isn’t easy for these tiny psychopaths, which might be the reason they developed such a temper. Their Hebrew name translates to “angry one”, and for a reason. They are very aggressive towards other birds. They also feed on the brains of bats. You can distinguish between males and females by the thickness of the black stripe on their belly- males have a thicker one than females. They are most common to the north of Jerusalem, but you can find them in some parts of the desert.

Palestine sunbird/tzu-fit bo-he-ket

No, that’s not a hummingbird, it’s the sunbird! Despite their remarkable likeness they aren’t even a little related. Sunbirds feed on nectar and are pollinators! The males have black feathers that shine in the sunlight (which is how they got their name) and the females are a muddy grey, but they’re just as lovely. You can find them in all parts of Israel, especially near lush flowery areas!

White wagtail/nakh-li-e-li la-van

First migrant bird everyone!!! (Some blackbirds migrate here but some nest during summer so shhhh) This lovely round bird starts it’s visits around October and leaves when it gets hellishly warm again. Due to global warming the wagtails visits are shortening, so appreciate them while you can. Like their name suggests, the wagtails wag their tails. A lot. You can find them near water sources during the cold-ish months of the year!

Eurasian jay- or-va-ni shkhor ki-pa

Eurasian jays can be found in other parts of the world, but I’m pretty sure the one we have in Israel is a different sub-species because the ones in Europe lack the beautiful black top that they’re named after.

The jay is a type of corvid, and in addition to being extremely social and intelligent, these birds can mimic other animals. Due to urbanisation, the jays learned to mimic car alarms, the ringing of phones and the cries of human babies. Jays are extremely fond of acorns, and burry them in the ground in preparation for harsher months. A single jay can remember between 4000 to 5000 hiding spots!

Syrian woodpecker/ na-kar su-ri

This picture is of a male woodpecker. The females have a completely black head. Woodpeckers can locate bugs that have burrowed inside trees and use their beak and long tongues to eat them, thereby helping the trees get rid of pests! Woodpeckers also love acorns, and compete with jays over them. To prevent concussions, the woodpecker’s tongue wraps around their brain, keeping it in place while they peck. You can find them in non-desert areas of Israel!

Lesser whitethroat/siv-khi to-kha-nim

Another migrant birds! These floofballs come here twice a year, once in spring and once in autum, although some whitethroats nest in the north all year long. During their migration you can find them everywhere in Israel, even in very urban areas! They get their Hebrew name, which roughly translates to miller’s shrubbery-liker, because their white chests look how a miller’s apron would look after a long hard day!

Super winged lapwing/sik-sak

The siksaks are water birds with ridiculously long legs that they use to stab their prey. They kind of look like they are wearing a tux! Their original Hebrew name was “sharoni mezuyan”, which translates to “one that lives in the Sharon and is armed with a weapon” but also “fucking sharoni”. You can find them anywhere in Israel as long as there is a near enough water source.

White breasted kingfisher/shal-dag la-van kha-ze

One of my favorite birds. The kingfisher is a magnificent bird of prey with brilliant blue feathers that always make my day. They are most common in the north and west of Israel, but they nest in smaller numbers in the south. They kingfisher’s diet consists of not only fish, but of crabs, frogs, slugs, bugs, and even the occasional rodent. Their varied diet helps them thrive even in drier areas.

#מקורי שלי #ישראבלר #ציפורים #לטאות #birds of Israel #birds #jumblr

[claypigeonpottery]

Top 5 Birds?

I’m going with favourite birds that I have seen or interacted with because otherwise this would be so much harder to answer

1. pigeons, surprise surprise

(and here’s my favourite pigeon, Albertha)

as a kid I knew all the pigeons who lived on my neighbour’s roof. I gave them names and watched them frequently

2. magpies. they’re playful and silly and smart and I’ve loved them since I was a kid (aaaalmost as long as pigeons)

3. chickens. I saw a lot of chickens growing up, despite not having any of my own. one of my favourite chicken memories is my spouse holding a chicken to catch bugs out of the air lol

4. zebra finches. I’ve had a few over the years. their little beeping sounds delight me

5. ohhh this one was hard, but I’m gonna go with sandpipers. I got to watch them on the beach a few times. so cute, so tiny

really close to coming in at #5: ring neck pheasants, quail, sparrows, grey herons, red winged blackbirds, merlins, flickers and loons.

my grandpa is a huge bird fan, he’d always send me bird identification books and cassette tapes of birdsongs, and whenever we spent time together, we’d go birdwatching

#ask #asks #birds

[neonghostcat]

Brain Overflow

You know how in my last 'state of the author' post I said I could feel the urge to write coming back?

Oh, it has.

It's terribly inconvenient too. I'm going to tell you a little about some of the things I've been thinking of and then whine/wibble a tiny bit if you click through to behind the cut. (You don't have to read the last bit!)

I've written down three different SVSSS (LiuShen) ideas in the last couple of weeks, added a few thoughts to older ideas, made a mental note of possible Cultivate extras, and just refused to write down others so as not to encourage rampant plot bunny breeding.

But let me tell you about a few of them because I'm hoping it reduces the urge to work on them better than just typing up notes.

The Lady Blackbird fusion Not sure what Lady Blackbird is? Well, it's a free tabletop rpg that you can download here. But the TL;DR is, "Sort of like steampunk Star Wars: A New Hope + Firefly + potential Jane Austen novel, if you want." I'll just C&P the pitch here: Lady Blackbird is an Imperial noble fleeing from an arranged marriage to be with her secret lover, the pirate king Uriah Flint. To reunite with him, she has hired a notorious smuggler and the crew of his skyship, The Owl. However, The Owl has been captured by an Imperial cruiser. How will Lady Blackbird and the others escape? What dangers lie in their path on the way to the pirate king’s lair? Can you see where this is going? (Actually, probably not your first thought, no.) We start with Shen Yuan transmigrated in a xianxia-by-way-of-steampunk gown, sitting in a jail cell with several men, a teenage boy, and a veiled teenage girl. System helpfully informs him that he is now "Lady" Blackbird, on the run to end up in the arms of Pirate King Mobei-Jun. His cell-mates are, as follows: Smuggler Captain Liu Qingge, Lady Blackbird's personal bodyguard Liu Mingyan who suggested her brother when LB said she wanted to escape, the ship's mechanic Shang Qinghua, the ship's doctor Mu Qingfang (or they pick him up later, I haven't decided), and "a goblin named BingBing". While SY is busy freaking out that System can't fool him - that's the Protagonist, Luo Binghe!!! wtf!!! System says "later, loser" and more-or-less abandons him (though still employing an OOC ban). So now you can probably see where this is going, lol. It involves at least a brief period where SY has to crossdress and pretend to be one of Binghe's future wives - a fiancée/wife of Mobei-Jun as Liu Qingge gets very conflicted feelings about his troublesome passenger. Featuring lots of Cumplane friendship, sassy MQF (as a treat), teenage smirking (likely aided and abetted by the adults), and space whales (naturally). I have not yet fully decided if the story Shen Yuan read was PIDW and now he has to figure out how the infiltration of "space with gears on it" into his xianxia has fucked up what he and Airplane know, or if the story was something like "Proud Immortal Starlit Way" and it was always like that. (Thoughts?) ---

The "SY Bodysnatches MQF" idea What it says on the tin... SY accidentally ends up in MQF's body instead of SQQ's. Only MQF isn't gone - he remains. This occurs directly before the Demonic Invasion and double qi deviation part of the plot and they rush back to the sect to deal with that. Then things get messy while they conspire to get SY his own body. Featuring: An extremely confused Liu Qingge, eventual Shenbros, and aro-ace MQF being very bemused at all times. ---

The "LQG Gets De-Aged/Age-Regressed" idea As you can guess: LQG gets age-regressed. This happens in Lingxi Caves instead of his death-by-deviation. He latches onto SY-SQQ and SY-SQQ is helpless to do anything but take the cute kid in. Featuring: BingLiu friendship, possibly Bing-other disciples friendship, but mostly establishing bro-code that makes Binghe switch his infatuation with SY-SQQ into family feelings as soon as LQG regains his adult body and it becomes clear that LiuShen is happening. ----

This is along with: Joint Custody (LiuShen), my SJ-SQQ second-chance redemption fic (LiuShen and LiuJiu, but different LQGs), a peak lords ascension fic using Cultivate's backstory (LiuJiu), a LiuShen timeloop fic, and at least another half a dozen fic ideas sitting in the hopper that aren't nearly as developed/that I am not burning to write yet.

I'd love to know which ideas you guys are most interested in. ;) Joint Custody is still next regardless and I'll probably not be working on either of the LiuJiu fics in the near future because they are definitely 100k+ territory and I'm still not ready for that. But knowing people are hype for something keeps me hype. ;3

I'll probably be in this fandom awhile, y'all. Please send help.

Sadly, I can't work on any of them yet, because I have over 2,600 messages in my inbox waiting for me to respond to. (This is not a humble brag - this is thousand-yard-stare territory. It was somewhere over 3000 for awhile until I started making a list of people who generally only left emojis or thanks and let them know that I was going to just thank them for all of them in one email so they didn't peppered by replies in kind.)

Not that I'm complaining about them, because I missed replying to comments so much (it's genuinely one of my favorite parts about writing fanfic), but it's still a lot and even if I could manage 100 replies a day (which for mental health reasons, I really can't), it's going to take awhile.

RIP.

More importantly - I hope you are well! 🌼

#fic planning

[e-dubbc11]

Come in Raven, This is Blackbird

Photos are not mine. They are courtesy of Pinterest/Google.

Pairing: Tattoo Artist Billy Russo x F! Reader

Warnings: None really. Vague mention of Billy’s time overseas, mention of a “gun”

Word Count: 877

Summary: Told from Billy’s POV. He’s being hunted, deep in the forest. He’s trying to be quiet but someone unexpected gives away his position

A/N: Another little idea that popped into my head, inspired this little fic. And I really like the way it turned out. I hope you do too!

As always, thank you for reading!  I appreciate it so much and comments, reblogs are welcome and encouraged. Don’t be shy to tell me your favorite part. 💕💕 💕

Walking under a canopy of dense trees, you hoped the crunch of the leaves underneath your feet wouldn’t give away your position. You looked up above at the towering trees as they attempted to block out the bright sunlight and you could clearly see the veins in the leaves mixed with the tree branches that were twisted and knotted like laced fingers.

Your weapon was drawn.

Off in the distance, birds were singing happily when a fresh breeze blew past you, rustling the leaves above and across the damp forest floor. The noise of dry leaves scurried behind you.

Was someone there?

Trekking through the forest was a lot different than the desert of Iraq or Afghanistan. Here, you had plenty of cover from the heat of the summer sun. Over there, there weren’t many places to hide, it was loud with gunfire and hailstorms of bullets.

The forest was the complete opposite. It was quiet and dark with rays from the sun sporadically shining down to the forest floor through thin spots in the large healthy trees.

Narrow twisting paths led you to new sights, no two places in the woods looked the same. There were no paths or beautiful sights in the desert, just sand and spaced out trees as far as the eye could see, with large rocks and caves.

Everyone had always said you were light on your feet, a benefit when you’re trying to walk through the woods without making a lot of noise.

The smell of damp wood floated past your nose in a particularly compact part of the forest where the humidity was jungle-like and under the damp leaves, was the mud that covered the soles of your boots.

You didn’t know where the rest of your team was.

It felt as if you were a little out of practice, being a tattoo artist was a lot different than being a marine. The marine logo was tattooed on the hand that now held your gun instead of a tattoo pen.

The wind picked up again causing the trees to creak and whisper making it easier to move to a different location. Ducking behind the trunk of a large tree, you could have sworn you heard a tiny laugh.

That can’t be right.

After the wind died down, you heard the rustling of leaves. It came from in front of you this time. Fixing your weapon in front of the tree first, you peered out from behind the trunk.

Nothing.

You were trained to not be seen, a master of the element of surprise. But so was your enemy, you taught them to blend in and it sounded like they were getting closer.

They probably thought they were being quiet but your hearing was too acute. If you didn’t act quickly, you’d be pinned down and it would be too late so it was time to use the radio.

“This is Blackbird, this is Blackbird…come in Raven.” You whispered into the radio.

There was silence followed by what sounded like someone pushing the talk button but they weren’t saying anything. There were a few more seconds of silence before you heard.

“Hi Daddy!!” Anna exclaimed.

That was followed by. “Sweetheart, what did we practice?! You’re supposed to say ‘Go for Blackbird.’ Yeah?” Frank said.

But it was too late, she came out from your blind spot and fired her weapon. Water hits you right between the eyes.

“Gotcha, baby.” She said with a laugh.

She had such an infectious laugh, she laughed with her entire body and it was hard to be mad about losing when she made you so happy. Even in all camouflage, she looked beautiful as she came closer to you and gave you a gentle kiss on the lips, taking the radio from your hand at the same time.

“Target eliminated, Frank.” She said. “Or whatever you guys say into these things, I dunno. You find the kids yet? Lunch is probably ready back at the cabin.”

Frank’s voice boomed over the radio. “Negative, but we’ll find them on the way back. Say hi to mommy little Raven.”

“Hi mommy!!” Anna said in a high pitched squeal.

“Hi baby girl! Can you say ‘over and out?’”

You could tell she pushed the talk button a couple more times before she said, “over…out…mommy. Bye daddy!!”

“Bye bye baby.” You said as the radio went silent. “You’re too funny, sweet girl. You got me right between the eyes too, maybe you could be a scout sniper, my little firecracker.” You told her.

She just smiled and snaked her arms around your neck, pulling you in close for a deeper kiss, her tongue pushing against your teeth, and silently asking for hers to twist and knot with yours, while her fingers gently scratched against your scalp.

God, you loved her.

“MAYBE, Big Raven should have told Little Raven to be a little quieter when talking into the radio.” She said with a warm smile. “But she is a toddler so that’s probably asking too much of her.” She chuckled.

You just shook your head at her, smiled, kissed her forehead and said. “Wait til you see what he dressed her in, I didn’t know they made toddler camouflage.”

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If you’d like to be added (or removed from) my tag list(s) for the ever so handsome Billy Russo, just let me know and thank you again for reading! 💕💕💕 If I tagged you but you didn’t want to be, just let me know and I’ll never do it again.

#billy russo x reader #billy russo fanfic #billy russo imagine #billy russo #billy russo fluff #billy russo x female reader #billy russo au

[usafphantom2]

Habu

One cannot view the SR-71 without being struck by feelings of wonder and mystery.

It appears to be some combination of a spaceship and a giant fighter aircraft. The ominous black paint covering the surface added to the unusual effect.

When the SR-71 was later deployed to Kadena AFB, on the island of Okinawa, the local natives (Japanese Ryukyan islanders) named it Habu after a dark, poisonous, pit viper snake indigenous to the Ryukyu Island chain.

Insiders in the Senior Crown program favored that name over the less dramatic Blackbird, and its use became a symbol for one who understood more than the publicly released information.

The structure was 93 percent titanium with the remaining 7 percent Teflon-like high temperature composite radar-absorbing materials, often called RAM. The black paint was used mainly to enhance radiation cooling at high altitudes, but it also contained tiny iron balls to help dissipate electromagnetic radiation.

The propulsion was provided by two Pratt and Whitney J-58s (JT11 D-20, later commercial name), high bypass ratio, after- burning engines with a moving inlet spike to regulate mass airflow rate and control location of the inlet shock wave. With thrust in excess of 30,000 pounds, one of these engines delivered more than the combined thrust of all six engines on the B-47.

Written by Aloysius Casey

@Habubrats71 via X

#sr 71 blackbird #lockheed martin #cold war aircraft #usaf #cia #nasa #spy plane #mach3 #habu

[kavohh707]

Some time ago I posted these pictures of blackbird babies in their nest at my father's place. They left the nest but are still hanging around, I guess because the place offers lots of insects, worms, cherries and apples. This is how they look now. There were three chicks in the nest, one of them a bit smaller than the other two. I think the tiny one is the one with the short tail now, the other two look more grown up. But all of them still got fed by both their parents but they also tried to get cherries by themselves.

#blackbird #birds #amsel