#turquoise-browed motmot

[cypherdecypher]

Animal of the Day!

Turquoise-browed Motmot (Eumomota superciliosa)

(Photo by Andrew Spencer)

Conservation Status- Least Concern

Habitat- Central America

Size (Weight/Length)- 65 g; 30 cm

Diet- Insects; Small reptiles; Fruits

Cool Facts- The turquoise-browed motmot is the king of insect hawking. They stake a claim in scrubland around farms and freeways, finding a cozy spot on a fence. Using sharp eyesight, they target flying insects and pluck them from the air with their long beak. Despite most birds having feather display differences based on sex, the long tail the motmot sports is found in both males and females. When a motmot sees a predator, they wave their tail like a pendulum to alert the rest of their flock to the threat. Females favor males with longer tails in the hope that her own offspring will have the brilliant plumage to ward off threats. The turquoise-browed motmot is a popular sight for locals as they eat insects dangerous to crop yields and have a croaking call that can alert farmers of predators stalking their herds.

Rating- 13/10 (A bird of many names.)

#Animal of the day #Animals #Birds #Sunday #May 21 #Turquoise-browed motmot #Motmot #biology #science #conservation #the more you know

[layraket]

suddenly remembered that i saw a pretty bird today at the institute

was this one, a Turquoise-browed motmot also known as Torogoz in El Salvador and Guardabarrancos in Nicaragua, being the national bird in both countries

theyre a little rare depending where you live, my hometown is close to lots of forests so they usually appear in the edges of the town

wished to take a picture. the one i saw was so pretty. but yeah i couldn't.

#love birds #since i was a kid ive been obsessed with this bird #mostly bc yeah is a symbol we need to study that #but also cause looks so beautiful that the first time i saw one in person i could not shut up about it #well time for me to stop rambling torogoz te quiero mucho #i talk #bird #torogoz #Turquoise-browed motmot

[lowcountry-gothic]

Turquoise-browed Motmot (Eumomota superciliosa) in Costa Rica. Photo by Ronaldo Lopes Oliveira.

#birds #turquoise-browed motmot #costa rica #tropical #ronaldo lopes oliveira

[dopescissorscashwagon]

🦜Turquoise-Browed Motmot. It looks like its tail is wearing a mini skirt and heels.

📸 @Axaxia88

#Turquoise-Browed Motmot #@Axaxia88 #Birds #Wildlife #Birdwatching #Wildlife Photography #Nature Photography #Nature

[squawkoverflow]

A new variant has been added!

Turquoise-browed Motmot (Eumomota superciliosa) © Len Blumin

It hatches from big, blue, conspicuous, distinctive, dry, open, sacred, spectacular, tropical, and turquoise eggs.

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#squawkoverflow #turquoise-browed motmot #eumomota superciliosa #birds #len blumin

[birdblues]

Turquoise-browed Motmot

#turquoise browed motmot #motmot #Eumomota superciliosa #Coraciiformes #Momotidae #Eumomota #bird #upl

[cero-sleep]

A turquoise-browed motmot for y'all

#my photography i guess hsjshsh #bird #birb #motmot #turquoise browed motmot #photography #bird photography #nature photography #wildlife photography #nature #wildlife #bird art #canon #canon eos 80d #canon photography

[herpsandbirds]

Turquoise-browed Motmots (Eumomota superciliosa), family Momotidae, order Coraciiformes, Yucatán, México

photograph by Lenora Gutiérrez Zamora

#motmot #eumomota #momotidae #coraciiformes #bird #ornithology #animals #nature #mexico

[kateammann]

turquoise-browed motmot

#my art #digital art #birds #bird art #artists on tumblr #art #animal art

[mutant-distraction]

Turquoise-browed Motmot (Eumomota superciliosa) in Yucatán, Mexico by Ray Mejía.

[shmaltato]

This certainly took a long while.

A piece inspired by a Twitter post that mentions how both characters have a connection to birds that symbolises the afterlife.

Namor as a Toh bird (Turquoise-browed Motmot); Shuri as a Sunbird (Palestine Sunbird)

May continue this Avian AU if can

#namor #namor x shuri #namuri #nashuri #wakanda forever

[myeternaltime]

Turquoise-browed motmot by Milan Zygmunt

#bird #birds #wild animals #animals #wildlife

[na-bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: Lesson's Motmot

Photo: Sam May

"Large motmot of tropical lowland forest and edge, mainly in humid areas. Perches low to high, usually in shady areas. Blue crown with a big black central patch, unlike solid blue of Blue-capped Motmot, which occurs to the north. Plumage overall less contrasting in pattern than Turquoise-browed Motmot, with much smaller tail rackets. The name ‘motmot’ comes from double-hooting call of this species, which can sound like an owl, and is mainly uttered around dawn."

- eBird

#birds #lesson's motmot #birds of north america #north american birds #motmot #motmots #birds of mexico #birds of central america #bird #birding #bird watching #birdblr #birblr #bird of the day #Momotus lessonii

[foxgirl-fluff]

Been neglecting to upload the rest of my art here so I decided I should just upload a bunch of my Caelyn art at once and turn it into a little history lesson on her design through the years!

Before Caelyn as a character was really solidified as my persona I had a lot of ideas about what she could be. I've been obsessed with the concept of a self insert character even before I started using the internet. If I really wanted to go back to the beginning, I could probably argue that I had one back when I was as young as 4 years old. Starting from my teen years, I bounced around different fandoms with my own self insert ocs, though I mostly kept it to myself.

Shown here is the earliest piece I have where I started to actually keep my persona somewhat consistent: my first fursona. Back then I lurked about the furry fandom but since one of my new friends at the time was a furry I decided to make my own sona. Obviously, it's a fennec fox, but I decided to incorporate some of the markings of turquoise-browed motmot as an homage to my heritage. At this point, I had no name in mind for this character I had created, and only drew it once after the fact.

Shortly after I got into League of Legends, I came up with an idea for an oc for it. She was a Lhotlan Vastaya with the power of Oneiric Reality Manipulation who couldn't control it. This has since been a recurring theme in Caelyn's backstories, inspired by my tendency to get caught up in my own daydreaming and vivid dreams.

Next up is when I finally got back into Dungeons and Dragons. I wanted to ease back into roleplaying with a character most like me so I could focus on learning other mechanics of the system. She was first played in a homebrew setting where she and her party had been sent off to an island to explore uncharted territory. Thinking back on it, I probably could've just went with making her a wild magic sorcerer, but I went with a homebrew class called the Dreamwalker.

After that, I tried to change up the design and her backstory a bit, but then decided it was a bit too much for my liking. I even had plans to stream my art and make her into a v tuber for myself, but it's been put on hold for a bit now.

Finally is her most recent iterations where I've played her in Pathfinder Second Edition. It took a little experimenting, but realized I could make her a psychic with the wellspring mage archetype for that power incontinence flavor without using any homebrew. It was really tough with the tiny amount of spell slots you're given, so I might actually give the dreams mystery oracle a shot from Oracles+ when I play her next. It was also when I "came out" as a furry so I reverted her back into my fursona, lol. I drew her here in her casual comfy clothing she dresses up in when painting, in her adventuring outfit, and her formal outfit (which I dont take design credit for, it's just this coordination).

Anyways, if you've read up to this point, I thank you for taking an interest in my character!

#Caelyn Dewflower #character design #dnd #furry #original character #pathfinder #pf2e #fursona

[codgod-moved]

i need to go to bed, here’s my list as it currently stands:

jimmy - yellow canary

tango - phoenix

impulse - black and yellow cockatoo

bdubs - tawny frogmouth

grian - scarlet macaw

scar - to-be-determined magpie (or a crow)

martyn - budgerigar

cleo - raven (or a harpy)

scott - turquoise browed motmot

pearl - lesser blue-eared starling

ren - fairy wren

bigb - chamrosh

joel - kookaburra

etho - griffin

#.txt #reblogs turned off because i’m still not sure abt all of these jhvsj #i’m open to suggestions if ppl have any other ideas #yes i do think it’s funny that there are australian birds on this list and pearl is none of them #tbf i was mainly going by vibes and appearance #not geographical location #anyways. GOODNIGHT

[tnc-n3cl]

🤡🛒🎉

For the fic ask game!

🤡 What’s a line, scene, or exchange you’ve written that made you laugh?

I've got several of those actually... Early on in The Amnesiac Hero's Quest Link's magic wolf friend, who he named Ada, decides to mess with him when he goes to catch a horse by Dueling Peaks Stable. She barks and startles the horses just before Link gets close. After the third time he throws his boot at her and she catches it in midair and runs off with it and makes him chase her half way to the stable before he drops to the ground in exhaustion. Then she gives him back the boot, licks his face a few times, and finally lets him catch a horse in peace.

And as a bonus, in The Ballad of Kass, Kass is escorted to Gerudo Desert by Rinili but first they make a stop by his hometown of Kariki Village (which is near the southern end of the Traganar Canyon). Kass has dinner with Rinili, his two mothers (Harli and Milni) and his little sisters (Koli and Vili), and it's not long before Milni mistakes Kass for Rinili's date which promps this exchange:

“My you’re even more handsome than Gizli!”  Then she turns to her son, “Do you think he’ll be the one?”

“Mum!”  Rinili protests as his feathers puff out in embarrassment, his decorative crest feathers twitch around as well.

Meanwhile, it’s all Kass can do not to spit out his food!

In unison the fledgling tease, “♪Kass and Rinili perched in a tree, P-R-E-E-N-I-N-G…♪”

“Cut it out you two!”  Rinili shouts over his little sisters while Kass tries not to die from embarrassment!  Honestly, Rinili appears as though he may die from embarrassment too!

{BTW: Rinili calls Harli, "Ma". Gizli is the same Tribe as Kass, mostly red feathers, green wingtips, gold chest/belly. Harli and Milni are average Rito, Harli is pale red with blond hair (the same shade as Amali's), Milni is "cream colored" with white hair, Koli is pink, Vili is yellow. Rinili looks a lot like Harth but with a dark spot on his beak larger than most Ritos, and a braided combover, no hair on the back of his head cause he has a crest that looks like a peafowl crest, midnight blue feathers, legs and belly are powder blue with white bands on his legs (like Saki but more than one white band), powder blue finger/wingtips with a white band separating the midnight blue rest of his body, and he has four long decorative tail feathers with wide tips like a marvelous spatuletail or turquoise-browed motmot}

🛒 What are some common things you incorporate in your fics? Themes, feels, scenes, imagery, etc.

Revenge and the futility of it/cycle of hurting it causes/unintended consequences that result comes up a fair amount. Less so in "The Realm Walker" than in the unwritten ideas I have for my original universe "Project 47".

Struggling with/accepting fate/destiny appears in "The Realm Walker". I have a lot of characters with traumatic backstories, which results in a fair amount of angst, which then leads to someone giving them a hug (and Link full on ugly crying while Ada howls the "Song of Healing" from Majora's Mask).

I have several scenes where a character is trying to figure something out and then someone says something to them or something happens that "pulls them out of the rabbit hole" (Or from Mipha's perspective, "pulls her out of the eel shelter").

And there's of course big fighting action sequences!

🎉 What leads you to consider a fic a success?

Hm... Finishing it? I guess... After scrapping both a Star Trek and Stargate fic project, I'll be overjoyed if I can just finish "The Realm Walker." Of course, I love it when readers tell me they enjoyed what I wrote!

Thanks @unmaskedcardinal!

#ask game #answered asks