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[Shukufuku (Blessing)], moving art piece by Shiori Matsura depicting kitsune Kuzunoha, in her human shape, lovingly embracing her young son (who will grow to become famous onmyoji Abe no Seimei.)

The shadow nicely echoes the famous ukiyoe “The Fox Woman, Kuzunoha, Leaving Her Child” by Yoshitoshi:

(I had a hard time getting in winter holiday mood this year... As I am writing this, I just can wish you and your loved ones the best on this Christmas day. Take care and let's hold on together <3)

#reblog #not my art #japan #japanese art

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What a shot!!! This is truly breathtaking. If I had taken this photo, I might be tempted to hang up my camera and say “well, I did it! I took the best bird photo!” It’s got it all- beautiful greenery perch of a native flower, bokeh background, unusual visual element (rain), and a bird in a spread wing pose, all in crisp focus. This is what inspires me to continue to try to take bird photos; Incredible work.

ʻIʻiwi Ascending

Drepanis coccinea Hakalau Forest NWR Mauna Kea, Hawaiʻi

#not my art #bird #birds #iiwi #hawaii

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Reblogging cause I’d never heard of the Celestial Monarch. It’s endemic to the Philippines and is a real challenge to photograph, so there are not many images of it online.

Photo by the “Birding Mindanao” Facebook group.

Dang, when Wikipedia throws in some adjectives describing its beauty you know it’s a special bird.

And… most sought after?? In the WORLD?? Ok, guess I got a new life goal. Photograph and paint this bird so the google search results do it more justice 🫡

todays eBird scrolling has got us these four examples of the bird name archetypes

1. The Grandiose

2. The Composite

3. That’s Just Mean

4. Huh?

#reblog #birds

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Steller’s jay stealing sweetener packets

National Geographic photo contest 2011

#knowing Steller’s jays I believe his is definitely stealing #he doesn’t understand the concept of complementary #but he does understand stealing #and that’s what he thinks he’s doing #reblog #birds

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50 shades of Blue. Blue Jay dives near Belvedere castle , Central park.

#not my art #birds

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Gotta love some controversy in my niche subculture

#birding #once you learn bird calls you can’t turn it off while watching movies and it kinda sucks #bird #birds #reblog

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#now that I work for a company that makes museum signage #this is even funnier to me #just thinking about how this came to be #I love it so much #YEOUCH!!!! touching a cactus #reblog

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Amazing art!!! Please go see “The Boy and the Heron”, and know going in that a better title for it is the original Japanese name, “How do you live?”. It’s less of a wacky romp with talking animals and more of a somber reflection on grief.

So many birds….

how do you live?

#not my art #the boy and the heron #how do you live #studio ghibli

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Had to look this up:

Augur - (in ancient Rome) a religious official who observed natural signs, especially the behavior of birds, interpreting these as an indication of divine approval or disapproval of a proposed action.

I’ve never been so devastated to hear of an obsolete profession. I could have killed at this

yknow it's a real shame that romans didn't have access to australia specifically for augury reasons. i really wish i could have seen a roman augur have to deal with australian birds. like imagine trying to properly interpret an omen from a fuckin. cassowary

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Strange Bird

#comic #birds #not my art

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Begging you to post this to the “crap bird photography” group on Facebook

my boyfriend took some really good photos of birds this weekend

#reblog #bird? #birds

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An azure-winged magpie (灰喜鹊).

English added by me :)

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Zebra finches sing a special song to their eggs to warn them about hot weather, and these calls seem to program the hatchlings’ cells to harness energy from food without creating excessive heat. This may help their offspring adapt to warmer temperatures.

Zebra finches, which mostly live in arid areas of Australia, sing “heat calls” at temperatures above 26°C. Previous studies have found that the calls seem to reduce the growth of offspring in hot nests and increase their reproductive success as adults. A smaller body size may help young birds cope better in higher temperatures, as the result is a larger surface area to volume ratio which means they can lose heat more efficiently.

Now, for the first time, we have evidence that when zebra finch eggs are exposed to heat calls, it changes how energy-generating units inside cells, called mitochondria, work in chicks after they hatch.

Continue Reading.

#birds #reblog #totally crazy #how the heck does this work???

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Adorable!!! Anyone know if this is a yellow-bellied sapsucker or a yellow-shafted northern flicker?

We have a bird playing on our skylight window.

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Favorite genre of image ever

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