#BlueTails

[pogomcl]

Azure Damselfly, Coenagrion puella Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/5.6 1/125 iso: 200 Prague, Czech Republic 5/24/2008

[sugiichi]

Tarsiger cyanurus [ルリビタキ,Red-flanked bluetail]

見返りルリ。 在庫から。

[birdmemorandum]

ルリビタキ。 Red-flanked bluetail.

[antiqueanimals]

Pacific bluetail skink (Emoia caeruleocauda)

Reptiles and Amphibians of the World. Written by Hans Hvass. Illustrated by Wilhelm Eigener. Originally published in 1958.

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[snailkites]

I realized on December 30th that 2023 would be the first year since I started birding in which I saw ZERO lifers.

Remedied that by driving to New Jersey on December 31st to see the long-staying Red-flanked Bluetail.

The little sweetums (trust me)

Then I thought, fuck it, I'm already in New Jersey, might as well hit Barnegat Light

If you've never been, it offers SPECTACULAR looks at winter waterfowl like Harlequin Duck, Long-tailed Duck, all three scoter species, occasional eiders, Red-throated Loon, Red-breasted Merganser, etc. All incredibly close to the jetty you walk out on. Purple Sandpiper and Ruddy Turnstone are practically underfoot.

[onenicebugperday]

@fastman27 submitted: Who is this distinguished fellow?

Location: [removed] (Please remove.)

Definitely a damselfly, and maybe a common bluetail, but I'd be more confident about that ID with a clearer photo :)

[fbpanimations]

warriors oc lore. i will not elaborate

ACTUALLY NO I WILL CUZ I DONT THINK IVE POSTED THESE REFS HERE B4

[hamstyandfriends]

Hey

I know I haven't been really active with the drawings, buuut I actually happen to have some time, so. Yeah.

More Warriors oc stuff I guess

StormCrystal & CinnamonCloud

(trigger warning: implied abuse & grooming, kitnapping, kit deaths)

CinnamonCloud is LeafClan's deputy under StormCrystal's leadership. The strange thing is, that she earned this position this young, despite never mentoring an apprentice... Of course, everything has a reason.

StormCrystal noticed CinnamonPaw's ambition and qualities, right when she started her training. Young CinnamonPaw was much stronger, and more violent than her sister, ApplePaw. And then StormCrystal saw this potential... After CinnamonPaw's mentor died in a tragic accident with some foxes, he took the apprentice under his wing himself.

StormCrystal's training wasn't nice, or easy. He usually just watched from afar, expecting CinnamonPaw to figure out all the moves herself, sometimes correcting her, a bit harshly. He said that if someone needs help, that is a weakness; And there leader's very own apprentice should never show weakness. So eventually, CinnamonPaw learned how to solve things by herself, because that was the only time when StormCrystal ever praised her.

Towards the end of her training, StormCrystal had a strange request for CinnamonPaw; Stealing a litter from their rival clan, SunClan. LeafClan has been through a harsh Frosty Quarter, and committing such crimes was never too much for them. He promised her that if she does it, he will make her a warrior the next day, and make her deputy as soon as possible. Who would turn down such an offer?

So CinnamonPaw took her best friend with her; That was BluePaw, the leader's nephew, who was also promised a promotion for the mission. They sneaked in SunClan's camp, and took three kits away, right from the side of their mother's belly. The trip back to LeafClan, however, was not so uneventful; They accidentally tripped over another queen while leaving the nursery, and were chased through the camp, the territory, until they finally reached the forest, where LeafClan's territory began...

But in the meantime, there was a storm roaring through the clans' territories, which sparked a huge fire between SunClan and LeafClan. CinnamonPaw, terrified of StormCrystal's disapproval, urged BluePaw to still try and race to their own territory, with the three kits hanging from their muzzles. But after almost falling into the flames themselves, they had no choice but to leave the stolen kits, and save their own tails.

Back in LeafClan, StormCrystal was burning with rage, threatening the two apprentices with exiling them. Still, they could sleep in their own dens for now. And in the morning, LeafClan welcomed BlueTail and CinnamonCloud as brand new warriors.

While in SunClan, only one of the three kits managed to survive the fire, though with permanent injuries... And that was AshKit.

[fr-familiar-bracket]

[pogomcl]

Bluetail Damselfly, Ischnura elegans Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 Prague, Czech Republic 6/5/2010

[sugiichi]

Tarsiger cyanurus [ルリビタキ,Red-flanked bluetail]

枝垂れ柳に絡むのを待っていましたが、これが精一杯でした。

[birdmemorandum]

ルリビタキ。 Red-flanked bluetail.

[leafpool-loves-ashfur]

you would think making a family tree and THEN a timeline would have made it so i properly mapped out ages and avoided any underage parents but

no. no that would not be the case. the opposite in fact

y'all think canon warriors is bad? that bt ages are bad?

ur not ready for my Generations ocs omg

like. like. somehow. in mapping the Reverse Generations i did not. consider the families, and how old cats were, and when they would be apprentices/warriors. which not only lead to many very VERY young leaders (like. just became warrior and now im leader situations).

but also. many "i just graduated and also gave birth" situations.

there's Beetlespots and Cloudtuft who have their litter at 10-11 moons old, which, yknow, thats fine. one young couple with an unplanned pregnancy? that's normal

but then there's THUNDERCLAN.

who starts it off with BLUEPAW (later Bluetail) having his daughter when he's 9-10 MOONS (and i had to quickly make up some loner bs because there was no available in-clan mother at the time vksjdfksj)

and then, in the SAME apprentice group as him, Sootmask and Needlecloud graduated EARLY and have Smokekit, to which Needlecloud DIES tragically during birth, because she was also 9-10 moons old!! (which actually fits quite a lot with their whole story but thats besides the point) and yeah irl 9-10 months old is pretty normal for stray cats (but still not ideal for them) but it GETS WORSE

BECAUSE THEN, SOOTMASK'S SISTER SWEETCLOUD ALSO GETS PREGNANT/GIVES BIRTH AT 11-13 MOONS OLD, and her mate is still 7-9 MOONS OLD and it is VERY hard to pull the "uhhh he also graduated early haha!!!" card here because HE NEEDS TO GRADUATE ALONGSIDE HIS FOSTER SIBLING FOR (MINOR) PLOT REASONS (side note: there's only ~4 moon gap between Sweetcloud and Furzestep and they were in the nursery together so its not like a grooming situation, though you could argue there was a power dynamic or smthn idk)

AND IT STILL DOESNT END THERE!!!!! because Furzepaw/step's foster sibling SPIKETAIL---who is ALSO Bluetail's DAUGHTER that he had when HE was TOO YOUNG---ALSO GETS PREGNANT YOUNG AND GIVES BIRTH TO HER KITS WHEN SHE'S STILL 10-12 MOONS RANGE.

specifically this generation of warriors got so fucked over. no sex education in thunderclan i guess. wtf

[helluvatimes]

Cannibalism On The Bay

A damselfly that was still alive but barely in the Kingfisher Lake. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

A female Common Bluetail had her abdomen chewed off at the 1st segment by one of her own. What happened next could just make some sick; after devouring the abdomen, her cannibalistic kin came back for her head. A sad, ugly reality of life in this fallen world.

The damselfly was about a metre (a little over 1 yard) out on the lake and was back-lit by the late morning sun. A 2-stop positive exposure compensation was apparently still not sufficient so some local brightening was needed in post to adequately light up the damselfly.

[higejiiotherareas]

ルリビタキ　2022.12.12

[myddc]

Blooming Lilas,blooming people's smiles!🇺🇦

The news this morning

Lilac flowers are blooming now in Ukraine!🇺🇦

language of flowers

Lilac :

first emotions of love, memories