#Cardinal and Raptor

[yandereduckie]

Characters in my style/Always!AU/redesign #3

here part 1, part 2

I made more characters in Always!AU, now we have Jason and Tim!

Alright, to start, I decided to leave Tim with a red mask since I made Dick's blue, it looked much nicer that way, and, like Bruce, Tim has both a cape and wings, in addition to the feathers in his hair like Dick, and yes, I put a piercing in him because yes, look me in the face and dare to say that Timothy Jackson Drake-Wayne wouldn't wear at least one piercing.

And then we have Jason. I liked that in his first appearances in Batman comics, Jason was blond, so here it's the same approach. He was blond, but he dyed his hair black when he became Robin. Now that he's grown up, his hair is still very stained from the dye, looking a little brown, and the white streak is still there, strong and firm, because of the Pits. His eyes are a strange mix of blue and green heterochromia that I removed from his ass because I thought it was cool. In addition to the J scar on his cheek, which I think is iconic, I also gave him one on his lip, and one on his neck, which was done by Ra's, not the Joker. Ra's did this to him during his escape from Talia and Damian, I thought the symbolism would be cool, because in canon (yuck) Bruce throws a Batarang at him trying to save the Joker while Jason was in the "revenge" arc and it hits his neck, but here he got the scar from a shuriken thrown by his "grandfather" while he was on an escape back home, back to his family, no revenge in mind, just family.

I'd like to think his wings would be a mix of a bat's structure, but with feathers, like his wings were sewn back together by Bruce after the Joker broke and tore them apart.

[empyreasheart]

Honeetly , aqua is kind of liek an owl, but naybe a heron , i think she would be a waterbird, woah wha t about swan

[sxldierselfship]

Went for a nice morning walk with Tav and we were just talking about things and whatnot until we heard this bird, so I looked around with him and spotted a "red-bellied woodpecker"; which I found out the name from a quick search online. So overall I'd say this was just yet another good morning well spent with my love ❤️

[ssgsite]

Eagles

[great-and-small]

Somehow I have missed the prior rounds of state bird chatter, but I don't think you've said yet what your pick would be for Ohio? I know we're a cornfields state from the highway, but beween the Great Lakes, Appalachia, and the residual eastern woodlands pockets IDK what's properly universal. I'm a huge fan of red-shouldered hawks and great horned owls, but admittedly I'm biased towards raptors and I don't think looking at range maps that either is particularly state-specific.

Ahh yes, Ohio is right smack in the middle of the “Cardinal Belt”. An extremely uninspired choice for the state especially considering that they selected the cardinal as state bird in 1933, a full seven years after Kentucky had already called first dibs! Still not as embarrassing as Virginia who took the cardinal dead last in 1950.

Cardinals are great but having that many duplicates all clustered together is a wasted opportunity. I agree we can do better for Ohio!

As a fellow raptor enthusiast I share your bias and fully support both the Redtail and Great horned owl as choices. It’s shocking the effortlessly charismatic red-tailed hawk is still up for grabs! I have actually always liked the idea of an owl for Ohio just for the “O” theme. I’ve considered the barred owl; A native bird of prey that will be quite familiar and recognizable to many Ohioans. Ohio was a key state for the Underground Railroad, and Harriet Tubman herself worked and traveled through the state a great deal. When giving signals to escaping slaves, Tubman would mimic with great accuracy the iconic call of a barred owl.

Other possible alternates might include the Wood thrush, a sweet-faced bird that breeds in large amounts in Ohio or the Ruby-throated Hummingbird. The latter is a primary pollinator of the state tree- the Buckeye! The little red patch on the male’s throat also kinda evokes the buckeye on the Ohio flag.

[nanistar]

SERPENTINE PROMISE | Hidden in Plain Sight.

Serpentine Promise is a 16+ literate Horror / Slasher Warriors RP set on the coast of Belize in the heart of a meteor crater called the Cardinal. This RP takes heavy inspiration from the beautiful indigenous Mayan cultures of Belize for its worldbuilding.

You are part of three groups known as Arrows. You live in relative peace, guided by your Celestial Leaders in the skies above - the Jade Tiger, the Red Tiger, and the Gold Tiger. Centuries prior, these three leaders created the Arrows, but in doing so created something worse. The North Serpent wanted the crater for itself, and would only be satisfied when it ate the sun. The three tigers fought together against the serpent to the death.

In modern times, these Celestial Leaders are growing increasingly distraught, until they disappear one night and leave you with nothing but an omen … Cats around you begin to drop dead soon after. Your objective? Survive. Keep one eye open. Figure out which one of you is slaughtering cats by the dozen, or die trying.

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⛰️THE WEST PEAKS Settled in the mountains along the edge of the crater, living within caverns and along cliff faces, cats in the West Peaks are hardy, strong, tough and independent, battling the biggest threats of all — Harpy eagles, amongst other dangerous raptors. 𓆙 ━─┈ WHAT WE OFFER🐍

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[darkcrowprincess]

Honestly in my head I just call Tim Drake Cardinal. Red robin just sounds too silly. Or maybe red cardinal, or red raptor. Anything is better than red robin.

[rwby-encrusted-blog]

Jaune: Cardin, I've had it with your Bullying! *Pulls Ruby's hood down*

Ruby: Huh?

Jaune: *Throwing Ruby at Him* GET 'IM GIRL!

Ruby: *SCREECH*

Cardin: AAAAAHHH!

Falconry hoods block the eyesight of raptors, which calms them down due to lack of sensory information.

[justjesse116]

Back on my bullshit thinking about Hawks obsessively so I wanna talk about what bird I actually think he is because I'm also Normal™ about animals.

So it's generally accepted that he's a redtailed hawk, I don't buy it. Not many birds have that crimson red coloring all over, and he's definitely not a cardinal. Naw. That man is a harpy eagle.

Look 'em up, there's no way that ISN'T where his hair style came from. And harpy eagles, while being one of the biggest, baddest bitches of the avian world, actually have a shorter wingspan to body size ratio of a lot of other raptors. For harpy eagles it's more so that literally anything that moves in dense jungle can get put on their lunch menu, but for Hawks I see it as kind of the same thing. Superior maneuverability in between buildings, he sees you, he can get you.

And one of my all time favorite headcanons is that Hawks has more bird traits. Sorry, but a man with talons? Tailfeathers? Making bird noises and with pinning pupils? Sign me the fuck up. And maybe that's just me being more comfortable reading animal behavior as opposed to human, but that's another post for another time.

And harpy eagles have TALONS. Again, look 'em up. YOU CAN'T TELL ME that Hawks isn't hiding some WICKED talons under them gloves. (I think his bare hands were shown like, one or two times but I'm choosing to ignore that the same way I'm ignoring a bunch of what Horikoshi wrote at this point.)

I just love Hawks and also love thinking about impossible things that have some root in reality that I can extrapolate on (like a birdman for example).

If you have anything to add, PLEASE do. I live for low stakes bullshit like this.

(Honorable mention to the African crowned eagle but your hairline was just a bit too neat for me to agree.)

[crow-aeris]

So i’ve been thinking (shocking, really) about the world building for my reverse robins wingfic.

ike, sure, it’s a little fic and ppl prolly won’t notice, but i just cant help but speculate.

in this au, everyone is born with wings unless afflicted with a certain illness, disease, or genetic defect that leaves you with no avian traits (which is the excuse the kents use).

but how would having wings influence the infrastructure? well, i’m glad you asked! cities are more compact because there isn’t really as big a need for transportation unless you’re an aves that’s just not built for long-distance travels like various passeriformes birds.

planes still exist, but they’re utilized by the avians who aren’t able to fly long distances. avians who have wings like albatrosses or terns or other soaring birds would probably require licenses to do their annual migrations and travels- same applies to regualr migritory species like ducks and geese- where the instinct remains despite not needing to migrate.

of course, with the constant migration through countries, i think there would be more mixing of races and ethnicities especially within the migratory bird communities, so there would probably be less overall hostilities.

now, there will still be discriminatory and hateful ideals, and some are shown in my fics. For example, Gotham’s elites are mostly made up of raptors and birds of prey like eagles, kites, kestrels, hawks, falcons, ospreys, owls, etc- birds who actively hunt down mammalian or lizards for prey (in the real world i mean), that is because of displays of powers. Scavengers like condors, vultures, buzzards, are regarded lower on the social ladder but not as low as perching birds and song birds simply because of their ability to have sustained flight.

like i mentioned briefly, songbirds and perching birds (passerines) are regarded lowly in general due to their “weak demeanor” and overall flashiness, which gives them the reputation of being only suitable to work in brothels and such regardless of gender (but especially dudes where the aves species exhibits sexual dimorphism, eg. cardinals, peacocks, golden pheasants, etc.)

there are definitely some exceptions, being corvids. some cultures have corvids as villans, whereas others may portray corvids as intelligent and charming.

now, we arrive to genetics. im still not 100% sure how i want the phenotype of an avian to be passed down. so far, it’s mainly just sons are the same aves as their fathers (like thomas wayne, bruce, and damian are all harpy eagles, but martha wayne was a kingfisher and talia is an imperial eagle), but im not sure abt daughters. genetics is messy, but i think i’ve managed to sertle on a 50/50 chance of being born either the same aves as their mother, or their paternal grandmother. like if damian had been born with xx instead of xy chromosomes, then he’d either have been an imperial eagle like talia, or a kingfisher like martha wayne. intersex people exist too, and i think their wings would be a blend between both their mother and father’s.

now for the the supers and the other metas:

as mentioned previously, the kents claim that their adopted son had a genetic disorder that basically prevented him from growing wings (or just left him in a state similar to humans before they were all “cursed” by a diety to have wings, or whatever. in the dcu, that probably woulnd’t even be too far fetched), so clark lacked a major social component to his childhood. without wings and a tail, others would have a harder time reading his emotions, seeing as these appendages are crucial in nonverbal communication between avians, and that gives clark a leg up in reading other people, but having them not understanding what he’s thinking.

now with jon and kon, they have two VERY different situations. for jon, since his paternal side is wings-free, i just gave him lois’s ave- western kingbird- instead of making him no-winged. kon, on the other hand was a test-tube baby, so it was a toss-up on whether he’d get lex luthor’s purple martin wings, or clark’s no-wings since they’re both guys. I think kon would’ve enjoyed wings, so i gave him the purple martin wings. Plus, they’re pretty much invulnerable, and their wings are no different.

diana and the other ppl from themyscira wouldn’t have wings since they aren’t human, and same applies to the other jl members who aren’t humans.

on a wholly separate note: the lazarus pits. here, not only does it give you white streaks in your hair, it’ll bleach out your feathers. so liek if a peacock was thrown into the pit, not only would they die and come back manic, their feathers would make them look like piebald, or have different markings or white ticking.

anyways, that’s the end of my long post, and i hope yall enjoyed listening to me speculate and talk about birds and my silly little guys!!

[thylacines-toybox]

I just wanted to show you Abzu my raptor plushie made by gray feather Farms they no longer exist sadly, but I won a free plush, and I picked him custom-made he smells like blueberries and has a cardinal sound in him 💙

Love this guy!! He's so cool, putting a bird sound in him is really fun too haha!

[drunken-ender-art]

The Clawthornes' Nightmare

"I see that my daughter took in an apprentice, and you accepted my eye. Well... make yourself comfortable... this is the Titan's Nightmare, where each and every Clawthorne is fated to end and rot to..."

"I'm the last one... well, at least the last one not to succumb to the thirst of blood completely yet..."

Lastborn of seven, Dell Clawthorne watched all of his brothers, sisters and parents die during the Hunt or succumb to madness before he reached his twenties, becoming the last heir of the Family and Head of the Workshop.

When he got married with an Huntress, and was blessed with two beautifull daughters, he saw a ray of hope for his family; he would spend hours training and teaching the two girls on the ways of the Hunt and weapon crafting... but his dream suddently was fated to be snuffed one tragic night, when his mind ultimately collapsed and he was put down by his own blood... when he woke up in the Titan's Nightmare, he was faced with the horrifying truth: his family was cursed. An ancient and powerfull curse originated by sins now forgotten, and so he sought to uncover the truths of the Nightmare and free his family by the eternal agony they were trapped in.

"...there they are... our family, drunk in blood..."

The Nightmare is home of the Hunters and Huntresses of the Clawthorne Workshop throught out the ages.

Generations of Clawthornes locked in an eternal Night of Hunt, in a state of perpetual feral drunkness, slaughtering the tormented souls of either innocent associates of the Workshop or, even worse, other members of the family that were unfortunate enough to become Beasts... sons, parents and relatives destined to be hunted by their own kin.

The weapons of Hunters found in the Nightmare.

The Bonescutter is an heavy machete with a serrated blade, when turned into its tricked form, by a simple turn of the handle, it becomes a double handed heavy saw, cutting deep and causing the victim's blood to flow like a river.

Raptor Chains is a short ranged hook weapon with a mechanism which, when activated, release a long spiked chain that allow the blade to gain enormous range and to be thrown, so that it can hooks its victim. With a second activation the chain is retracted, pulling anything caught in its claw toward the Hunter.

Crushclaw, a claw-like blade mounted on an arm mechanism. Its tricked form is nothing short of an heavy brass knuckle, with the claw retracted and ready to spring back into his static form. The energy released by the blade is enough to breake the bones of the biggest of beasts. Many of the Old Hunters' weapons had claws/scythe like shape, in the image of a very old and important Hunter's weapon.

Boom-stick. A one handed mace that unleash all of its power in its transformed state: a long dual blade axe with a fire glyph contained in the central lantern, infusing the weapon with fire, a central element of the hunts of yore...

"My daughter!!... pride and joy of House Clawthorne, now twisted into that... that thing!! Oh Gwendolyn... what have they done to our sweet flea..."

The perpetual hunt is only a part of the Titan's Curse to the Family. Hunters of the Nightmare are forced to face other members of their own family... those so wretched, despised or broken beyond salvation that took a bestial form even after their death in the Waking World... all that is left of them is scared, confused and mindless flesh to be slayed time and time again.

Death doesn't hold salvation for them, unless someone will put an end to the Nightmare.

"The source of the Nightmare is shielded by the great Cathedral Castle, a bastion full of secrets and death, there the Host of the Nightmare resides... they protect the Nightmare's secrets... but the doors are guarded... a lonely Huntress tiredlessly stand guard on top of a red cardinal Palisman"

The witch Evelyn Clawthorne was the first person to come into contact with the two brothers from the Human World.

A free spirit, curious and determined to expand her knowledge of magic in hope to help others, she found immediate kinship with the two human scholars, and in time, kinship bloomed into love with the older of the two: Caleb. She was there when the Titan Blood was first administered and its effects discovered, there when they found the island beyond the fog, the child killed and the skull took back to the Boiling Isles, marking the birth of the Blood Coven... until the end of her days she would tell herself that all they did was for the greater good of both witches and humans; even when she stood next to Vicar Belos in the square as the beast's corpse was burned... her uniform still warm with her lover's blood.

In times now passed, she would use her sickle and dagger of siderite to gather plants and materials for rituals and potions, later on she refashioned the two tools into weapons of mercy: the template from which her descendants would forge their own instruments of death.

She was one of the last witches to use a Palisman, now a disused practice, and that loyal little palisman would later follow her into the Nightmare when her time finally came... together they still stand guard to protect the doors of the Cathedral Castle, and Host of the Nightmare inside...

Scholar of the Byrgenwerth College of Salem, from the Human World, dreamer and passionate soul, Caleb Wittebane and his younger brother shared the dream that one day they would bring knowledge to humanity and shed the light of reason over the darkness of ignorance... a worldview developed from their upbringing in a society plagued by the Witch Trials... innocent people would be put at the stake out of fear and stupidity.

Their lives forever changed when they met the witch Evelyn and followed her into the Demons' Realm, a world of magic and wonder, that fueled their dream of discovery. So they began to work and study together: witch and humans side by side, with the common goal of pushing the boundaries of magic and knowledge for the betterness of both worlds.

The threes' goals degenerated into ambition of ascension and trascendental knowledge when they discovered the Titan's Blood and its powers: it didn't just boost the witches' natural powers, but granted the powerless humans with magic too, on top of miraculous healing effects and phisical strenghtening for both species.

But such power came at a dreadfull price. A curse. Both on the blood they so carelessly administered and consumed but also on the souls of those responsible for the great sin committed against the natural order... the Titan's unfathomable roars conjured into eternal torment for the guilty.

He was the first to fall at the hands of the Titan's Curse, becoming what he desperatly sought to avoid: a mindless, rabid beast to be killed and burned at the stake, like one of the innocent witches he longed to save in his home, a place his gaze would never again grace...

When he died, his twisted mindscape became the Clawthornes' Nightmare, and he was bound to the astral plane as its Host... his bestial body forever stripped of flesh and of the precious blood with which he indulged in so much. His bones scorched and ablaze forever in an eternal flame of suffering... guarding the secrets of his past and the true source of the Nightmare.

"Woah there, girl... you don't smell the same as those blood drunked lunatics out there... no, no, you're sane... for now... a word of advice then, go back the way you came. Leave this nightmare and return home... secrets are secrets for a reason, and it would be a shame to cut off that pretty head of yours... so go back... return to your home and pretend it was all a bad dream... it's for your own good..."

When the Vicar first learned of the Curse, he hurried to prolong his mortal life through blasphemous and horrid methods... one such way was the creations of dolls-like grimwalkers made in the image of his dead brother... as they were born from Caleb's blood, those pitifull creations too are destined to end up in the Nightmare, so Belos equipped the first one with a silent bell, a cursed dagger and set him on a mission: to snuff every intruder and protect the secrets of the Nightmare... least the world knew of their unforgivable sin...

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Oh boy, another big one! The first part of the Titan's Nightmare, another piece of the puzzle of the story of the Owlborne!

Still, this one was a very funny one, I had a blast designing the Old Hunters and their weapons, especially Evelyn and Caleb!!

At this point I can guess what will be the result, but why the heck, let's make a poll anyway!

[ask-cardi-c]

CARDINAL PLEASE HELP I ADOPTED A CAT AND I SONT THINK ITS A CAT IT KEEPS MAKING RAPTOR NOISES AND STARES AT ME WITH THE LOOK OF A DISTRAUGHT PRINCE AND EVERY MORNING BEFORE IT CUDDLES ME TRIES TO BREAK MY NOSE WHAT DO I DO????? I THINK IT MIGHR BE A GHOUL

Si, this sounds like a ghoul. Do you want to keep them or shall I take them? I seem to, eh... Keep collecting them.

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

Do you think dinosaurs in certain regions were brightly colored like birds of paradise, blue birds + cardinals, etc? I bet a shiny black and blue-green raptor like a magpie would be super pretty!

Given how living dinosaurs have good color vision and their cousins, crocodilians, have good color vision, and many dinosaurs were so large that cryptic coloration wouldn't have hidden them for jack shit, probably! honestly, dinosaurs are a flashy group - we see that in their fossilized display structures and the weird displays in modern birds - and that often comes with bright colors. The Mesozoic may have been a very colorful place! Scales and feathers do bright colors WAY better than fur - the age of brown tones is a mammal thing!

[dansnaturepictures]

Fishlake Meadows, Romsey: A special place

This nature reserve is equally as uplifting to visit in the spring and summer months when exotic Hobbies dash through the sky and colossal Stag Beetles roam the canal side path as it is in winter when Gadwall, Pintail, Pochard and Teal immerse me in a world of waterfowl.

A magnificent raptor is a star attraction to this reserve in spring and summer, Ospreys (particularly one) standing like grand statues and offering breathtaking moments of natural wonder when they fish. Many raptors adorn the skies here, Marsh Harrier in its prime habitat, ravishing Red Kite, Buzzard and Kestrel. Sparrowhawk also a key species in this oasis of wild in an urban area and a non-bird of prey evolutionary lookalike is a mesmerising sight and sound here on spring days, the Cuckoo. Its similarly in appearance to the predatory Sparrowhawk able to fool the adults of its host species into leaving their nest so it can insert its imposter egg. Other key waterbirds to see here include bight Egyptian Geese and Greylags, Great Crested Grebe, Common Gull, Snipe and dazzling Water Rail always a species to cherish seeing. Another of the main stars of this reserve is an elegant giant which is gripping the south of the country now, Great White Egret. Purple Heron and Glossy Ibis are two rarities I was lucky to see here. I was ecstatic to see a Kingfisher catch a fish along the canal when reaching the reserve as was I when I was so fortunate to see a splendid Cetti’s Warbler after being surrounded by their bright and cherry calls evocative of a reedbed paradise. Sedge and Garden Warbler other amazing warblers I’ve seen here. Other passerines it’s a treat to see here include Wren, Bullfinch, Blackcap, Treecreeper, captivating Nuthatch, vibrant Stonechat and Reed Bunting. A Roe Deer a delight to see.

It's an insect haven too with Hairy Dragonfly one of the first spring dragonflies to see and the gem of Banded Demoiselle another key species with Migrant Hawker enjoyed here too. Speckled Wood and Green-veined White fly the flag for beautiful butterflies and Brimstone moth and Grey Birch are among sensational moths I’ve seen here. Drinker moth caterpillar and vigorous ruby Cardinal beetle are other key insects I’ve seen here. Nursery web spider was another of nature’s fascinating little stars which has thrilled me here. Onto plants and there is an array of colour here throughout the seasons created by stunning species such as wood avens, comfrey, meadowsweet, cuckooflower, forget-me-not, hemp agrimony, bird vetch, yellow iris, water lily, hogweed, traveller’s joy and marsh marigold. A sight of intricate and alluring turkey tail fungi clinging to a stump beside the canal at one time lit up by the glorious winter sun was wonderful.

This brilliant nature reserve with its distinctive dead trees and thriving reedbed, wetland, canal and woodland habitat is a star of a reserve that has risen over the past few years and an exciting vision of how to use land for nature and let a landscape be transformed. A lesson of hope, a place I always come back from inspired.

[existentialcanadian]

Here the boi is in colour! For some reason my art skills drastically deteriorate whenever I try to draw digitally, but he turned out alright.

Here's the new name poll!

White version of Tim under break.