#avian hawks

[corvid-canidae-art]

Vent comic abt being autistic and a therian

[cathartidae]

so, many of you have probably seen news about one of the first recorded severe case of HPAI (avian flu) in humans.

a lot of you who follow me are birders or inatters or adjacent. hence, a lot of you guys have birdfeeders.

from a rehab worker of almost 3 years: Disinfect your goddamn feeders. not only for HPAI but other diseases, such as avian pox, and for the safety of the birds

and of course, heres how!

now here at rehab we use rescue to disinfect, which is a big ol fancy thing that looks like this

for all our stuff. it's about 1-2tbsp rescue per 32oz water. however, most of you guys cant get a hold of it. so, heres some other things suggested by friends & coworkers that will work just as well

-diluted hydrogen peroxide

-bleach (diluted)

etc. in addition, it's best to use the hottest water you can handle in order to kill off more viruses (our industrial washer does up to 200°F, but whatever you can works just as well.)

the most important thing here is to USE GLOVES!!! PLEASE. pair of gloves to wash it and preferably when youre rinsing it use a DIFFERENT pair of gloves so it doesnt get dirty again.

lastly, if youre seeing visibly uninjured dead birds in your yard, lethargic birds at your feeder, red discolouration or growths on exposed skin, blood on your feeder, or anything else you might deem unusual, take down your feeder. the birds will get food elsewhere i promise, just leave it down for two weeks at least and sterilize it using any of the steps above.

also. please dont hand feed birds. yes even ducks. please please ignore what you see on instagram, it only creates more work for rehabbers. this includes trying to camouflage yourself and feed the birds from your hand when they dont know youre a person. it only hurts you and the birds, and yes this includes hummingbirds. do not try and feed birds off of yourself directly. please. thank you

be safe, clean your feeders, and happy birding!

in addition, below is an approximate of the procedure we use at my work to prevent outbreaks in our residents/patients.

changing aprons between birds, esp for personable birds (assimilated to people, like to fly onto you), switch gloves between birds, between touching hoses, etc. spray or dip + scrape shoes into rescue/accel solution before entering enclosures & or buildings. daily mopping w rescue solution, all dishes are hand washed with soap and hot water, then sent into an industrial washer @ 200°F.

[kunavi]

Reject humanity potions

If no marten is here, I choose the squirrel potion (though squirrels are prey, confusing yes, but it would be interesting to see the world from their POV, and we're both arboreal, so a big plus!)

The second close option would be the otter one (a fellow mustelid! but water isn't my element and here it is important)

And these little logos on their bottles! Nice detail!

What potion would you choose from this series?

From Etsy by Mr-Lemur

[bluebelly-sun-serpentine]

Buteo lineatus, April 1st, 2025

Look at this beautiful little weirdo, trying very hard to catch a mole or mouse but in the end just getting lost in all the stomping. I hope they caught something a little later. I saw them flying around on my way back on the loop, and I think this may be the same red shouldered hawk I've been seeing for the last few months.

[hoppingcarrots]

The many shades of one avian!

Also known as wing practice because I am a sucker for drawing anything birb :D

[did-sm1-say-catfish]

"hawks cant take spice" this, "dabihawks spice lover/shits themself" that,

NO. BIRDS CANT FUCKING TASTE SPICE.

IF BIRB IS BIRB WHY NOT BE OK WITH SPICE?? also it would be so funny if dabi secretly cant take the heat (pun intended)

[harkthorn]

Ballpoint pen bird sketches

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[crow0king]

Avian Falls Press presents: The Current Pines

in their latest edition:

A never seen (and seen) before face returns from somewhere in the world!

Where did he come from? where has this bird apparently been for 30 years?

These questions have yet been answered to the press, but everyone is in an uproar about this new-old bird!

The WIP in the second image has the reference picture that I used

[mindscapr]

Anybody have any good beak tutorials? I want a muzzle like some of the therians do, just beak-y

Like this kind of (image found on Pinterest)

I could probably make it out of EVA foam, just wondering if there’s any established tutorials out there.

[missedmilemarkers]

[whomstsnek]

Curraak! silly lil barber (barbarian/fighter <3)

still working on his lore, but I have him as a path of the totem warrior with an eagle/hawk totem (not pictured bc i FULLY forgot). I kinda thought that, despite not being descended from birds at all, he'd be the type to "connect with his roots" and draw like. inspiration and power I guess from hawks and the natural world as a whole.

I think he would sort of lean into being a precision hunter like the hawks he emulates, leading to him becoming a mercenary for hire which I imagine is how he multiclassed into fighter

idk if this makes any sense it's been a hot sec since I built this character so I don't remember wtf I had in mind when I was making him lol but I've been on a drawing kick and wanted to post this

[fishcrow]

This bird says Hey!

Sketch reward for Con! Thank you for supporting me!

Posted using PostyBirb

[bluebelly-sun-serpentine]

Look who I saw this evening! Somehow I'm always carrying my 35mm when I see a hawk (and this time I was also using a diffusion filter), so here are some very tight, glowy crops from much larger images, but look at them! They're so fluffy and well-fed. For the first and third shot, they'd flown right down to us from much higher ground – we must have been near some prime rodent hunting grounds – and we had to go past them to get back up to the main trail, so unfortunately we spooked them on our way out. They went and found another perch with an even better view, and luckily we had one pair of binoculars between us, so we were able to watch them a little longer.

[unclear-asdf]

chat, how are we feeling about this crack ship?

[ahb-writes]

[harkthorn]

Bird sketches in ballpoint

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