#baby Grackle

[ostdrossel]

Daddy Grack is showing the babies where to find food. Happy Fathers Day weekend!

[lunarlotuscove]

This juvenile grackle says "more food now please!"

Monday June 17th 2024 7:49-7:50am

[brooklynbridgebirds]

Common Grackle fledgling, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 6.

[boy-warbler]

Hungry grackle fledgling & parent. Lots of fledglings were chasing their beleaguered parents around begging for food

[spinus-pinus]

Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major

5/24/2022 Lake Tohopekaliga, Florida

A very cool lookin' bird - an immature male undergoing its molt into adult plumage.

[rulesforthedance]

Update: he wants me dead

[tolkienreader1996]

Yesterday I found a baby grackle on the ground, I started to feed him mealworms and i immediately started calling every animal rescue/ sanctuary within a thirty mile radius none of them were willing to take him in and one recommended I give him some wet cat food.

So until he can fly away and be his own grackle he’s staying, I nicknamed him arson

[moonfurthetemmie]

Eostrix & Petrel (and bonus)

Eostrix

Girl was just living her life and had friends and a job, and then Rayonnant showed up and now she's in a cell. god damn it rayonnant.

also fuck it IDA Ruby officially exists and has a ref. their name is grackle. I don't know why that one is the name that stuck but anyway

Grackle and Eostrix aren't biologically related, but they've been together so long they do kinda think of each other as their sibling. Grackle's present whereabouts and status are unknown to Eostrix, and she really, really hopes they're safe. She has no idea if Rayonnant knew about them at all.

Eostrix knew Baroque had gone looking for Rayonnant, and tried to stop him, but of course he went anyway. And then he vanished.

In trying to look for him a day or so later, she then ran into Rayonnant herself, who somehow knew about Petrel and the vials of positivity that they have. Eostrix played dumb. she was too freaked out to be good at it though so Rayonnant took her for 'interrogation.' At this point she thinks he's keeping her around out of spite, though she doesn't know for sure. She's certainly not enjoying being stuck here.

Petrel

They're doing their best to hide, and to find someone somewhere who can help them create more positivity from the one* vial they have, but hasn't had any luck yet.

*they have two vials, like I said before, but they'll only let one of them be experimented with.

They're trying to look for Baroque and Eostrix, too, but isn't having much luck. And they're pretty sure that means that they're with Rayonnant. Baroque, at least, they're certain about.

She ended up in Eostrix and Grackle's AU entirely by accident, while trying to leave her own. She had no idea how she got there until much, much later, when trying to hide from Rayonnant and learning how to reliably hop between AUs.

With no idea where to even start to look for help, Petrel's really just wandering at this point. Hoping that she'll find someone, eventually. Someone that's not Rayonnant or his team. please. please not them.

Grackle

if fantasy au, why not have elf? so here. elf. they are 6'3'' in case you were wondering.

also if original name 'ruby' why not make very red?

listen i slapped them together before i had to leave for a 9 hour shift okay some colors might be a little wonky

They are alive, somewhere. They've been looking for Eostrix and their friends, but they've found nothing whatsoever. They can only hope that means they're all safe. Unfortunately Petrel's the only one who's even remotely safe right now.

[cattyanon]

Bruh the baby Grackle I'm taking care of right now (family does some wildlife rehab for those who aren't aware) is being such an absolute spaz. Little guy literally yeeted themselves right into the chicken that's allowed to roam the room. Poor Tiny was soooo confused. 🤣 My only regret is not being able to record it.

Also literally right as I was typing the tags for this the Grackle startled Tiny so much he made a noise. XD

[ostdrossel]

This week,

the Blue Jay, Grosbeak and Oriole babies have started to come out, creating a beautifully chaotic symphony and fun behavior to watch. All babies seem to love the pond, so it is worth checking out the stream.

I hope you enjoy the fluffy cuteness of these baby birds. (species names in ALT text)

[lunarlotuscove]

Little guy up high waiting for breakfast

Thursday July 11th 2024 6:53am

[zipquips]

they weren't lying when they said a walk will fix your mental health

[boy-warbler]

It's the season of baby birds. Common Grackle fledgling

[katyunderthebed]

Happy waterfowl wednesday once again mes amis.. I know the grack isn’t a waterfowl but he’s making a pretty good effort at it

[spacey3d]

grackle baby ❤

[hoardingpuffin]

HAPPY SKYBOUND FINALE!

Oh my goodnessssss - it's done! Holy shit, folks, this feels so surreal! But - but - this gives me a reason to finally roll out some Elwood Art I've been holding onto, and to go into their family in ways I couldn't in lore because, well - Elwood obviously does not remember.

Spoilers for the Finale [and, I guess, Elwood's family] below the cut!

FIRST THINGS FIRST - BABY ELWOOD!!!

Elwood was born to a family of avians, most of them starlings, though not all of them the same kind of starling as Elwood. At least one of El's parents was also a Common Eurasian Starling, and there probably also were some Common Grackles and Boat-Tailed Grackles in the Kirchhof family. His grandfather specifically, who died a few weeks before Elwood's family fell to the void, leaving Elwood orphaned and ending up in the orphanage island, was a Eurasian Green Woodpecker. Elwood doesn't technically remember the funeral, but they do vaguely remember the headstone - this is why he knew what words to write on Mirasol's headstone. Elwood did not have any siblings, but there were probably some cousins.

SMOL ELWOOD!

This is Elwood at around ten or so, around the time they figured out that he was trans. This is the little guy that went and changed his name in the house mother's register and was heartbroken when he realized nobody cared, and yes, it hurts me so deeply.

Brightstep Elwood!

Both of these pieces were originally drawn for the epilogue - before I decided to make it completely new and different. I still do really love these drawings though, plus, the wings took for-fjucking-ever.

Epilogue Elwood! Plus Virwood things!

It matters so much to me that Elwood got his happy ending - with his family, somewhere new, where there are new stories to explore and gather. He gets to be an uncle, he gets to be happy, he gets to have all the people he cares for around them.

I care so so much.

Also, my wrists are dying and I am severely sleep deprived ^^

Thank you to everybody who followed Elwood's story and showed love to this little starling guy. I hold all your posts and theories and gentle comments in my hands and so close to my heart.