#black bee eater

[todaysbird]

the black bee-eater is a member of the bee-eater family found in tropical rainforests & secondary forests in africa. they are mainly black, with a scarlet throat and bright blue markings on their crown and the underside of their body. as their name implies, they are insectivorous and prefer bees & wasps. they feed on these insects without injury by repeatedly banging & rubbing the insect on a hard surface, which discharges the majority of their venom and/or removes the stinger.

[lowcountry-gothic]

Hummingbirds of the World, by Zoe Keller.

[fleshdyk3]

???? i swear to god i just saw a carmine bee eater in a tree

[supersunky64]

Day 27 Week 4: Shonen

[petec9099]

Spring has sprung, maybe?

[herpsandbirds]

What are kingfishers? What category do they belong to? Are they songbirds? Waterfowl? A secret third thing? I must know!

Kingfishers:

Kingfishers are in the order Coraciiformes, along with rollers, bee eaters, todies, and motmots. They are not closely related to songbirds or waterfowl. Think of this group as its own thing.

Many of them perch, and they eat a wide variety of small animals. Even just the kingfishers, many of which live in forests, and hunt frogs and lizards and large invertebrates. The all have a similar toe arrangement, and most of them catch prey and then slam their prey against a surface to help kill it.

The closest relatives to the coraciiformes are the order Piciformes, the woodpeckers, toucans, barbets, puffbirds, jacamars, and honeyguides.

So, generally speaking when we refer to "songbirds" we are talking about the birds in the order Passeriformes (more particularly the Oscine Passerines), most of the perching birds you've ever heard of. Water fowl usually refers to mainly aquatic swimming birds, like ducks, geese, loons, grebes.

Here are some kingfisher friends for you:

Collared Kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris), family Alcedinidae, West Bengal, India

photograph by Kamal Basak

Woodland Kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis), family Alcedinidae, found in much of Sub-Saharan Africa

photograph by @anthony.press

Black-capped Kingfisher (Halcyon pileata), diving for fish, family Alcedinidae, Taiwan

photograph by joinus12345

Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) eat a tasty fish!, family Alcedinidae, found across most of North America

photograph by Randy Wei

Blue-bellied or Javan Kingfisher (Halcyon cyanoventris), family Alcedinidae, order Coraciiformes, endemic to Bali and Java, Indoensia

photograph by Jeffry Surianto

[sirrabbithat]

Been thinking about a COD!bird hybrid Au. But their all like really fancy birds- I'll definitely be turning this into a fanfic

I'll split this into two posts!

Soap is a new guinea cock of the rock. Mostly for the natural Mohawk. He's trans in this au so he has the bright blue eyes and naturally brown mowhawk and wings. He dyes everything he can orange.

Ghost is a snowy owl because ofc he is, but he doesn't have any of those black stripes on him they usually have. And if he dose have them their barely noticable. Both of them are large and strong hunters and usually work alone unless with a mate (soap) and both seem to have a terminal case of RBF.

Price is a European bee eater. Their very Social little guys and are extremely fast. The colors aren't exactly tactical but I image he uses temp feather dye to darken his wings and feathers before going on an Op. European bee eaters are also extremely focused hunters, similar to Price.

Gaz is a Costas hummingbird because I think their adorable. But similar to the bee eater price is based off of their extremely fast and nimble, the pop of purple feathers mixed into military green and white wings is also something I'm obsessed with. Plus with his wings moving as fast as hummingbird wings do he shouldn't fall out of any (more) helicopters anytime soon

Roach would be a puffin. Their both weird little guys who like to get into strange shaped places. Ie: a hole in the wall. He'd probably pick away at some drywall and make a nest next to a gas line.

(I was so upset to learn his antenna aren't cannon) 😔

[tribbetherium]

Today as abundant and diverse as they were back on their home planet, the ants were among one of the most successful terrestrial invertebrates that had been introduced to HP-02017. Descended from a select few species, introduced as detritivores, pollinators and seed dispersers, these remarkable hymenopterans have since spread across the globe and occupied the niches similar to Earthly ants, such as seed-eaters, leaf-cutters, scavengers, predators, fungus farmers and even honeydew-ranchers: though the livestock of those ranchers are somewhat different, with the niches of sap-sucking true bugs instead filled by beetles and lepidopterans.

Some species, however, have begun taking on niches unlike any of their Terran forebearers. Raftants, aquatic species native to floodplains, developed specialized castes to act as oars and floaters to propel the colony along the surface. Perhaps stranger, at least for ants, are the lonestingers: ants that no longer live in colonies and have become solitary, with all individuals being winged and wasplike, no longer producing wingless sterile workers and taking on a niche akin to solitary wasps and bees.

One of the most unusual species in the Middle Temperocene, however, are the lime ants (Citromyrmex polyregina), an abundant and widespread species found all across South Ecatoria and the neighboring islands. Easily recognizable by their distinct yellow and black coloring, these ants are generalist omnivores diet-wise: consuming both plant and animal matter, though prioritizing carbohydrate-rich sugary food like fruit, sap and nectar for the active adults, while saving protein-rich seeds, bugs and meat to the larvae to encourage their growth. Like most ants, they communicate by pheromones, travelling across the forest floor in single file to scout out food sources they can carry back to the colony. They, too, have specialized castes for their vital activities, such as small minor workers that participate in foraging and nest cleanup, major workers that act as heavy lifters and back-up defense, and soldiers, armed with large heads and powerful mandibles who defend the nest, cut up large pieces of food, and even ferry around the smallest workers hitchhiking on their bodies.

But one truly remarkable characteristic of the lime ant is its behavioral flexibility, thanks to an unusual recessive gene, the Q gene, that causes the species to produce three separate types of queens, depending on which alleles they acquire. Each one lives a completely different lifestyle: one that affects the behavior of their corresponding colonies as well. These genes mix together during nuptial flights, where alates from different colonies pair together queens and drones that in turn, produce offspring that are homozygous QQ, heterozygous Qq, or homozygous qq. This is further complicated by male ants being haploid, and thus males are always only Q or q.

Homozygous QQ queens develop into what is known as the despot morph: a sedentary, highly-aggressive queen with a bulky body and large mandibles. Her colony dwells in a fixed, permanent nest that occupies the same space for as long as she lives, which can be as long as fifteen years. During which time, their nests can grow into immense proportions, spanning tunnels and chambers many meters across and inhabiting up to 100,000 inhabitants. Despot morph queens tolerate no other reproducing female in the colony, and a single despot morph queen rules supreme: aggressively killing any other breeding female in her nest, be they rival invaders, her own alate daughters, or a worker that starts laying unfertilized eggs. All of her genetically fatherless drone offspring will be Q drones. If she mates with a Q drone, all her female offspring will be despot morphs as well, and if she mates with a q drone, half her offspring will be despot morphs, and half her offspring will be Qq heterozygous: the communal morphs.

Communal morphs, the second kind, are long-bodied and capable of traveling long distances on foot, unlike the sedentary despot morph. These queens, the most common kind, are different from despot morphs in another way: they tolerate the presence of other communal morph queens, thus producing a polygyne colony that is much larger than those of despot morphs, with as many as nine or ten queens and colonies growing to up to a million or more. Their large colony size instead favors them to constantly be on the move, foraging for food in an area and building smaller temporary nests and moving on once food becomes depleted in migrations every few months, with the queens marching along in the swarms and the brood carried by the workers as they go. With multiple queens that can be regularly replaced as they die, the colony as a whole can survive significantly longer than those of a despot morph, which is important as their nomadic lifestyle also leaves them with a higher mortality rate due to exposure to environmental factors and predators. Being heterozygous Qq, they can produce either Q drones or q drones, and a communal morph queen that mates with a Q drone will produce half despot morph offspring and half communal morph offspring, and a communal morph queen that mates with a q drone will produce half communal morph offspring and half qq homozygous offspring: the usurper morph.

Usurper morphs are unusual as they do not build colonies at all: they never shed their wings and remain solitary, similar to the lonestingers. As they disperse from their parent colony during the nuptial flight, they mate once with a drone and store his sperm, but do not start laying eggs right away. Instead, over the course of their long lifespan which may last many years (but rarely as long as the despot and communal morphs), the usurper queen instead infiltrates the nests of the other two kinds shortly before the nuptial flights begin, lays her eggs inside, and leaves all the effort of childcare to the workers of the colonies. Covering the eggs with pheromones to trick the colony into accepting them, she functions in essence as a solitary brood parasite whose progeny are raised by others. As she does not form a colony: none of her offspring become workers and soldiers, and instead always hatch into queens or drones: drone offspring are always q as they are born from unfertilized eggs. If she mates with a Q drone, half of her daughters will be communal morphs and half will be usurpers, and if she mates with a q drone, all her daughters will be usurper morphs.

This unusual arrangement likely evolved as an advantageous trait due to fickle, changing seasons and environments, allowing the species as a whole to persist. When food is plenty despot morphs become more common, able to defend a productive patch of land. When food is scarcer, communal morphs dominate, able to travel long distances to scout out new foraging grounds. And when times are the toughest, the most common morph becomes usurpers: being solitary, they need less food than a whole colony and can depend on the few hardy colonies to rear their young. Through a complex set of environmental dynamics, genetic inheritance, and competition between the queen types, the lime ant proves itself an adaptable and tenacious species that finds great success in the forest floor ecosystems of South Ecatoria.

Despite its complicated and bizarre life history, however, the local northhounds that occupy its range, in particular the vulpins, have found a rather mundane use for this abundant species. When threatened, major workers spray formic acid from specialized nozzles in their abdomens as a ranged mechanism. This, however, has been exploited by the vulpins who intentionally provoke the ants to get them to spray their acid onto food items: in effect acting as both a preservative to ward off fungal and bacterial growth on food, and as well as a seasoning that imparts a sour, citrus-like flavor onto said food. While toxic in large quantitities, the ants' formic acid is harmless in small amounts to larger creatures like the northhounds: making for a surprisingly ideal additive in the vulpins' cultural fondness of imparting different tastes in their primitive form of 'cuisine'.

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[gallifreyinstituteforlearning]

What native Gallifreyan species are there?

Gallifrey has a diverse range of fauna, both native and introduced. Despite claims of minimal ecological impact, the installation of the Eye of Harmony and millions of years of Time Lord civilisation have significantly altered Gallifrey's original biosphere.

🦋 Invertebrates

Beatitude Flies: Begin as maggots and pupate into golden-winged nocturnal insects. They use nectar to create helium in their bellies and are attracted to light and decay.

Butterflies: Various species flutter across Gallifrey.

Bees: Essential for pollination.

Gullet Grubs: Likely to live in digestive tracts of larger mammals, or similar environments.

Blossom Thieves: Possibly insects that steal nectar or pollen.

Scrubblers: Likely small, cleaning insects.

Neversuch Beetles, Sandbeetles, Waspbeetles: Various beetles.

Dustworms: Likely live in dry, dusty environments.

Scissors Bugs: Possibly predatory insects with sharp mandibles.

Flutterwings: Gigantic insects (3 meters by 25 meters) that never land. Five races include Wild Endeavor, Mandrigal, Silver-Band, Blue Crystal, and Perdition.

Snails

Water-Sligs: Likely aquatic or semi-aquatic molluscs.

Web-Spinning Insects: Including spiders about an inch long.

Other dangerous invertebrates: There are also nasty creatures that live beneath big stones.

🐟 Marine Life

Singing Yaddlefish: Notable for their song, and they can be eaten.

Kittensharks: Hatch from eggs and presumably grow into Catsharks.

Axolotl Salamanders: Amphibious creatures with regenerative abilities.

🐍 Elapids

Taipan: A venomous snake, 10 metres long.

Venal Snakes: Possibly nest-stealers or highly venomous.

Bat-Snakes: Presumably flying snakes.

Dinosauria: 20-meter-long reptiles resembling brontosaurs with thick chitinous scales and serrated teeth.

🦅 Avians

Owls: Symbol of Rassilon.

Flurry Birds: Likely small, fast-moving birds.

Trunkikes: Game birds whose eggs are often eaten.

Air Diamonds: Fly in the upper atmosphere, possibly crystalline or bioluminescent.

Song Birds: Various species.

Gargantosaurs: Dinosaur-like creatures, twice the size of a hab-bloc, with two legs, vestigial wings (with purple and white feathers), and four eyes.

🦣 Mammals

Plungbolls: Thumbnail-sized furry creatures living in mountains, attach en masse to warm objects.

Taffelshrews: Edible rodent-like mammals.

Fledershrews: Bat-like, mushroom eaters, nearly extinct.

Cobblemice: Mice that sprout wings.

Rovie Mice: Field-dwelling, long-lived if kept safe, sometimes pets. They have short memories.

Moss-Rats: Possibly rodents that live in marshes with moss-like camouflage.

Vex: Burrowing animals.

Gallifreyan Womprats: 1-metre-long rats with fifteen legs.

Pig-Rats: Inhabit the Drylands, presumably combining porcine and rodent traits.

Rabbits

Flubbles: Small six-legged koalas.

Unnamed rounder rabbit-like creatures

Ounce-Apes: Might be tiny monkeys that are particularly agile.

Sealak: Perhaps a kind of seal, often eaten.

Bear-Ass: A donkey-like animal with bear-like qualities.

Horse-Cats: Probably a horse/cat hybrid-like species.

Sagittary: Horse-like creatures.

Elephants

Pig-Bears: Can be trained as pets.

Wolf-like Creatures: With long snouts and black-and-white striped fur, almost as big as adult humanoids.

Broakir: Live in foothills, often hunted for food.

Baanjxx: Arboreal browsers that like to eat hallucinogenic cerub nuts. As a child, the Doctor was kicked by one in the head, apparently.

Cows

Walrus

Gallifreyan Marlot: Purple and unique in all of time and space. Probably a bit cat-like.

House Cats: Revered as symbols of intelligence. Traditionally, Presidents kept them as pets.

🐱 Killer Cats (C.A.T.S)

Killer C.A.T.S: These sapient creatures possess instinctive precognitive powers and cat-like physiology. Known for their lethal gladiatorial contests, they despise Time Lord traditions and live in the Gin-Seng Sector of Southern Gallifrey. Their culture includes mercenaries and oracles; they are telepathic.

🏞️ Ecosystem Preservation

Though Gallifrey's outer ecology has suffered, the Time Lords have used technology to preserve many species. Extinct species have been collected, ensuring none become completely extinct. The more fearsome creatures are contained in the Death Zone, while xeno-zoos hold alien species from other worlds.

🏫 So ...

So there's your whistlestop tour of the species on Gallifrey. One day, I'll try to put these onto a species distribution map. Oh, by Rassilon's Beard, I just gave myself more work.

Related:

💬|🪐🌍How is Gallifreyan geography different to Earth?: The landscape of Gallifrey.

📺|🌳🍎The Fruits of Gallifrey

💬|🐾🐱What could be some biological traits of Gin-Seng cats?: Looking at who the Gin-Seng cats are, their biology, and their place on Gallifrey and in society.

Hope that helped! 😃

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[punkeropercyjackson]

found you from the anti Harry Potter tag, stayed for the correct transfem Percy Jackson hcs. Anyway do you think tgirl Percy would change her name and if so what would she change it to. Personally I can see her naming herself after her mom. Also do you have any specific ships for her?

THAT'S THE WAY TO GO!!!!HATE HP,LOVE GIRLPERCY

The classic name for fem Percy in fics/fanart is Persephone so i employed that into tfem Percy!!Og Persephone gave her Metamorphose,food that's been blessed by Aphrodite to give the eater their ideal apperance and works as essential hrt when it comes to trans people,because her best friendship with Nico started in their reconnection year between Botl and Tlo made og Persephone figure out she's trans so she wanted to help her since it's canon in the books she likes her better than other demigods

I ship her with every guy that's not Luke or a god or titan /lh.But for specifics,t4t golden retriver team mom and dad Jercy,tall hot cool lady x goofy ass short king Perleo,pastel woc YA lead x brooding led a stray boy she saves with her love Percethan,black flavored symbolism heavy black love Cartercy and Fierrochaseson with established Fierrochase inviting her to be poly with them after a few adventures🫶🏽She's a bi queen so i ship her with Drew too as cotton candy aesthetic queen bee x outcast girl trans gfs,Perachel as t4t queerplatonic black earthy gal pals,Pipercy as a joke ship of Piper being disburted at liking a femme for once in her life when she's butch4butch and Percy doing gaga eyes at her swag and the obligatory not really toxic 'they hate eachother in canon for petty reasons' yuri Perisse(Percy x Clarisse)

Also not romantic but like a friend of mine said,friendships are ships too so lemme say her and Nico and Hazel are platonic soulmates who undoomed eachother from the narrative,canonically,like actually

[asmo-d3us]

On your blog you mention rosestarkillerchase, please explain I want to know more

Hi! Thank you for the ask! :)

Rosestarkillerchaser is a Marauders Era (Harry Potter) ship between Evan Rosier, Barty Crouch Jr., Regulus Black, and James Potter.

I don’t know how new you are to the fandom, or if you’ve been here for a long time, but this ship that we call Rosestarkillerchaser (RSKC) is fairly new so I don’t blame you if you’ve been here for a while and don’t know what it is.

So basically, James Potter (CHASER in RSKC) is like the sun. His smile brightens each room he walks in, he puts his friends and family and people he loves before him, he sometimes forgets to take care of himself because of it too. People often give him BPD or ADHD which can be a big part of his personality. He also is often described with having thick and curly locks, hazel/brown eyes, a charming smile, abs, and kind of acts like a jock?

Regulus Black (STAR in RSKC) is like the moon (not Remus!!). He’s dark, moody, sarcastic, a nerd surprisingly, and also often rude without meaning to be. He’s the complete opposite of James, and behaves more pessimistic, whereas James is optimistic, if you couldn’t tell already. Now, depending on where you are in the fandom is how you view him. Either he’s a ‘Nazi Death Eater’ to you, or ‘DIY Regulus Black’ for you. We do not support the actual Death Eaters from the franchise, we just took them and made them our own insecure little characters. People often give him autism, OCD, and other types of perfectionist behavior things. He’s often described with black curly locks, gray/ice blue eyes, tiny smirks, slim, nerdy, and cold.

Barty Crouch Junior (KILLER in RSKC) is like a shooting star. Fast, bright, burning-but-soon-burning-out, dangerous, and also fascinating. He’s loud, has a lot of dark/sex jokes in him, flirtatious, sleeps around, and just doesn’t follow the rules or the law. Daddy issues is a big one also. He’s often described with having silky black hair (some parts dyed green), covered in tattoos and piercings, charming and big smile, lidded eyes, jewelry, and quite optimistic. He’s mean, and will punch you for fun! But he holds his friends in his heart, never letting go. They’re his family, even if he doesn’t show it.

Evan Rosier (ROSE in RSKC) is like the stars. Watching over everything, observing and noticing many things others don't or won't, Not noticable to most people but those who pay attention like him. He's described as being quiet in public but loud in private, flirtatious with people he's close with, condescending, sarcastic, and almost like the Slytherin version of Remus, like how Barty's the Slytherin version of Sirius. Rosekiller is basically Wolfstar in a different font. He's often described as big-eyed, tall, lanky, thin, side-grin/smirk, lopsided grin, pale glowy skin or chocolate brown skin, and bright blonde flowy locks or braids(?).

Now that you know a handful of the millions of things about these characters (if you're new), let's move on to RSKC. We know now who the people in the foursome are, but let's check out their dynamics, shall we?

Barty and Regulus (Bartylus/Killerstar/Starkiller). Good lord. It's like fire and ice. Barty is loud, boisterous, optimistic, and extroverted. Regulus is quiet, secretive, pessimistic, and introverted. They balance each other out well, Regulus calming down Barty's fire, and Barty helping Regulus express himself more. Now on the more toxic side of things, Barty is often described as being a bit much for Reg to handle, and too clingy or loud. He draws a lot of attention, which Regulus doesn't like. For Barty, Reg can be too dedicated to schoolwork, quiet, sarcastic to the point where Barty doesn't know what's true or false, and confuses Barty (as in he sometimes doubts Reg actually loves him because he never portrayes it. But he does love Bee, if you ship Bartylus/RSKC). Do you notice how short Regulus' toxic list is and how long Barty's is? It's because Barty overthinks too much.

Barty and Evan (Rosekiller/Killerose/Evarty). They're perfect for each other both alone as a ship, but also combined (RSKC). Evan's the same as Barty, but also different? Barty is extroverted, Evan is ambiverted. Barty is loud, Evan is both loud (private) and quiet (public). Barty is optimistic, and Evan is realistic. Evan is both Barty and Regulus, which is why he gets along with both of them very well. He studies, but not too much like Reg. He'll leave it for later if Barty wants to be with him. He's sarcastic, but at the right moments, not always. He's also very observant. Regulus doesn't really notice much of Barty's little ticks and when he does he'll speak to him about it but he's not very good at comforting so it kind of sucks. But Evan does. Barty's quiet? Something's wrong. Barty forgot to say his favorite word today? Something's wrong. Barty's tongue tics a lot? Something's wrong. Barty doesn't cuss that much today? Something's wrong. He knows everything about Barty because of course he does. Now their toxic list; Barty will flirt with other people at parties just to get Evan jealous and it works, just not in the 'fuck me' way Barty's always expecting it to be. Evan has a thing for humiliation and Barty's into it, it just sometimes feels like Evan's babying him and he doesn't like too much of it.

Evan and Regulus (Rosestar/Starose/Revan). Opposites attract Similars attract. Studying? Together. Reading? Together. Talking to each other with only their eyes or other movements? Together. Sarcasm? Together. Same humor? Together. Everything is basically together with them. They're both calm and quiet, but since Evan can be loud and uncalm sometimes, it helps Reg balance out. He needs that loudness and activeness sometimes, not all the time. They use aggressive humor at each other, but behind closed doors they. do. not. break. apart. They're like two puzzle pieces that fit together perfectly. Toxic list: Even if it doesn't seem like they ever could be toxic, it's possible. Being too similar can be bad too. Without the opposite trope, they might not get an ounce of freedom with each other. Always studying but never getting a break because they're both deep into it, always sarcastic and being so used to it until they don't understand what's real and fake now.

James and Regulus (Jegulus/Starchaser/Chaserstar). Opposites attract to the MAX but also understanding each other to the max. Regulus loves studying, James can't handle it yet manages to always get straight A's. Regulus loves using sarcasm, James doesn't get confused and understands it. Regulus plays piano and violin, James can't play shit but appreciates his bf and his artistic talents. James is very understanding, a pathological people pleaser, and puts others--especially his partners--before himself. James pulls the chair back for Reg to sit down, holds the door open for him, brings him books from the library that he needs, gets him food from the Great Hall that he can't go and get because he's studying/overstimulated. James doesn't question a thing about anyone, because he's trained himself to observe and understand, especially people as complex as Regulus. Toxic list: James can be too much of a Gryffindor and try to help Regulus escape from his house, or take him somewhere better but Reg just doesn't want it, isn't ready, and is nervous. He's not like his brother when it comes to that. Reg might sometimes be too mean, rejecting, pessimistic, and dark for James and sometimes he needs a break and distances himself for at least an hour before being able to be his happy-go-lucky self again.

James and Evan (Jamevan/Chaserose/Rosechaser). They're kind of hard to figure out, in all honesty. I guess it's like Barty and Evan, but James is more of a gentleman. When James pulls the chair back for Reg, the Slytherin merely smirks at him in thanks. But when James does it for Evan, he gets a sarcastic(?) and exagerated 'aww' and a kiss on the cheek/his lips as a reward. It kind of seems humiliating but James is into that lmao. James overthinks a lot and Evan is there to calm him down with a hand in his hair or a hug from behind because it helps ground James (and Ev if he's also having a rough day). Evan will also reciprocate and do the same things for James because he notices that James does it all, everytime for everyone, but no one really does the same for him. He wants to change that. Toxic list: James doesn't let Evan be independant sometimes. He can do too much chair pulling, door opening, and gentlemanly things that don't give Evan some air to breath. They do talk about it and, knowing James, he lessens the overwhelming modesty. Evan can be too humiliating at times and in public. James might enjoy it at first, but then if it gets too much he gets uncomfortable because it feels like Evan doesn't take him seriously anymore: "Evie, there's too many people here." "Aw darling, are you feeling overstimulated?" "Yeah, can we go?" "Aw, poor thing." "Ev, please-" "So desperate, Jamie." "..." This is rare, though. It mostly happens if Evan is extremely out of it/distracted with/from something, or drunk/high.

James and Barty (Jarty/Chaserkiller/Killerchaser). It's more toxic than healthy, but for them it's healthy because they're sorta fucked up lmao. Since they're so similar, they're so different. James is also a big gentleman towards Barty, but mostly when he wants him (iykyk). He'll bring him food from the Great Hall and Barty will wink and kiss him on the lips/neck which would get the brunette what he wanted, basically. Barty would tease him a lot, and they'd often get into a lot of fights. They're both portrayed as being aggressive and fighting over stupid shit, sometimes getting physical (which always ends up with cleaning/bandaging each other up in the bathroom while saying sorry and tiny pecks of kisses), also fighting non-physically almost always leads to angry sex, lol. They let the anger out on each other, but they don't mind, Evan and Reg are used to it, and afterwards they're very clingy and sweet to each other. Toxic things between the two: The fighting is a big one, and to many other (normal) people, it would seem unhealthy and like harassement, but to them and Evan/Reg, it's normal and something that helps the both of them get closer? Idk, without fighting they're kind of hesitant and distanced and don't showcase that they're dating/love each other as much as usual.

I hope this helped! This is the way I interpret RSKC, many people think and interpret them differently! This is a fandom where you can take these characters, make them your own, make them unique, and show them off to the world of Tumblr where no one will shame you for it! Anyway, welcome to the fandom/ship!

(If you have any other questions, don't be afraid to ask!)

[eden-writes-stuff]

Hi! Would you be willing to write some rosekiller angst? Some hurt/comfort goes a long way :-)

tags: angst, torture, death eater rosekiller wordcount: 623

Evan wasn't even crying anymore. His body was almost numb from all the pain he'd been put through over the last hour. His throat was sore from all the screaming. And all that because he hadn't killed a child.

Eventually, they just left him lying on the cold floor, unable to move.

Barty made sure everyone was gone, before he snuck through the black doors, cowering next to Evan.

"Rosie? Baby?" He gently lifted him up into his lap, stroking his hair. The boy looked pale, exhausted. Barty hated them for hurting him. His lovely, brilliant, weird, beautiful Evan. Evan, who knew how to heal, unlike Barty. The bigger problem was, that Barty didn't even know what spell he would use in this situation. It wasn't like there was anything exactly wrong with him. Evan hadn't broken a bone or dislocated a shoulder, he'd just experienced a lot of pain.

He needed to get him help. Regulus would know what to do. He always knew what to do, he was always in control. Barty placed a soft kiss on his boyfriend's forehead, before carrying him through the manor. It was the kind of house that was so dark it seemed to swallow all the light and with it the joy. Just like his old home.

Halfway up the stairs, Evan began shaking in his arms. "It's fine. You'll be fine. We'll get you help", he whispered, holding him closer.

They both shared a room with Regulus, which had made things around here slightly more bearable. "Put him on his bed", the youngest Black instructed as he saw them walking in, placing his book aside and gabbing his wand.

"They took turns on him for an hour. I don't know what to do", Barty explained, voice not as steady as he would have liked. "I know, I heard him...." He swallowed, before sitting next to Evan on the bed. 

For the next 20 minutes, Barty paced through the room, trying to help Regulus as much as he could. Then he waited.

Evan had stopped shaking and wasn't as pale as before, but it took him a while before he woke up again.

"Rosie... Are you okay? How do you feel?", he asked, softly taking his hand. "Feel like shit." His voice was rasp and barely audible, but he was back. Half-open eyes, a weak grasp, but he was back. And he was alive. 

Barty gave him a glass of water, which Evan emptied in one go. With a quiet sigh, Barty lay down next to him, face buried in the crook of his neck.

"I was scared", he admitted after a while. "I thought I would lose you." "I was scared too", Evan whispered. "But I really didn't want to kill this kid. And it's pretty fucked up that they make us." "It is. But it's not worth you being tortured like this." "Yeah... Maybe." Evan sighed, pulling Barty closer to him.

He liked being alive. He liked a lot of things about it. Being with Barty, feeling the sun on his face, good food, all kinds of bugs and spiders, flower fields, his sister, spending time with his friends... But life like this... Spending most of his time in this dark, cold house, going out mostly at night, and when they went out it was to kill people. Time with his friends and with Barty had also become very thin because most of them were always busy and Pandora refused to talk to him.

"Bee?" "Hm?" He sounded like he was half asleep. "If I wanted to leave... would you come with me?" Barty looked up at him, but before he could answer, there was a loud banging at the door.

"Crouch. We need you for a mission. Now."

[supersunky64]

Day 26 Week 4: Shonen | Killer B

[proton-wobbler]

Great Backyard Bird Off - Schedule & Info

Round One Schedule

Cosmopolitan - posted February 1st & 2nd - 14 polls

Europe - posted February 11th - 9 polls

Africa - posted February 20th - 9 polls

Australia - posted March 1st & 2nd - 20 polls

New Zealand - posted March 11th - 7 polls

Asia - posted March 20th & 21st - 14 polls

the Americas - posted March 29th & 30th - 16 polls

Eurasia - posted April 8th & 9th - 14 polls

Poll Info

There are 8 brackets, with 208 species featured! Ranges were determined either using the self-report feature added to the submission box or with eBird sightings. "Cosmopolitan" is a bracket involving species of birds which were found on at least three continents, regardless of which they were submitted for. "Eurasia" are birds which seem to appear equally between Europe and Asia (majority of the continent, not just Middle East). "the Americas" includes all of the Americas, with US birds removed- granted, some Canadian or Mexican birds can show up in the US, but they're not common enough backyard birds (imo) to have been disqualified.

Please-- feel free to advocate for whichever bird you vote for! I would love to get some more participation with this tournament, especially since this is a poll with popular bird species.

Polls will be a week long, and are tagged #Great Backyard Bird Off. All subsequent reblogs are tagged as #poll reblog. Be sure to block this tag if you want to avoid me spamming your dash. Any reblogs containing support for a species will be tagged #[species] support. Results will be tagged #poll results.

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Cosmopolitan (28 species)

Black kite, Black-headed gull, Bohemian waxwing, Canada goose, Common buzzard, C. Chiffchaff, C. Kingfisher, C. Loon, C. Myna, C. Nightingale, C. Swift, Eurasian Collared-dove, Eurasian Hoopoe, Eurasian (Common) Kestrel, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, European bee-eater, European (common) starling, Great crested grebe, Great gray owl, Grey wagtail, Little grebe, Ring-necked pheasant, Red-backed Shrike, Rock Pigeon, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Western barn owl, Western cattle egret, White (pied) wagtail

Europe (18 species)

Tawny Owl, Spotless Starling, Red kite, Middle spotted woodpecker, Great spotted woodpecker, Fieldfare, European Stonechat, E. Robin, E. Herring Gull, E. Goldfinch, Eurasian Green Woodpecker, Eurasian Golden Oriole, Eurasian blackcap, Eurasian (Common) Blackbird, Dunnock, Crested tit, Common wood-pigeon, Eurasian Blue tit

Africa (18 species)

African Harrier-hawk, Bearded barbet, Blacksmith lapwing, Bokmakierie, Cape starling, Cape white-eye, Dark-capped bulbul, Hadada ibis, House bunting, Klaas' Cuckoo, Kwevoel (Grey go-away-bird), Nile valley sunbird, Purple-crested turaco, Red-winged starling, Southern double-collared sunbird, Southern masked weaver, Spotted eagle-owl, White-backed mousebird

Australia (41 species)

Yellow Wattlebird, Willie-wagtail, White-faced Heron, Welcome Swallow, Weebill, Tawny Frogmouth, Tasmanian Nativehen, Superb Fairywren, Sulfur-crested Cockatoo, Splendid Fairywren, Sooty Owl, Red-browed Firetail, Red wattlebird, Rainbow lorikeet, Peid currawong, Pheasant coucal, Pacific koel, Noisy miner, Masked lapwing, Magpie-lark, Little corella, Lewin's honeyeater, Laughing kookaburra, Grey fantail, Grey butcherbird, Gang Gang cockatoo, Galah, Eastern spinebill, Eastern rosella, Crimson rosella, Crested pigeon, Crescent honeyeater, Bush stone curlew (thick-knee), Brown thornbill, Black swan, Bell miner, Austarlian ringneck, Australian magpie, Australian Ibis (Bin Chicken), Australasian Swamphen (Pukeko)

New Zealand (14 species)

Kaka, Kakaruwai (South Island robin), Karearea (NZ falcon), Kereru, Koekoea (Long-tailed Koel), Korimako (NZ bellbird), Yellowhead, Piwakawaka (NZ Fantail), Riroriro (Grey Gerygone), Satin Bowerbird, Silvereye (Tahou), Titipounamu (Rifleman), Tomtit, Tui

Asia (28 species)

Asian Koel, Azure-winged Magpie, Black-collared Starling, Brown-eared Bulbul, Colombo (House) Crow, Common Hill-myna, Eastern Buzzard, Japanese Robin, Light-vented Bulbul, Mandarin Duck, Masked Laughingthrush, Olive-backed Sunbird, Oriental Magpie-robin, Oriental Pied Hornbill, Palau Fruit dove, Palla's Gull, Purple-rumped Sunbird, Red-billed Blue magpie, Red Junglefowl, Red-whiskered bulbul, Ruppell's Weaver, Southern Hill-myna, Spotted dove, Swinhoe's White-eye, Whistling Green-pigeon, White-rumped munia, White-spectacled bulbul, Yellow bittern

The Americas (33 species)

Austral Thrush, Bananaquit, Blue-and-white Swallow, Blue-and-yellow Macaw, Bushy-crested Jay, Canada Jay, Chalk-browed Mockingbird, Chimango, Clay-colored Thrush, Common Potoo, Crimson-fronted Parakeet, Eared Dove, Great Kiskadee, Great Thrush, Green-backed Firecrown, Green-headed Tanager, Hoatzin, Lesson's Motmot, Masked Water Tyrant, Pacific Hornero, Pale-breasted Thrush, Plain Parakeet, Red-rumped Cacique, Ruddy Ground Dove, Rufous Hornero, Rufous-bellied Thrush, Rufous-collared Sparrow, Russet-naped Wood rail, Sayaca Tanager, Southern House Wren, Southern Lapwing, White Bellbird, White-crested Elaenia

Eurasia (28 Species)

Black Redstart, Blue Rock thrush, Carrion Crow, Coal Tit, Common Chaffinch, Eurasian Bullfinch, Eurasian Bittern, Eurasian Jackdaw, Eurasian Jay, Eurasian Magpie, Eurasian Nuthatch, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Eurasian Siskin, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Eurasian Treecreeper, Eurasian Wren, European Greenfinch, Goldcrest, Great Tit, Hawfinch, Hooded Crow, Long-tailed Tit, Mistle Thrush, Northern Lapwing, Rook, Song Thrush, Spanish Sparrow, Yellowhammer

[herpsandbirds]

Do you have any cool birds from Southern Africa?

Here are some lovely birbs for you...

Black-collared Barbets (Lybius torquatus), red phase and yellow phase (rare), family Lybiidae, order Piciformes, South Africa

photograph by Ray Coombes

Southern Ground-Hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeater), male, with an disturbing collection of prey in its beak, family Bucorvidae, Kruger National Park, South Africa.

photograph by Ernest Porter

White-fronted Bee-eaters (Merops bullockoides), family Meropidae, Linyanti River, Namibia

photograph by Charles J. Sharp

Rosy-faced Lovebirds (Agapornis roseicollis), family Psittaculidae, order Psittaciformes, Erongo, Namibia

photographs by Charles J. Sharp 

Burchell’s Courser (Cursorius rufus), family Glareolidae, order Charadriiformes, Namibia

photograph by Chantelle Bosch