#mysterious starling

[percivalias]

Oh, extinct birds, how I love you and miss you.

In order:

White swamphen (Porphyrio albus), native to Lord Howe Island

Huia (Heteralocha acutirostris), native to Aotearoa New Zealand

Dodo (Raphus cucullatus), native to Mauritius

Laughing owl (Ninox albifacies), native to Aotearoa New Zealand

Mysterious starling (Aplonis mavornata), native to Mauke

North Island giant moa (Dinornis novaezealandiae), native to Aotearoa New Zealand

O'ahu 'ō'ō (Moho apicalis), native to O'ahu

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[gnosk]

that mysterious starling sure can be mysterious

[fairy-peculiar]

He looks like a boy who wanted to grow flowers but was handed a sword instead

Starling House / Alix E. Harrow

[silenceoftheyams]

Hunting a serial killer

[froppy-butterflyfan2000]

A case is solved after one incident, triggered that siblings got involved at the library after their apartment got ruined. It leads to heartbreaks and losses as a result.

Dan, Max, Velvet, Stella Junior of Solaria (mentioned fairy that got defeated by Ethan), Elizabeth, Umbra-Violet/Umbra-Victoria, Alice, Kai of Solaria (mentioned), Astra Nova Lumenia, and Dorana II S. Lumenia belong to @gloriousdreamunknown

Morgan Morningstar (mentioned), Haruko Fife (mentioned), and Reggie Mann (mentioned) belong to @aprilbrowines

Ethan Corduroy, Bradley McPherson (mentioned), Evelyn Utonium, Serpent Corduroy, Sandra Stoppable, and Travis Mystery belong to @ej-cappy-universe

Niko Corduroy, Albius J. Artica, Janaya A. Bloodworth-Thomason (mentioned), Jase Ewing, Hannibal Demerest, Hibonite, Brooklyn, Duchess/Tiara, Josie Test (mentioned) and Mirage B. Fagry (mentioned) belong to @froppy-butterflyfan2000 (me)

Candy Nguyen/Candy Thompson (mentioned), Sienna Grey/Sienna James (mentioned), and Maddie Langston (mentioned) belong to @cooltmoney95

[adaptations-polls]

Which version of this do you prefer?

[ziggystarling]

Hi! I saw your video on YouTube about when you were giving your female starling some medication for her leg. My starling has had the same type of problem and no medication has helped. I was wondering if you’ve had any luck getting rid of the lump?

The leg bumps are a perplexing problem for captive starlings, and despite decades of captive starling care I don't believe anyone has figured out exactly why. There's quite a few proposed causes but the leading theory I believe is impacts with hard surfaces like hardwood that they wouldn't normally encounter in the wild.

Bowie's legs, before and after treatment respectively:

After treatment Bowie's leg bumps did become smaller and less prominent and no longer seemed inflamed/bothered her. There is still some residual bumpiness there but you can definitely see an improvement, and it no longer seems to be an irritant to her.

What I used was dimethyl sulfoxide, or DMSO, diluted 1:9 DMSO to water. DMSO is a solvent sometimes used topically to treat inflammation in various animals. It was recommended to me by my avian vet who has decades of experience, and I trust his judgement, but your mileage may vary. DMSO is approved by the FDA for treatment in dogs and horses for topical inflammation treatment. That being said, please conduct your own research and consult your avian vet before purchasing DMSO and treating your pet with it. I don't have the spoons to really dive deep into the literature right now, so I'm trusting my avian vet knows what he's talking about. Here's a bit more info on its use in dogs and horses if you're curious.

Also, unless your bird is actively picking at the bumps, I wouldn't worry too much about it. Bowie got DMSO treatment because the inflammation was bothering her. It's completely fine to leave them if they aren't causing irritation.

Hope this helps!

[incorrect-clannibal]

Clarice: I don't know whether to hug you or slap you. Hannibal: Do I get a vote?

[certifiedcoffeeaddict]

they're so silly ...

[desdasiwrites]

– Caitlin Starling, The Death of Jane Lawrence

[morninglarkspur]

Hi hello, these have been done for over a week now whoops, sorry got sucked into the mega man hole haha didn't end up doing Skuntank, anyways take these two

Seeing as these guys are post game, their profiles are more sparse and general o/

Starling [Cresselia] Species: Cresselia Gender: Agender [Any] Age: --

Younger of the dream sibling

No longer on good terms with her older sibling

Feels responsible for how Darkrai is now

Is the only one who remembers his sibling's name

Silent guardian of Team Gales

??? [Darkrai] Species: Darkrai Gender: Agender [they/it] Age: --

Older of the dream sibling

Has been socially isolated for centuries

Hates Starling for abandoning it

Doesn't want to die

Has forgotten their own name

[sophieswundergarten]

You know how Constance says she can recognise a peregrine falcon because she was attacked by one as a small child? Well, in the interest of furthering Constance and S. Q. cousin dynamics, what if it wasn't actually?

I can imagine a tiny Constance meeting a pigeon that is half as big as she is, and, being a precocious and independent child, she squares up with it. Having read only a very few things about birds, she concludes that anything that vicious must be a falcon, because what else could it be?

Imagine her surprise when she finds a book about bird species in the library (so as to properly write gloating poetry about how she bested the thing), only to find that it was a common rock pigeon. Thus, she is set off on her quest to learn all the bird species, so she will never again find herself at a loss for words to insult the next one she fights.

But she never goes back on her initial assessment, partly because that bird in particular deserved to be maligned in that way, and partly because she had already made up her mind about it probably being raised by falcons to attack people.

S. Q., on the other hand, probably saw a bird when he was little and went "Oh! Friend :)" and he may not know their scientific classifications, but he knows their Names. He would regularly hold conversations with them when he was wandering around the forest, and so became intimately familiar with all of the different calls. ("Oh, hello, Frederica, I didn't realize that was you. That's a very pretty sound you can make, I'll have to add it to the list. You're so talented, you know", etc.)

Fast forward to him meeting all of the other kids and moving in, and one day Constance sees him drawing a starling (they just look so awesome and I think he'd like their iridescence and feather patterns), and she says "That is a remarkably good likeness of a European Starling. They are small, but their beaks are good for piercing." and S. Q. completely lights up. Because no one has ever cared about his birds before!! And he responds with "I think this one's a Micheal, but what did you call it? And when did you learn that about their beaks? It took me days before one would get close to me, and I haven't seen many since I left the island." They bond over their shared interest, and Constance makes a little ritual of always asking S. Q. if he has drawn any new birds when they eat breakfast, and letting him tell her what their Names are before she tells him her opinions.

[light-miracles]

Clannibal epilogue: we move to a flash forward of Hannibal and Clarice killing Nestor Kirchner

[wygolvillage]

AMONG US BABIES ARE BORN

[dtccompendium]

Episode 230: The Mysterious Passenger (Part 1)

The episode begins with a look into Gin and Vodka’s average date night, in which Vodka talks incessantly and Gin douses his cigarettes in their martinis. Then they’re interrupted by a third wheel when Vermouth arrives, dressed as the bartender, and Gin almost stabs her face. They discuss Organization stuff like Gin’s lost kitty. Then we get to the actual episode, in which everyone is taking a bus to go skiing, and Dr. Agasa is sick. As Haibara is explaining to Conan that Black Organization members emit scent waves that she can pick up on, she has a complete freak out because she can sense Vermouth. This puts her out of commission for the entire episode, as she sits shivering and staring, wide-eyed. Suddenly two men, dressed in full ski gear and pink hats, decide to hijack the bus. They try to take everybody’s cell phones so that no one can call the police, but while their backs are turned, Conan sneaks out his earring phone. Right as he’s about to make the call though, one of the ski mask guys points a gun at him, so Conan deduces that one of the passengers in the back of the bus is an accomplice, somehow sending messages to the hijackers. The suspects include a man with a cough and a face mask (Shuichi Akai),  and a man who Conan immediately suspected of being part of the Black Organization just because he’s wearing black. He has a hearing aid because he lost his hearing when he was very young. Lastly, there’s a snooty girl chewing gum, who almost got shot because she was chewing too loudly. The hijackers are jewel thieves who are demanding that the police release their boss from prison, or they’ll kill one passenger per hour. When the police decide to comply with these demands, the hijackers place their ski bags, containing bombs, on the floor. They plan to blow up the bus.

Best Quotes:

Jodie-Sensei (after tripping one of the hijackers): “Oh Sorry. I’m so clumsy. I always make a blunder.”