#real serious bird enjoyers don’t judge my bird takes i just got here

[the-lonelyshepherd]

also uhhh do any of them (especially cat ?) have favorite birds

YES!!! or like . birds they would be as well tbh . blurring the lines here a bit

cat is indecisive on favorite birds… i think some of her faves would be hawks though . cool to watch . fun to draw . serious. a little bit of a basic fav so she’s quiet about it lol

(red-tailed hawk, swainson’s hawk)

california condor for rarity and bc they’re cool as hell

she would also like burrowing owls because they remind her of sebas ->

OH also not a favorite but a LEAST favorite

brown headed cowbirds …. she really does not like them . she also thinks they are Literally Her . there is a reason for this

rafa would like peregrine falcons bc they’re fast as hell and look cool . he himself kind of looks like a roadrunner to me. also fast but they have his stupid hair i think it’s really funny

emiliano : extreme great horned owl vibes . cannot explain

sebas: burrowing owl (silly and fun to watch) (do not tell him he looks like one or he will get pissed off ) (he does look like one) or gambel’s quail (they just look really funny i think he would like them)

shay: this one needs a prereq. i’m trying to keep historical inaccuracies as limited as possible (a lot of stuff is unlikely BUT possible) but one of the cold cut things that i just MOVED was when european starlings were introduced to the americas. technically they were released in new york in the 1890s but since the majority of the story takes place before that i moved that up to like the 1860s . nobody would know . but ive told you now) anyways . um pre story shay would like starlings bc they do look really cool and make fun noises and stuff . post story … not so much . she would also like gilded flickers and ladder backed woodpeckers bc they are silly . she is very woodpecker enjoyer coded

top: starling , bottom left:ladder backed woodpecker , bottom right: gilded flicker

YAY BIRDS!! i’m not (or. wasn’t) a huge bird guy but like . i did kind of a little bit become one for cat character accuracy sake . ama birds of the american south. they are cool i fear…