#seaduck

[jadafitch]

Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)

[birds-in-posts]

King Eider (Somateria spectabilis)

[na-bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: Black Scoter

Photo: Ashley M Bradford

"Was once called 'Common Scoter,' but that name is now restricted to a similar species in the Old World. The Black Scoter is generally seen less often than the other two kinds of scoters in most parts of North America. Floats rather buoyantly on water, often with tail cocked up noticeably. On northern waters, more vocal than the other two scoters, giving clear whistled calls."

- Audubon Field Guide

[masterhallmark]

In case you ever wondered just how big the Iron Vulture is

Image taken from the Disney Wiki

[cokeslushy]

In the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, potages on meat days were broths made from all sorts of butcher’s meat, fowl, and feathered game, but not furred game. Additions to the broth included the meat or fowl used to make the broth; other meats, including organ meats; vegetables; and bread or pasta. Common types of potages included bouillon (clear broth from poached meat or fowl); soupe (bouillon mixed with finely grated bread); oilles (potages of root vegetables and varied meats); and bisques (potages of the finest delicacies - not the smooth, creamy bisques of modern cuisine).

On lean days, fish replaced meat and fowl in every stage of the meal other than dessert. Meat and fowl broths were replaced by fish broth, vegetable purées, milk or almond milk, and juices of various vegetables like asparagus, artichokes, and mushrooms. Animal fats were replaced with butter and sometimes with oil. Additions to the broth included a wide variety of fish, shellfish, crustaceans, turtles, frogs, and even scoters (a seaduck, not a fish).

Vegetable potages were also common on lean days, many made of vegetables that appeared almost exclusively on lean days, such as cabbage, lettuce, onions, leeks, carrots, lentils, pumpkin, turnips, and white and black salsify. Other vegetables in potages on lean days were of a finer quality of the sort served as entremets or Lenten entrées, including cauliflower, spinach, artichokes, cardoons, chard, celery, Paris mushrooms, and skirrets. Out of Lent, potages on lean days sometimes also included eggs

[acmeoop]

Air Pirate Attack

Tailspin

Art by Russell Mark Olsen

[autisiticgremlin]

Talespin reboot idea lore.

-Molly Cunningham’s fathers whereabouts are disclosed, he died off screen when Molly was 1 (she’s around 4 here)

-Khan actually owns the building and plane, Rebecca only owns the business.

-Kaa is a sketchy salesman, who is (similar to Khan.) Neither a hero nor a villain, his only bad deed is accidentally robbing the seaduck’s replacement engine. He’s a very close friend to Khan.

-Bagheera is Baloo’s secretary in the show, she is actually Baloo’s love interest, she’s an ace pilot herself, but after a experience with Don Karnage, she refuses to even fly, some episodes will focus on Baloo trying to help her pick up her old mantle and fly again.

-Baloo, despite being Clumsy and spending most his time at Louie’s, is really caring towards the people he knows, despite their bickering, Baloo has massive respect for Rebecca.

-Louie is actually like a very relaxed hippie, he’s seen performing songs at his bar with his employees, him and Baloo are really close friends, since he’s known him when they were cubs.

-Kit Cloudkicker is an orphan, abandoned at 3 months old, he was abducted by the sky pirates and used to work for them. The only people that cared for him, were Dumptruck and Mad-dog, they essentially were his parents. He gets adopted by Baloo later on.

[aisphotostuff]

Female Eider Duck Sussex... by Adam Swaine Via Flickr: The Eider is the UK's heaviest and fastest flying duck. It's a true seaduck, rarely found away from coasts.

[njpnetworks]

About the eider duck and it's habitat

Key information The eider is the UK’s heaviest duck and its fastest flying. It is a true seaduck, rarely found away from coasts where its dependence on coastal molluscs for food has brought it into conflict with mussel farmers. Eiders are highly gregarious and usually stay close inshore, riding the swell in a sandy bay or strung out in long lines out beyond the breaking waves. It is an Amber List…

[dougdimmadodo]

Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)

Family: Duck Family (Anatidae)

IUCN Conservation Status: Near Threatened

While most ducks inhabit freshwater environments, the Common Eider is a marine duck that breeds in the summer in coastal regions of arctic Asia, North America and Europe and spends the winter in relatively warm coastal waters in the subarctic zone, such as the Gulf of Alaska, the Baltic Sea and the English channel, rarely coming to land during this time. It feeds largely on marine invertebrates such as mussels, crabs, worms and sea urchins (although it may also eat the eggs and young larvae of fish), and is able to drink seawater by filtering out excess salt before expelling it from specialized “salt glands” in their nostrils. Female Common Eiders are dark brown in colour and exhibit natal philopatry (meaning they return to the same nesting site they were born at to breed each year.) During the breeding season they gather in large colonies on coastal islets and construct simple nests consisting of a shallow ditch lined with extremely soft downy feathers from their chests and bellies known as eiderdown. Males of this species (which are white with black heads and wings and a pale green patch on their nape) do not aid in caring for their offspring, but multiple females within a nesting colony will work together to protect and raise one-another’s chicks, sometimes going so far as to lay eggs in one another’s nests. Once the breeding season has ended and their chicks have fledged the colony flies south for the winter and leaves their eiderdown-filled nests behind, allowing humans to collect the feathers to use for their softness and insulating properties in a manner that does not impact wild eider populations. 

(Side note- When courting females, male Common Eiders produce a bizarre, croaky “Ooooh” call which is unbelievable goofy and endearing, and I cannot recommend looking it up highly enough.)

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Animal Advent Calendar - Day 10

Image Source: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7024-Somateria-mollissima

[the-gershomite]

One of my all time favorites: Talespin

[oneweirdreptileaday]

Common Eider, Somateria mollissima

[fantabirds]

Goosander, male (Mergus merganser) ~ Smergo maggiore

Nikon Coolpix B700 71.7mm 1/320sec f/5.6 ISO100

[na-bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: Common Eider

Photo: Tobias Verfuss

"A big, lethargic, heavy-bodied duck of northern coastlines. Often seen floating offshore in flocks of up to several thousand birds. Sociable in breeding season also, and often nests in colonies. Eider down, famous for its insulating qualities, is used in large amounts in the nest lining of these ducks, helping to keep the eggs warm in frigid northern climates. In some places, such as Iceland, the down is harvested commercially at coastal 'eider farms,' where the wild birds are encouraged to nest in sheltered nooks built for them."

- Audubon Field Guide

[kaliyakarnage]

New cover (and title) for a little something I started 8 years ago and never got to finish due to many issues. This fancomic still has a special place in my heart and I thought it deserved to be "upgraded". The story is not dead (and never was), so IF time and strength is on my side, I will be able to continue it. We'll just have to wait and see^^

Talespin(c)Disney

Fancharacters, story and art(c)Kaliya

[mattaytchtaylor]

Missing You In Cape Suzette