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Birds from my trip to Georgia

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BIG BIG day for birding!!! My lastest lifers:

1. Bay-breasted Warbler

2. Magnolia Warbler

3. Black-throated Green Warbler

4. Blackburnian Warbler

5. Canada Warbler

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Favorite Bird Photos of September '24

“Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell; they sing among the branches. From Your lofty abode You water the mountains; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.” Psalm 104:12-13 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Eastern Bluebird (fledgling) Eastern Bluebird Brown-headed Nuthatch Black & White Warbler Ruby-throated Hummingbird Ruby-throated Hummingbird Cape May Warbler American…

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Winged F1

I have to give loads of credits to @eggbreadboi and their wings!AU (which is just BREATHTAKEING) i was VERY heavily inspired so

(this is for the current drivers on the grid others may follow in another post)

i'll put other Options i thought of in […]; How i came to each decision of what bird (or well rather the wings specifically) i choose for each Driver is based on where they are from etc. to kind of have a better overview and to make it a little easier to come to a decision [i am very open to any other suggestions tho!!!] but also what I thought suited them, sometimes also just cus i thought the wings would look cute on them (lol) and the most important also like flying style wise

also other drivers not currently on the grid will get their own list! Also these are just my personal opinions i also might change some in the future or if anybody has any other opinions i am very happy to hear them!!! :]

Oscar Piastri: Pacific Baza [Galah Bird, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo]

Lando Norris: Common Kingfisher [Eurasian Jay, Redstart]

Lewis Hamilton: European Bee-Eater [Osprey]

Charles Leclerc: Common Kestrel [Yellow-Legged Gull, Black Redstart]

Alex Albon: Black Baza [Great Hornbill, White-throated Kingfisher]

Carlos Sainz Jr.: Montagu's Harrier [Iberian Imperial Eagle, Griffon Vulture]

Nico Hülkenberg: Grey Heron [Cormorand, Lesser spotted Eagle]

Gabriel Bortoleto: Anhinga [Jabiro, Toco Toucan]

Pierre Gasly: Little Egret [Great Crested Grebe, Common Eider, Northern Wheateater]

Jack Doohan: Wedgetailed Eagle [Eastern Rosella, Great Bowerbird]

Lance Stroll: Snowy Owl [Redtailed Hawk, American Robin, White-throated Sparrow]

Fernando Alonso: Spanish Imperial Eagle [Northern Goshawk, Firecrest]

Esteban Ocon: Barn Owl [Bearded Vulture, Little Egret, Common Shelduck]

Oliver Bearman: Red Kite [Common Buzzard]

George Russell: Common Crane [Marsh Harrier, Ringed Plover]

Kimi Antonelli: Eurasian Treesparrow [European Green Woodpecker, Common Chiffchaff]

Isack Hadjar: Horned Lark [Marnora's Warbler, Western Reef Heron]

Liam Lawson: Silvereye [Bellbird, Brown Creeper]

Yuki Tsunoda: Japanese Sparrowhawk [Longtailed Tit, Eurasian Wren]

Max Verstappen: Common Buzzard [Common Kestrel, Greenfinch, European Herring Gull]

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Birds of Thargelion

After this I just have Maglor’s Gap and that will complete my series on birds in the Fëanorian realms pre Amon Ereb!

Flora, fauna, geography and environment of Arda Masterlist

Thargelion was the realm of Caranthir, located in the north east of Beleriand just north of Ossiriand and bordered by the Ered Luin, the eastern stretch of mountains that divided Beleriand from the rest of Middle Earth

As always this is not a definitive list! Please feel free to ask more or give me a more specific category!

Around Lake Helevorn and the rivers: Red-breasted merganser, mute swan, white tailed dipper, whooper swan, smew, little grebe, red throated loon, common crane, mallard, common white eye, northern shovler, green winged teal, corn crake, spotted crake, black winged stilt

Mountains: bearded vulture, water pipit, golden eagle, kestrel, peregrine falcon, Rock ptarmigan, common siskin, alpine accentor, northern wheatear, ring ouzel, white tailed eagle, chough, spotted nutcracker, Citril finch, griffon vulture, common redstart, common raven, wallcreeper, common jay, boreal owl, white winged snowfinch, crag martin, common redstart, black redstart

Foothills and forests: black grouse, wood grouse, goshawk, grey white fronted goose, hazel grouse, little bunting, meadow pipit, tree sparrow, hedge warbler, Bohemian waxwing, common kestrel, long eared owl, little owl, marsh tit, coal tit, mourning dove, rock pigeon, woodchat strike

World building notes

-Like most of the Noldor in Eastern Beleriand, many of Caranthir’s scouts keep birds of prey. In Thargelion these are primarily peregrine falcons and kestrels. Hunting with birds was less common however.

--There are populations of Green Elves who live in Thargelion, primarily in the mountains and near the border of Ossiriand. Though they also do not use birds for hunting, certain species are kept as companions or messengers.

-Chicken breeding as an art and science developed during the Watchful Peace. Chickens in Thargelion are appraised for long plumage and colorful feathers. Their eggs are eaten but they are not often used for meat.

-Chickens, peacocks and quails were kept by the Noldor of Thargelion, techniques of raising and breeding them were learned from Sindar and Silvan cultures of Eastern Beleriand. Indeed the Noldor of Thargelion were one of the only Noldor populations to keep quails.

-Bearded vultures appear on the crests of some of Caranthir’s lords and were even kept by a few of them

-Feathers of various mountain birds especially eagles and ouzel appear in wood carvings as an architectural motif during the Watchful Peace in Thargelion

-Out of all the Fëanorian realms, water birds appear most often in art and other cultural references in Thargelion as Lake Helevorn and its wildlife are a central facet of life there especially in times of peace. Wading birds like crakes, cranes and stilts are especially Valued.

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Genus: Myioborus

Slate-throated Whitestart (type species)

Ahh the Whitestarts- or... Redstarts? Well- ok, it's a bit of both, really. "Start" is another word for "tail", and as far as optics go, all the birds in this genus have white feathers under their tails. Whitestart should be the name! And by IOC (International Ornithological Congress) standards, this is the case. But, Clements and the American Ornithological Society (AOS) use "redstart" as the common name, which is confusing on multiple levels. First of all, the name was originally given because of the resemblance to the American Redstart, which belongs in Setophaga- but that bird at least has a reddish tail! The second source of confusion is to a number of other "redstart" species which belong to the Muscicapidae family- the Old World Flycatchers. Changing the common name to "whitestart" all around would certainly simplify things, but in some cases tradition supersedes common sense when it comes to bird names.

The genus name translates to "fly eater", from muias for 'fly' and boros for 'devouring'. As far as warblers go, this is fairly common. Originally some European naturalists referred to the wood warblers as flycatchers, based on the jaunty sallies that many of the North American warblers do while capturing their prey and their superficial resemblance to Muscicapidae.

Whitestarts heavily inhabit the northern portion of South America, with some species trailing down the Andes and a few others coming up through Central and North America. The Painted Whitestart reaches into the United States, though just along the southwest border with Mexico. Their typical habitat preferences are mountain forest, woodland, and shrubs.

Painted Redstart

(for simplicity sake, I'll continue to use Painted Redstart as this bird's common name. Clements is the source for eBird/Merlin, etc., so most American birders will recognize this as a Painted Redstart, and it's already been featured on the blog as such. For the others, I'll be using 'Whitestart' in the polls, but tagging for both names)

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I guess it's time I share my list of birds from this past Jewish year (I've been keeping two Big Year lists, Jewish year and secular year). All are from the US, except the last few which are indicated.

1. Ruby-crowned kinglet

2. American Robin

* Leucistic American Robin

3. Song sparrow

4. Rock pigeon

* Melanistic rock pigeon

5. Chipping sparrow

6. Hairy woodpecker

7. Mourning dove

8. Northern flicker

9. Eastern towhee

10. White crowned sparrow

11. White-throated sparrow

12 Savannah sparrow

13. House sparrow

14. European starling

15. American Crow

16. Common Raven

17. Gray catbird

18. Northern mockingbird

19. Canada Goose

20. Spotted Sandpiper

21. American herring gull

22. Marsh wren

23. Limpkin

24. Great white heron

25. Cattle egret

26. Anhinga

27. Snowy egret

28. Great blue heron

29. Black-crowned night heron

30. Wood stork

31. Common gallinule

32. Blue-gray gnatcatcher

33. Turkey vulture

34. Black vulture

35. Yellow rumped warbler

36. Tufted titmouse

37. Little blue heron

38. White ibis

39. Cooper's hawk

40. Cardinal

41. Green heron

42. Carolina wren

43. Palm warbler

44. Pine warbler

45. Sandhill crane

46. Carolina chickadee

47. Bluejay

48. Osprey

49. Chimney swift

50. Red-tailed hawk

51. Prairie warbler

52. American kestrel

53. Glossy ibis

54. Pied-billed grebe

55. Double-crested cormorant

56. Grey kingbird

57. Brown pelican

58. Fish crow

59. Royal tern

60. Bald eagle

61. Painted bunting

62. American white pelican

63. Common grackle

64. Boat-tailed grackle

65. Great-tailed grackle

66. American purple gallinule

67. American coot

68. Brown-headed cowbird

69. Tricolored heron

70. Mallard

71. Black-bellied whistling duck

72. Eastern kingbird

73. Yellow-billed cuckoo

74. Muscovy duck

75. American bittern

76. Ring-billed gull

77. American Pekin

78. Mallard-Pekin hybrid

79. Eastern bluebird

80. Yellow-bellied sapsucker

81. Red-winged blackbird

82. White-eyed vireo

83. Mottled duck

84. Broad-winged hawk

85. Dark-eyed junco

86. Brown thrasher

87. Sharp-shinned hawk

88. House finch

89. Eastern Phoebe

90. Downy woodpecker

91. Fox sparrow

92. Loggerhead Shrike!!!!

93. White breasted nuthatch

94. Red-bellied woodpecker

95. Brown creeper

96. Pileated woodpecker

97. American goldfinch

98. House wren

99. Barn swallow

100. Tree swallow

101. Black and white warbler

102. Red eyed vireo

103. Yellow warbler

104. Mute swan

105. Rusty blackbird

106. Common yellowthroat

107. Warbling vireo

108. Northern waterthrush

109. Veery

110. Swamp sparrow

111. Wood duck

112. American redstart

113. Orchard oriole

114. Greater Yellowlegs

115. Lesser Yellowlegs

116. Baltimore oriole

117. Hermit thrush

118. Wood thrush

119. Ovenbird

120. Indigo bunting

121. Black-throated blue warbler

122. Scarlet tanager

123. Worm-eating warbler

124. Northern rough-winged swallow

125. Blue-headed vireo

126. Northern parula

127. Prothonotary warbler

128. Philadelphia vireo

129. Blackburnian warbler

130. Magnolia warbler

131. Cedar waxwing

132. Blackpoll warbler

133. Yellow-throated vireo

134. Eastern wood pewee

135. Acadian flycatcher

136. Tennessee warbler

137. Caspian tern

138. Laughing gull

139. Forster's tern

140. American oystercatcher

141. Green-winged teal

142. Purple Martin

143. Least tern

144. Field sparrow

145. Killdeer

146. Grey-cheeked thrush

147. Rose-breasted grosbeak

148. Great-crested flycatcher

149. Swainson's thrush

150. Bay-breasted warbler

151. Chestnut-sided warbler

152. Willow flycatcher

153. Ruby-throated hummingbird

154. Peregrine falcon

155. Hooded crow IL

156. Laughing dove IL

157. Eurasian collared dove IL

158. Eurasian jackdaw IL

159. Common myna IL

160. Rose-ringed parakeet IL

161. White spectacled bulbul IL

162. European bee eater IL

163. Chukar IL

164. Short toed snake eagle IL

165. White stork IL

166. Little egret IL

167. Pygmy cormorant IL

168. Eurasian hoopoe IL

169. Alpine swift IL

170. Graceful pinia IL

171. Eastern Olivaceous Warbler IL

172. Tristan's Starling IL

173. Fan tailed raven IL

174. Eurasian black cap IL

Here's to at least 200 next year!

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Four of my favourite photos I took in April 2024 and month summary

The photos are of; an Osprey at Lossiemouth in Moray, Speckled Wood on dandelions by Lakeside Country Park in Hampshire, early spider orchid at Durlston in Dorset and view at Laggan Dam.

April was another momentous and splendid wild month for me with so much seen and many amazing places visited. My birdwatching year continued to go from strength to strength with some smashing spring species seen and my year list kept pace with where my others had been at this stage in a year being second only to the number I was on last year my highest ever year list. Spring delights Swallow, House Martin, Wheatear, Whitethroat, glorious Sedge Warbler, Redstart, thrilling views of Guillemot and Fulmar, Little Tern and Common Tern were key species added to my year list this month alongside blockbuster names Osprey and rare Marsh Sandpiper. Avocet, Marsh Harrier, Buzzard, Sand Martin, Goldcrest, Blackcap seen and heard and my first Cuckoos heard this year were other highlights. Following the Lakeside Great Crested Grebes with their four growing chicks and a pair still courting and the new Winchester Peregrine pair was special again this month, as was seeing Greylag goslings and adorable Moorhen chicks at Lakeside. The month ended and the new one began whilst away on the incredible adventure that has been our Scotland holiday; it has been pure, tranquil, joyful and nourishing being out in wilderness areas surrounded and embraced by sensational wildlife both at the amazing cottage we’re staying in and the many fantastic places visited. By the end of April we had already seen many of the standout species of the trip including resplendent summer plumage Black-throated Diver and Red-throated Diver, majestic White-tailed Eagle, exuberant Willow Warblers a very welcome constant, Pink-footed Geese, Red Grouse, Red-legged Partridge, loads of Common Sandpipers, Little Ringed Plover, Knot, Hooded Crow, Kittiwake, amazing views of many Ospreys, Razorbill, Puffin, Common Scoter, Goosander, Goldeneye, Long-tailed Duck, Teal, Wheater, Sand Martin, Yellowhammer, Crossbill, Brambling, White Wagtail, Tree Sparrow, Raven, Skylark, Buzzard, Common Gull, Curlew, Lapwing and Oystercatcher.

It was a massive butterfly month for me too as the peak season moved through the early gears enjoying magical views of Red Admiral, Peacock, Brimstone, Speckled Wood, Small Tortoiseshell, Small White, Orange Tip, Green-veined White, Holly Blue and Wall Brown with many making the most of the wealth of dandelions out the front and at Lakeside. My moth year got going too with White-shouldered House moth at home and bright Brimstone moth at Durlston.

It was a marvellous month of mammals with Hedgehog at home, more Roe Deers in a strong year I’m having for them, Sika Deers on the way to Durlston and Grey Squirrels enjoyed. A massive part of the Scotland trip was exhilarating encounters with mammals, getting some of my best ever views of certain species; inside April this included stunning intimate views of Hares and Roe Deers around the cottage, an amazing moment as a Stoat ran through the garden, a dream encounter watching Bottlenose Dolphins at Spey Bay and Mountain Goats. Bees, spiders, Black and Yellow Cellar slugs and pill woodlouse were other highlights this moth. 

Flowers gripped my month of course too as the season really matured with cuckooflower, garlic mustard, wild garlic, early purple orchid, my first ever known sighting of green-winged orchid, early spider orchid, cowslips, bluebells, greater stitchwort, marsh marigold, wood anemone, milkwort, buttercups, lesser celandine, wood anemone, cuckoo-pint, red deadnettle, white deadnettle, yellow archangel, forget-me-not, green alkanet, speedwell and herb-Robert starring alongside the breathtaking dandelion scenes. Vetch, sea and red campion, thrift, hogweed and oxeye daisy (some more than others and largely down to personal perspective) were examples of the cycle of the floral year being slightly ahead again. In Scotland it was interesting to observe spring being slightly behind compared to home with daffodils and primroses still around in numbers among others. It was nice to enjoy the sight of fungi here and there in April including hoof fungus in Scotland.

I enjoyed two great social occasions this month, the Hampshire Ornithological Society’s Member’s Day and a talk from Megan McCubbin based around her book which I thoroughly enjoyed reading earlier in the year. Both were inspirational and eye-opening times where it was great to meet like-minded people something watching the Great Crested Grebes has allowed a lot too. Finally I enjoyed being out and looking out so much in April taking in my surroundings and taking in some wonderful vistas and epic sky scenes. Immersed in the splendour of the vast, open, rugged, mountainous and varied landscape in Scotland also including wetland, coast and forest we enjoyed some incredible and breathtaking views.

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Costa Rica 2025 - Santa Elena, Curi-Cancha & Monteverde

In the quest to achieve Bird (i.e. see a Quetzal) we took a white-knuckled drive up to the mountains and stayed in Santa Elena. I have a fear of heights which was re-realised on this particular drive.

I got up incredibly early (this was not a trip for sleep) and saw a ton of birds and local wildlife at Curi-Cancha National Reserve with our wonderful guide. I dont know how they spot some of these animals under a million leaves like 20 yards away. There are many blobsqatches and blorbs but some of the photos turned out surprisingly well. Below is a blue tanager, white-faced capuchin monkey, northern emerald-toucanet (same one 3 angles), lessons motmot, slate-throated redstart, toucan, crested guan, a hummingbird of some description that I took a photo through my tiny binoculars with, and a coati. (Among many many others.)

And of course a QUETZAL!!!!!!

That evening we did the night tour and saw a bioluminescent mushroom, many sleeping birds (silver throated tanger & highland tinamou), an oligo (see blob photo) and snail eating snake.

I finished up the trip at the Monteverde Butterfly Gardens, which featured a ton of different insects and, of course, butterflies.

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SETOPHAGA - new world warblers!!! - includes beautiful silly little guys such as:

american redstarts

cerulean warblers

and blackpoll warblers

ICTERUS - new world orioles - very colorful + ORANGE

altamira oriole

baltimore oriole

venezuelan troupial

VIREO - their calls r very pretty - their name is derived from the latin virere, to be green

red-eyed vireo

yucatan vireo

noronha vireo RALLUS - so round. just so round. - marsh birds

virginia rail

brown-cheeked rail

ridgway's rail BUTEO - old world -> Buzzard - new world -> Hawk

white-throated hawk

galapagos hawk

upland buzzard

ARDEA - range from "rich people wearing coats" to "leg snake" - lunge and seize their prey

goliath heron

great blue heron

white-necked heron

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My life list!

This post will serve as a log of bird species that I have seen. List of birds is under the cut.

Birds with a * are ones I've seen around my yard

Total bird species: 138

Total backyard bird species: 64

Canada goose*

Cackling goose

Trumpeter swan

Redhead

Mallard*

Green-winged teal

Wood duck

Common goldeneye

Bufflehead

Hooded merganser

Common merganser

Ring-necked duck

Ruddy duck

Wood duck

Common loon*

Greater Scaup

Lesser Scaup

Double-crested cormorant

Pied-billed grebe

Horned grebe

Killdeer

Ring-billed gull*

Herring gull

American woodcock*

Sandhill crane

Great egret

Great blue heron

American coot

Green heron

American white pelican

Wild turkey*

Ruffed grouse*

Ring-necked pheasant*

Rock pigeon/feral pigeon

Mourning dove

Turkey vulture*

Osprey

Bald eagle*

Red-tailed hawk

Broad-winged hawk*

Sharp-shinned hawk

Cooper's hawk

Rough-legged hawk

Merlin

American kestrel

Northern harrier

Peregrine falcon

Barred owl*

Common nighthawk

Ruby-throated hummingbird*

Belted kingfisher

Chimney swift

Barn swallow

Tree swallow

Black-billed cuckoo*

Yellow-bellied sapsucker*

Red-headed woodpecker

Red-bellied woodpecker*

Downy woodpecker*

Hairy woodpecker*

Pileated woodpecker*

Northern flicker*

Blue jay*

American crow*

Common raven*

Eastern phoebe*

Eastern kingbird

Eastern wood-pewee*

Great crested flycatcher*

Least flycatcher*

Alder flycatcher

Gray catbird*

Brown thrasher

Eastern bluebird*

Veery*

Swainson's thrush*

Hermit thrush

American robin*

Wood thrush*

Cedar waxwing*

Black-capped chickadee*

Red-breasted nuthatch*

White-breasted nuthatch*

Brown creeper*

House wren

Ruby-crowned kinglet*

Golden-crowned kinglet

Yellow-throated vireo

Warbling vireo

Red-eyed vireo*

Ovenbird*

Northern waterthrush

Black-and-white warbler*

Yellow-rumped warbler*

Magnolia warbler*

Mourning warbler

Nashville warbler

Yellow warbler

Canada warbler

Black-throated green warbler

Blackpoll warbler

Chestnut-sided warbler

Pine warbler

Palm warbler

Tennessee warbler

Common yellowthroat*

American redstart*

Horned lark

Lapland longspur

Snow bunting

Chipping sparrow*

Clay-colored sparrow

Song sparrow*

House sparrow

Swamp sparrow*

Savannah sparrow

Fox sparrow*

Harris's sparrow

White-throated sparrow*

White-crowned sparrow*

American tree sparrow*

Dark-eyed junco*

House finch*

Purple finch*

American goldfinch*

Pine siskin*

White-winged crossbill

Common redpoll*

Indigo bunting

Northern cardinal*

Rose-breasted grosbeak*

Baltimore oriole*

Red-winged blackbird*

Rusty blackbird

Brown-headed cowbird*

Eurasian blackbird/Common blackbird

Common grackle

European starling

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file : interesting creatures #2 : endangered birds (list)

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abbot's booby abbot's starling aberdare cistocola abyssinian longclaw aceh pheasant african white-backed vulture african black oystercatcher african gray parrot african green broadbill african penguin african skimmer agulhas long-billed lark akekee akepa akiapola'au akikiki ala shan redstart alagoas antwren alagoas curassow alagoas foliage-gleaner alagoas tyrannulet alatroa grebe albert's lyrebird albertine owlet aldabra brush warbler aldabra drongo algerian nuthatch allpahuayo antbird altamira yellowthroat amami jay amani sunbird amazonian parrotlet amber mountain rock thrush ambon yellow white-eye amsterdam albatross anambra waxbill ancient antwren andaman crake andaman cuckoo-dove andaman drongo andaman hawk-owl andaman scops-owl andaman serpent eagle andaman treepie andaman wood pigeon andaman woodpecker andean condor andean flamingo angolan cave-chat anianiau anjouan island sparrowhawk anjoan scops-owl ankober serin annobon white-eye antioquia bristle-tyrant antipodean albatross antipodes green parakeet apo myna apo sunbird apolinar's marsh wren appert's tetraka apurimac spinetail aquatic warbler arabian grosbeak arabian woodpecker araripe manakin araucaria tit-spinetail archbold's bowerbird archer's lark ascension frigatebird ash's lark ash-breasted tit-tyrant ash-throated antwren ashy antwren ashy storm-petrel ashy thrush ashy-breasted flycatcher ashy-headed laughingthrush asian dowitcher asian golden weaver (why does it sound like a spider) asian green broadbill atitlan grebe atiu swiftlet atlantic petrel atlantic royal flycatcher atlantic yellow-nosed albatross atoll fruit-dove atoll starling auckland islands rail auckland islands shag auckland islands teal auduoin's gull austen's brown hornbill austral rail australasian bittern australian bustard azores bullfinch azores wood pigeon azure jay azure-breasted pitta azure-rumped tanager azure-shouldered tanager

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Birds of Dorthonion

Flora, fauna, geography and environment of Arda Masterlist

Dorthonion was a region north of greater Beleriand. It was a cool region covered in steep slopes, conifer forests and Heath covered highlands. The mountain range Ered Gorgoroth bordered it on the south and above it was the fields of Ard Galen. It was inhabited by the Arafinwëan host following Aegnor and Angrod and later, the human host following Bëor. Nomadic and semi nomadic groups of the northern Sindar and Avari also possibly lived there

As always I included world building notes at the end so it’s not just a list of species

In the conifer forests: black grouse, willow tit, goldcrest, mistle thrush, pine grossbeak, common tree creeper, common redstart, black woodpecker, chiffchaff, coal tit, common raven, crested tit, wood grouse, goshawk, spruce grouse, black throated thrush, pine bunting, boreal owl

The highlands and around Tarn Aeulin: graylag goose, common nightjar, common kestrel, snow crane, hen harrier, tundra swan, horned grebe, common crane, blue duck, water rail, black francolin, northern pintail, velvet scooter, great bittern, pallid harrier, rough legged hawk, little egret, wood lark, corn crane, black necked grebe (migratory), garganey, Merlin

The cliffs and slopes: see see partridge, rock dove, great bustard, long legged buzzard, common quail, black headed bunting, booted eagle, chukard, barred warbler, northern wren, little owl, white throated dipper (near Rivil’s well), black winged kite, steppe eagle, roller

The mountain border: bearded vulture, red fronted serin, black stork, snowcock, horned lark, rock bunting, wallcreeper, blue rock thrush, red kite, peregrine falcon, golden eagle (rare), white wagtail

World building notes:

-The vague images of pine grossbeaks were embroidered on the blankets of Bëorian children using a diluted version of the dyes created from blood madder and coal. The name in Bëorian Taliska translates to pine song bird.

-The Arafinwëan host of Dorthonion as well as some of the Avarin groups hunt with birds of prey which are also used by some of the scouts. Kestrels and Harriers are the most commonly used species. The practice is less common than among the Noldor of Eastern Beleriand however.

-Feathers (usually of peregrine falcons or common kestrels) were also used as a method of communication among Arafinwëan scouts during the times of year where weather would allow for this, left in strategic locations, lodged into the earth or tucked into trees to indicate presence or dangers.

-Eggs of various ground species were eaten by the Bëorian population and there was a practice of burying the eggshells. This was learned from the elves of Ossiriand prior to their settling in Dorthonion.

-Birds eggs appear in Northern Sindar art, in or separate from nests. Though the eggs of certain species have different meanings, they are commonly associated more generally with fragility and defense. Their images may be created through pigments made from certain actual eggshells as well as minerals and plant based dyes. One common motif involves a nest of eggs upon a steep slope or cliff.

-Birds appear throughout Bëorian songs and poems. Most commonly mentioned are the general name for the “fisher birds” (wading and diving birds) seen on and around Tarn Aeulin, as well as several of the smaller songbirds found in the pine forests such as pine grosbeak, tree creepers, and thrushes. After the Bragollach the names for some species became lost or translated differently.

-Also it’s been a headcanon of mine for awhile that Baragund would take Morwen when she was a young child out to the cliffs to watch the birds. He would teach her to identify them by their call. She remembers a lot of them, even as an adult though they are called different names and their habits are often unfamiliar.

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Masterpost (Round 2)

(Edit: these polls have all concluded)

Bracket: Faves

Pygmy Nuthatch vs Oilbird

Bonin Petrel vs Great Bustard

White-throated Magpie Jay vs African Penguin

Dusky Seaside Sparrow vs Yellow-billed Magpie

Prothonotary Warbler vs Channel-billed Cuckoo

Pallas' Sandgrouse vs American Dipper

Blakiston's Fish Owl vs Pinyon Jay

Common Ground Dove vs Toulouse Goose

Bracket: Pretty Birds

Lady Amherst's Pheasant vs Japanese Paradise Flycatcher

Pink-necked Green Pigeon vs Plumed Whistling Duck

Pink Robin vs Red-cheeked Cordonbleu

Southern Emuwren vs Painted Redstart

Wilson's Bird-of-Paradise vs Bohemian Waxwing

Violet Turaco vs Purple Honeycreeper

Golden Pheasant vs Pompadour Cotinga

Purple-crowned Fairy vs Bluethroat

Bracket: TRUE hipsters

Emerald Starling vs Zigzag Heron

Kaua'i Mole Duck vs Whiskered Auklet

Madagascar Ibis vs Red-crested Turaco

Water Thick-Knee vs Palawan Peacock-pheasant

White-tailed Ptarmigan vs Regent Honeyeater

Invisible Rail vs Cabot's Tragopan

Collared Nightjar vs Kagu

Palau Kingfisher vs Sickle-winged Nightjar

Bracket: FOUR

Bat Hawk vs Hamerkop

Fiery-billed Aracari vs Bell Miner

Ancient Murrelet vs Arabian Babbler

Spotted Forktail vs Groove-billed Ani

Hairy Hermit Hummingbird vs Wedge-tailed Eagle

European Shag vs Short-tailed Pygmy Tyrant

Streaked Weaver vs Oriental Bay-Owl

Bearded Bellbird vs Marvelous Spatuletail

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Today's birding list:

Swamp sparrow

Wood duck

Orchard oriole

Greater Yellowlegs

Lesser Yellowlegs

Baltimore oriole

Hermit thrush

American Robin

Yellow warbler

Red-bellied woodpecker

Great blue heron

Great white heron

Double crested cormorant

Barn swallow

Tree swallow

Osprey

Bald Eagle

Red winged blackbird

Song sparrow

White throated sparrow

Blue-grey gnatcatcher

Canada goose

Blue jay

Carolina wren

American redstart

Common yellowthroat

Northern mockingbird

Grey catbird

House sparrow

European starling

Northern cardinal

American crow

Rusty blackbird

Mute swan

Eastern kingbird