day three-hundred-and-sixty-two - lady amherst's pheasant

and what a lady she is

(even the male ladies)

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these guys/gals have so much more detail and beauty to them (to wit), i just decided to falsely depict them is all. either that or i'm sleepy/didn't want to

i'll never tell

xj

day three-hundred-and-sixty-one - black-winged stilt

these guys look dumb. but in a good way

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a what-is-a-bird-of-that-tiny-size-doing-on-such-long-legs kind of way.

i'm sure you've come across that style of dumb before.

also 'legs eleven' is officially the best compliment ever, especially when yelled at you as you walk home from school...

xj

p.s. and oh my GOD i wish i had legs that fluoro

day three-hundred-and-sixty - azure kingfisher

yum yum yum fish

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do kingfishers eat fish? i sure hope so. even better if they eat kingfish.

the coolest thing i know about this guy is that he has white lores (the lore is the area between the eye and the nostrils on a bird [amongst other animals]). now this is pretty inconspicuous until  he looks straight at you and BAM - double eyes! real eyes and ghost eyes.

cool. as are his fluoro feet.

xj

day three-hundred-and-fifty-eight - kentish plover

i got humiliated in a science prac today so i went to the zoo to feel better. and there i learned that plovers (specifically hooded plovers) are in trouble. how fortuitous that my drawing today is a plover, i thought, ignoring the fact that it was the wrong plover

and then i let a cockatoo try to tongue my bag (and jumper). it was awesome

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so:
- like this picture please
- save some (other) plovers
- and go find a cockatoo to befriend

then you'll be just like meeeeeeeee

lucky you. xj

day three-hundred-and-fifty-four - king penguin(s)

please take note. this is...

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it's more sinister

save the penguin(s)!.. from each other

xj

day three-hundred-and-fifty-three - white-cheeked pintail

would you care to dabble in some dabbling duck?

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i'm going to go with no. because this duck looks creepy.

and it also has an unfortunately creepy scientific name anas bahamensis

or baha men anuses in normal speak

yuck

xj