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-nine - oriental garden lizard

well i wasted my day off and i effed up my promise to only draw well for the last week of this dumb project

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it looks like a lizard, i'll give you that. but this is what the real deal looks like. amazing

i'm very disheartened today. and i could tell you that i promise to make the last six drawings super great, but i think i've lied to you enough

adios!
xj

p.s. woah dramatic! here's some cheery news - this guy's scientific name [calotes versicolor] indicates his penchant for rainbow skorts (or culottes)

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-seven - indian roofed turtle

hmmmmmm

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yes it is a sharky turtle but HMMMMMM

don't worry guys. i'll make sure the last week of pictures are nice ok

OK!?

jeez... xj