So, as most of you probably know, one of the latest advances in dinosaur reconstruction is identifying their coloration. We can do this by looking at the microscopic structures in dinosaur feathers, called melanosomes, in which certain melanosome shapes yield specific colors in the resulting feather. Previously, we had identified the colors of ( Read more... )

Oh man, I have posted too many times today. This is nuts.

First off, don't forget about the SOPA thing. That is incredibly important. Go do that.

Secondly, for those who do not have tinylongwing friended, go see my latest entry there if you want to read about Pele, a passage Cooper's hawk ( Read more... )

Hey everyone, I'm back from Tinian (I know, I know, you didn't even know I was gone). Today, I bring you lots of sketches, done over the past three years but mostly weighted toward things done more recently. This is by no means the entire contents of my sketchbook, obviously, but just a few highlights I thought people might be interested in seeing ( Read more... )

I'm really, really glad you guys didn't have a tie on the final vote, that would've been kind of hard to fix. So, according to you guys, the two best birds (of the ones to pick from, anyway) are the Golden Eagle and the American Kestrel! North America's largest raptor and also its smallest, haha.


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Last time on the island bird meme, you guys voted off the Red-Tailed Hawk and the Merlin. Congratulations to our bronze medalists!


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BUT FIRST, A PSA: RED VS BLUE REVELATION, EPISODE 20, WILL BE RELEASED TO SPONSORS TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AFTERNOON. Just in case any of you missed that, since I almost did.

And now, birds. Previously on the Island Bird Meme, the Ornate Hawk-Eagle and the Aplomado Falcon were voted off. :(


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Man, you guys really like ties. Sort this one out for me and I'll get back to you with the usual poll tomorrow.

Red-Tailed Hawk

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Didn't get around to posting this yesterday, because I was gone most of the day to go check out the ADORABLE FLUFFY BABY SHEARWATERS over on Managaha Island, and then came back and tied up my internet for six and a half hours trying to download RvB. Damn you, Monty, for making fantastic episodes which equate to large filesizes ( Read more... )

Well, you did it, enough of you switched votes from the Ornate to the Gos and got rid of it. Shame on you. Harlot will come for you in your sleep now, you know. Oh, and the bat falcon was also voted out.

( Look at this poor pretty hawk you turned away, sob )

Yes, sorry, I know I didn't post this yesterday. Just didn't get around to it. BUT. I have today. And today, we say goodbye to the ferruginous hawk, a beautiful bird that would be even more lovely if it didn't have that goofy frog face.

( Poor froggy. )