Ah, I will try to match it with another bird.

It’s a magnificent pigeon.

😂

Errrr. Morning. 💚🫖🌿

Thank you!

Painting of hare on pale lime background.

🖼️ Whyn Lewis

Oh great! Thank you!

Painting of a bouquet of white trilliums (also known as wake-robins) arranged in a greyish-white, two-handled ceramic vase set against a decorative wallpaper with pattern of red, pink, and orange flowers on a blue background. The vase sits on a reddish-brown tablecloth.

Flowers in a two-handled vase, Dora Carrington, c.1925

Embroidery depicts an owl in a tree, the trunk is wound by a snake climbing, there’s a deer at the lower portion of the trunk, there’s a tortoise to one side approaching a river that has a fish swimming downstream and a hedgehog at the very top, above the tree. There is writing down one side, but I don’t know what it says.

The Homestead and the Forest, cot quilt, May Morris, embroidered by Jane Morris, 1889.

Very fancy.

Pigeon perched on branch amongst foliage, photo. Description from ebird: ‘An enormous pigeon of lowland swamp forest. Blue-gray body and maroon chest. Differs from other crowned pigeons by its long white-tipped crest and pale gray wing patch tipped with maroon. Claps its wings very loudly when it takes off. Forages on the forest floor for fallen fruit. Courtship display includes rocking whole body forward and fanning tail, then lifting wings. Unmistakable and does not overlap with other crowned-pigeons. Voice a deep, upslurred booming call. Also regular deep hooting notes.’

Pigeon of the Day:
Victoria Crowned-Pigeon
Near Threatened
📷 Nigel Voaden

Fifty Years in the Magic Circle by Signor Blitz, Illustrated. Green cover with gold titles and black decoration of owl and strange serpentine creature with foliage and magician on the binding.

Book Cover of the Day:

Illustration of the hedgehog of Mr Pricklepin. He is sat, half curled, holding his shoes with his hands, grassy, mossy background.

Old Mr. Prickepin, Beatrix Potter, c.1902.

Robin feeding a fledgling perched on a log on a log pile surrounded by white, blue and pink wildflowers, painting.

🖼️ Dick Twinney

Painting of a white pigeon perched on a leafy branch, green and golden backdrop.

Morning.
Pigeon, Maria Krikun.

Night night 🖤

Calling all poets! We have a shiny new writing challenge on ABCTales.com!

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Frances Featherstone

Wyrdlings!

#EarthDay falls on a #WyrdWednesday this year and we celebrate the planet with:

“Wyrdly Beautiful Places, Wyndrous Creatures and Wynderful Plants!"

as this week’s topic!

Come, share your tales and celebrate with us 🌍🌏🌎

Night x

Night night.

One barn owl perched on a stone, one in flight over a landscape, illustration. 🖼️ H Weir, 1877.

Goodnight.
‘Mostly it is a pale
face hovering in the afterdraught
of the spirit, making both ends meet
on a scream. It is the breath
of the churchyard, the forming
of white frost in a believer,
when he would pray; it is soft
feathers camouflaging a machine.’ ~ R S Thomas, Barn Owl.
#OwlishMonday

In the week before Walpurgis Night, the owl came one last time to the lost town of Stolberg on the foot of the Harz mountains to remember.

Our 51st #arkstringtide story is a little tale for #owlishmonday.

Read it below.

🎨 Craig Kosak

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Today's #POD is Marandina's 'The Expanse'. A fine poem, living up to the title. One might even call it numinous, perhaps. Poetry is the best way to address the ineffable, so that's why this is our pick of the day. Please share if you like it too.
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You’re welcome!

So colourful!

It is!

😂

Erm. Evening. 🩵🫖🪻🙃

It does a little!