The local crane family dropped something. 🪶
#feathers
Porträt eines Gänseblümchen mit Feder - Boa

Portrait of a daisy with a feather – Boa

#blossoms
#blüten
#federn
#feathers
#diekleinendinge
#thelittlethings
#macrophotography
#phonephotography

"Years of Hard Work Have Led to ... This" - detailed Illustration for Feather Stride over at FA, featuring the backroom of their Altered Alchemy shop bursting with all the ingredients that Lapis keeps in order ... and also with a flash of light and puff of smoke, that Stride keeps making every time, it seems...

#Art #furryart #drawing #fantasy #detailed #digitalart #wholesome #happy #illustration #background #scenery #animalart #feral #gryphon #griffin #avian #wings #bird #birds #feathers

Wenn das zarte Gras der noch grazileren Feder ein Bett bietet

When the tender grass provides a bed for the even more delicate feather

#feathers
#federn
#grass
#gras
#diekleinendinge
#thelittlethings
#phonephotography

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: A barn #owl can catch a #mouse in a completely dark room using only its sense of #hearing.

The secret lies in its #feathers – reflective facial disc feathers focus #sound into asymmetrically placed #ears, while serrated wing feathers muffle noise mid-flight. Engineers at #Siemens are now mimicking owl feathers to make quieter #windturbines.

👉 https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/the-secret-to-a-barn-owls-deadly-night-hunting-is-hidden-in-its-feathers/

#barnowl #owls #predator #hunting #biomimicry #engineering #biology #evolution #ornithology

The Secret to a Barn Owl’s Deadly Night Hunting Is Hidden in Its Feathers

A barn owl’s ability to hunt by hearing alone relies on exquisite variations in the structure of its feathers.

ZME Science

"The Angler" - another doodle for Wind-Wyrm, featuring a fisher-folk returning home with a fresh catch :3

#Art #furryart #drawing #cute #fantasy #detailed #digitalart #illustration #animalart #feral #gryphon #griffin #avian #wings #bird #birds #feathers

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🦉🪶 When this great horned #owl was rescued from a cement mixer, the concrete left its #wings and tail #feathers damaged and unusable.

To get this apex #predator back into the wild, the rehabilitation team performed an ancient art of feather-mending called #imping.

👉 Learn more https://seethis.tv/post/concrete-owl-imping-feathers-wings-best-friends-animal-sanctuary

#animals #biology #birds #ornithology #conservation #flying #jobs #owls #physics #raptors #rescue #sanctuary #science #sound #work #tksst #video