@polterink

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Artist collecting, documenting and illustrating the strange worlds and stories that swirl around in their head. Always human produced, no AI #art
Websitehttps://polterink.com
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@hilmaatlanta WOW, the color choices here are just beautiful! I also really love your rendering style :)
@hootalex Oooh wow, the colors came out so vibrant! Really beautiful work!
@joyousjoyness I love how expressive they are!

Some fun kitty sketches with my fude nib fountain pen! My favorite is the ramen hat, but only by a hair. I love all of them!

#FountainPen #art #cat #SketchBook

@netkitty Have another snack, haha!
@lindenshieldarts Oooh my gosh, I need to browse through your shop, your art is definitely something I want on my walls!

โ€œShelterโ€ is one of many print designs that are 10% off during spring sale! ๐Ÿ’™

Shop: https://lindenshieldarts.com/collections/spring-sale

All my prints feature original paintings and are printed in my own little studio on archival cotton paper.

#MastoArt #TraditionalArt #FantasyArt #ArtPrints #Forest #Nature #ShopSmall #Mushtodon #FediGiftShop

Her partner, Eich, is actually one of the chicks that had been raised by Inge and Ivica in that very same nesting area! He's from the clutch from 2022!

Last year's falcon drama was so interesting to witness! Can't imagine how excited Leander Khil was, the ornithologist responsible for setting up the webcam. It's not often you can witness such behaviour so closely!

https://www.leanderkhil.com/wanderfalken-steiermark/wanderfalken-tagebuch/
Here is a link to his website!

Eventually, because peregrine falcons are a protected species, two of the weakest chicks were removed and hand-raised, to make things easier on Ivica while Tavda kept making it harder for him.
Interestingly enough Tavda never harmed the chicks. She seemed mostly just confused and/or curious about them, it was really fascinating to watch her tentatively interact with them!

All four chicks made it through and left the nest and now Tavda has taken over the nesting place with her own partner

So the pair that started it all in 2021 were Inge (female) and Ivica (male), and they had been raising chicks together until 2025. - It was then that the female Tavda showed up and presumably killed Inge, and left Ivica with four hungry chicks to raise.
Didn't help that Tavda kept stealing the kills Ivica brought to the chicks which she probably thought were for her. She might have believed Ivica was trying to court her with the kills