Still Pretty Eh

okay @s0cksandcr0cs ... i KNOW this is a tawny frogmouth, which i was told was "in the nightjar family" which to me would mean they are a nightjar but after looking into it i see that they are ACTUALLY "in the family that includes nightjars" without themselves being one. So i guess

and i salute you for that

HOWEVER

my original statement remains true: Nightjars. They're fucken weird, dude.

…but if we’re being pedantic about taxonomy (and we are) then

ACTUALLY

Frogmouths are in the same clade (Strisores) as nightjars, not the same family (Caprimulgidae).

Semantics aside we are in complete agreement about nightjars: FUCKEN WEIRD DUDE!!

For your consideration:

The Standard-winged Nightjar

The name comes from the fact that the males stick their bonkers feathers STRAIGHT UP like standards during flight as a mating display. Highly recommended looking up videos.

The Pennant-winged Nightjar

Which speaks for itself lol.

The Common Poorwill

"First Lady", my first successful colored pencil portrait and now my first successful paint portrait

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They looked distressed at this idea.

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There was a small pause before they asked, “You can do that…?”

I stared at them through the dawning realization that they lived in a world where that was remotely possible. “My phone is on do not disturb if I’m sleeping. Why would I let random texts wake me up? My sleep is important.”

Equally baffled they replied, “What if someone at work needs you?”

“I am not a manager. No one at work will ever need me badly enough to interrupt my sleep. If I’m not working then there’s no reason to be calling me.”

“Not even if you need to cover?”

I laughed, “I don’t need to cover. They could ask me to cover but good luck getting ahold of me if I’m sleeping.”

They looked distressed at this idea.

To console them I added, “I have important people like my mom and my wife set to override. If they call they get through no matter what.”

There was a small pause before they asked, “You can do that…?”