The Adventures of Custard and Chookie

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[718/10,977] Beautiful Nuthatch - Sitta formosa

Order: Passeriformes Suborder: Passeri Superfamily: Certhioidea Family: Sittidae (nuthatches)

Appreciation post for Mallard hens

Love u, ladies

The latest batch from the Bird ABCs:

M: Mariana Fruit-Dove (official bird of the Northern Mariana Islands)

N: Northern Shrike (a BADASS predatory songbird!!)

Australasian Bittern/Matuka (Botaurus poiciloptilus) by Nga Manu Images NZ

Every time I see these bird pins - I cannot resist posting them, perhaps their history, with its fragility and strength, attracts me again and again. 

Bird pins (brooches) made out of scrap materials by Japanese Americans held in internment camps during World War II.From The Art of Gaman: Arts & Crafts from the Japanese American Internment Camps 1942-1946 by Delphine Hirasuna (Ten Speed Press, 2005).

That's the second cutest Bachstelze I've ever seen.