#cordon-bleu

via: American Museum of Natural History

After humans, what’s the hardest thing to make? Right, animations. So: BORB TIME. A long while ago (let’s call it three years, because it was actually three years) I had this idea for a series of little animations featuring different bird species, to practice animating and spread some African birdlife love. Needless to say, the project stranded after the first animation. But new year new me so high time to pick up the original idea. Meet this red-cheeked cordon bleu who’s trying very hard to pick up an acacia flower, but is also perpetually distracted by something. He’ll get it the ninety-night time... maybe.

Only DM14.40 for "Cordon-Bleu" (Kalbsteak gefullt mit Schinken und Kase) mit Zuckererbsen und Pommes frites at Zu Gastin Grauhof? Bargain! http://menus.nypl.org/menus/26810

These estrildid finches are found across much of central Africa and have been introduced to Hawaii. They eat grass seeds, termites, and moth larvae, foraging mostly on the ground. Males and females both perform courtship displays, singing, bobbing, and stepping quickly while perched near their partners. The steps are so fast that they are not visible to humans at actual speed and were only discovered when researchers took high-speed videos of the birds displaying.