Crested Serpent Eagle (Spilornis Cheela), Family Accipitridae, Sundrbon, West Bengal, India

Crested Serpent Eagle (Spilornis cheela), family Accipitridae, Sundàrbon, West Bengal, India

photograph by DrAbhijit Bagui

False Gharial aka Malayan Gharial (Tomistoma schlegelii), family Gavialidae, found in Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia

Historically, there has been some disagreement about how this species should be placed. At one time, some herpetologists believed this species should be placed in the crocodile family, Crocodylidae. There is vast agreement now that they should be placed in the Gharial family, Gavialidae.

photograph by Junkyardsparkle

silly sockeye quilt (digital, 2023)

"imagine being loved by me"

(rbs appreciated!)

the white-tailed ptarmigan, also known as the snow quail, is a mountainous-dwelling bird and the smallest member of the grouse family. they are found at high altitudes in the continental united states, canada, and alaska. they have distinct ‘cryptic’ plumage, meaning that their plumage differs drastically throughout the year; during warm summers, they are speckled brown and black, going through an intermediary mottled phase before fully molting into their snow-white winter plumage. they primarily feed on insects and plant matter. their eggs are laid in a simple depression jn the ground; the chicks are precocial and leave the nest soon after hatching.