LINKDING

Summary: Falcon yao Liu Qingge, injured and trapped in a gulley, is taunted by his nemesis Shen Qingqiu (definitely not transmigrated monster enthusiast SY!SQQ). ➤ an svsss liushen au where lqg is an injured gyrfalcon yao who sqq wants to help ➤ it's both so sweet and so fun! lqg's pov with his total mistrust of the human cultivator, slowly evolving over time to becoming willing to let sqq help, is great ➤ and how clear it is that sqq finds lqg both fascinating as a creature of the world of pidw, and very handsome as a man ➤ the parts with the wing repair were soooo good to me, I love how seriously this fic takes the bird and feather details! ➤ a delightful fic from start to finish ➤ 12k words in length

Summary: Two birders with an intracommunity beef with each other are the only guests on a pelagic trip. It's Nie Huaisang's first, and he's very excited. Until he wants nothing more than to go home. ➤ a cute modern au sangcheng fic where they're both birders and end up on the same pelagic boat trip ➤ I especially loved all the birding details! ➤ 3k words in length

Summary: <blockquote>I’ve always loved birds. When I was five I asked my dad for a bird feeder so I could see birds out my window when I was sitting at my desk doing remote school, but he just handed me his phone and said, “you know how to look up videos.” I do know, but bird videos aren’t as cool as having my very own bird friends that came up to my window to say hello. And anyway, I already had a tablet when I was five because kindergarten went on remote school after the wildfire that burned down the school building and made us have to drive in the middle of the night to my uncle’s house and sleep on his floor for two whole weeks, so I just used my tablet.</blockquote>

Summary: <blockquote>THE FEATHER ATLAS is an image database dedicated to the identification and study of the flight feathers of North American birds. The feathers illustrated are from the curated collection of the National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory.</blockquote>

➤ the four stages of watching warblers

<blockquote>There was a Twitter thread of "depluralize a film", example "Jaw" and a clever person called Gwendolyn Ann Smith thought outside the box and said "Crow on the Orient Express" because of "a murder of crows" and then I had to run with that, and here it is. Crow finds himself on a train Rushing forward through night, Rushing north, rushing north and west, Bright lit train through dark night Tinkling crystal, silver, swishing velvet, silk, And the smell of death.</blockquote>

<blockquote>A generous allowance from his parents or Wei Wuxian in his life: Jiang Cheng would make the same choice a thousand times over, but his grad school stipend is barely enough to support himself, let alone the two of them. An arrangement with an older man might keep his head above water—if he doesn't wade in too deep.</blockquote> ➤ do I think it's the pinnacle of accurate characterisation? no. did I enjoy nearly all of it anyway? apparently! sometimes this kind of thing is just what you need to keep you and your anxiety insomnia company in the wee hours of the night. ➤ Also, jc and nhs are birders!