Swift gryphon

What the most strange bird do you know? I think, that pennant-winged Nightjar with it's butterfly wings is the king of my own top-10 strange birds

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Here in Fantastic Four (1961) cover, you can see the STATE pennant flag in the background too. In the middle ground is Reed Richards, Victor von Doom, and Ben Grimm. Ben's even wearing a large college block letter "S". Not "ESU" but simply "S".

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"Breuddwyd am storm yn Bae Hirael", "Cwch Pennant", "Er Côf" & "Pen Doman" All oil on canvas.On show at until 31/12/21

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Few people know more about Thomas Pennant than (2017-18 LHL Fellow), who studied three volumes of watercolors in LHL's collections by Pennant's servant-turned-illustrator, Moses Griffith.

All of these are available online: https://t.co/X6GftP8dO7

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New artwork for sale! - "Vintage Fish Illustration - Pugnose Ponyfish, Pennant-fish" - https://t.co/0zfHmhUjYo

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Cuckoo and Wryneck, Thomas Pennant, British Zoology, Pl. XXXVI. Folk names have linked Jynx torquilla with Cuculus canorus. In English, Cuckoo’s mate, maid, knave, footman, messenger etc may have come about because the spring arrival of the two birds were similar. Other ideas?

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New artwork for sale! - "Vintage Fish Illustration - Pennant-fish" - https://t.co/RqYZ9E8FyQ

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斑點長翻車魨。
Ranzania laevis (Pennant, 1776)。

以浮游的甲殼類為食,行動緩慢,大洋性表層魚類。

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The pennant "meatball" symbol for Idra's Sunhawks.

On deployment, flags are raised for each unit via saddle-pole, w/subunits chalking their order codes to the side.
Orientation of the symbol is always with the sun forward, giving commanders instant recognition from afar.

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Progress on the USS Advance! Ventral side — now with a pennant!
https://t.co/4NehCS50pz

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เราวาดลงเฟสไปนานแล้วมาโพสในนี้ด้วย ลองวาดปีกตามนกในรูปดู แต่ไม่วาดเหมือนเป๊ะหรอก ส่วนสีก็โทนปีกนิวบี้เลย
//นกในรูปคือ Pennant-winged nightjar

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"King Penguins. - Aptenodytes pennantii"
Wood engraving ca 1890.

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Born in 1726 - Welsh naturalist Thomas Pennant. Here are a few engravings from his book 'The British Zoology', 1766, this edition "published under the inspection of the Cymmrodorion Society".

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And now we say goodnight with a for day 07 of

Only just discovered this pretty nocturnal bird today while googling.. well, nocturnal birds.

I wanted shades of blue for theme. I find it very soothing 😴🌑

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