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moonvoice ([personal profile] moonvoice) wrote2009-06-02 11:51 am

[Art] Asiatic Dowitcher as Totem

Asiatic Dowitcher as Totem

The Asiatic Dowitcher, a medium-large wader bird, is often confused with the Bar-tailed Godwit. It feeds along muddy sites, coasts, or near shallow water, quickly prodding its large beak into the soil to look for its food in a distinctive 'sewing machine' motion. It has a yelping call, and while it breeds in Northern Asia, it is sighted throughout Southern Asia and North Australia.





Keywords for Asiatic Dowitcher as a totem animal (obviously not exhaustive):

Wetland wisdom, gaining nourishment from water and water imagery, a need to move around, restlessness, shifting energies, sticking together with friends and family, sensing what’s going on around you, feeling out a situation, sticking your nose where it doesn’t belong, probing around.

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[identity profile] white9-fox.livejournal.com 2009-06-02 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
Aw, it's so cute! It looks like the juvie woodcock I got the other day!
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[personal profile] ariestess 2009-06-02 12:15 pm (UTC)(link)
That's a pretty bird. Almost looks like a female mallard with a longer bill. Which intrigues me.

[identity profile] scarletwildfire.livejournal.com 2009-06-02 12:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I like the detailing in the feathers. This one speaks to me, but I don't know why. :)

[identity profile] gemfyre.livejournal.com 2009-06-02 01:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Can I put this one on hold? Payday is Thursday. :)

[identity profile] moonvoice.livejournal.com 2009-06-02 02:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Ooo certainly! :D Do you need me to send Glen's bank details again? I still have your email address and stuff. And you're the same address right? :)

[identity profile] amorvincitnos.livejournal.com 2009-06-02 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
I think this is my favourite of your recent batch -- awesome detail in the feathers!

[identity profile] moonvoice.livejournal.com 2009-06-02 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you very much. I really enjoy feather details like this, even though it takes much longer.

[identity profile] moonvoice.livejournal.com 2009-06-02 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Hee, thank you! They are cute, their beaks are looooong.

[identity profile] moonvoice.livejournal.com 2009-06-02 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
They are really strange looking, there are US dowitchers as well. So yall have your own version of this strange looking bird.

[identity profile] moonvoice.livejournal.com 2009-06-02 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)
That's really awesome, thank you. :)
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[personal profile] ariestess 2009-06-02 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I think both of the US versions are native to my area and may be one of our zoos/aquariums. I just don't remember atm for sure...

[identity profile] white9-fox.livejournal.com 2009-06-03 08:04 pm (UTC)(link)
All the better for poking you with my dear XD