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Faenoriel
Tol Eressea
Nov 25 2012, 1:22pm
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Of course, it's possible that our feathered friend here is just a fantasy bird that doesn't belong to any known species. (That would be dissapointing, considering how Tolkien almost always used real animals and real plants.) Yet even in such case, they most probably would have drawn inspiration from some real animal, in the spirit of the Oliphanths being inspired by the real Proboscids.
But every word you say today Gets twisted 'round some other way And they'll hurt you if they think you've lied
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Production video #9: what bird is that?
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News from Bree
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Nov 25 2012, 4:50am
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Well, it's certainly not a humming bird.
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Fardragon
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Nov 25 2012, 11:10am
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A larger version of a Crossbill Finch?
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DanielLB
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Nov 25 2012, 11:17am
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Beak looks too small for a finch,
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Fardragon
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Nov 25 2012, 11:23am
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Agreed and it's probably not an identifiable bird anyway.
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DanielLB
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Nov 25 2012, 11:27am
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American Robin
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dave_lf
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Nov 25 2012, 2:19pm
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We have already seen that the Mirkwood Butterflies
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Fardragon
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Nov 25 2012, 3:02pm
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if all else fails...
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Demosthenes
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Nov 25 2012, 11:30am
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Seems very much like a thrush
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Faenoriel
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Nov 25 2012, 1:13pm
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I'm convinced the bird is an American Robin
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DanielLB
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Nov 25 2012, 1:18pm
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Yes, that is quite likely
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Faenoriel
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Nov 25 2012, 1:22pm
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Thanks for posting those pictures
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dormouse
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Nov 25 2012, 1:50pm
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Thruses come in many colours
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Faenoriel
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Nov 25 2012, 1:55pm
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I'm no expert on birds...
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dormouse
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Nov 25 2012, 2:24pm
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THE trush could still be a song trush //
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Faenoriel
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Nov 25 2012, 3:01pm
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They could use the same CGI model with a different coloured "skin".
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Fardragon
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Nov 25 2012, 3:06pm
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Quite likely too, since that is how Tolkien describes it...
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Eleniel
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Nov 25 2012, 10:46pm
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Interesting article....
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dormouse
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Nov 25 2012, 11:11pm
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And interesting article, but a couple of other points could have been made:
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Fardragon
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Nov 26 2012, 12:16pm
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Not a robin
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Aitieuriskon
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Nov 25 2012, 2:11pm
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Robins are really small here....
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dormouse
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Nov 25 2012, 2:17pm
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Not a European Robin
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Finrod
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Nov 25 2012, 3:06pm
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Too small and too delicate. //
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Faenoriel
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Nov 25 2012, 3:10pm
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Not an American Robin
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Finrod
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Nov 25 2012, 3:00pm
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Ah, thank you for that
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Faenoriel
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Nov 25 2012, 3:03pm
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Reminds me of a redwing, too
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Finrod
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Nov 25 2012, 3:15pm
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Damn pioneers and their lack of imagination
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Faenoriel
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Nov 25 2012, 3:21pm
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Art
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dave_lf
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Nov 25 2012, 3:15pm
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Holy Ornithology!
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hamlet
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Nov 25 2012, 5:13pm
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He looks like a rufous-bellied thrush (photo)
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DwellerInDale
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Nov 25 2012, 2:24pm
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Ah yes, that looks more like it.
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Silverlode
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Nov 25 2012, 5:31pm
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Yes, I too imagined the Thrush as a Song Bird
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DanielLB
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Nov 25 2012, 5:37pm
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Song Thrush, not Song Bird
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Finrod
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Nov 25 2012, 5:46pm
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Yes. Thank you for the correction. /
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DanielLB
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Nov 25 2012, 5:48pm
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Oooh, that could be it! //
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Faenoriel
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Nov 25 2012, 5:46pm
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American Robin Without Question
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chrism628
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Nov 25 2012, 2:53pm
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Do they hover? //
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Demosthenes
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Nov 25 2012, 2:57pm
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They Don't
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chrism628
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Nov 25 2012, 3:02pm
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Well...
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Demosthenes
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Nov 25 2012, 3:08pm
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I hope the talking purse hasn't replaced the thrush!
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DanielLB
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Nov 25 2012, 3:16pm
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No - purses can't fly....
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dormouse
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Nov 25 2012, 4:25pm
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Hummingbirds are very American
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Faenoriel
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Nov 25 2012, 3:09pm
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BAM!
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Demosthenes
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Nov 25 2012, 3:50pm
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That's a European robin, Dem!
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Silverlode
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Nov 25 2012, 5:36pm
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Sort of hovering (American robin)...
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Aragalen the Green
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Nov 25 2012, 5:54pm
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Without knowing anything else
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DarkJackal
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Nov 25 2012, 3:37pm
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A Turdid Tale
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Finrod
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Nov 25 2012, 3:42pm
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It gets even more complicated
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Fardragon
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Nov 25 2012, 3:43pm
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And prone to vigilantism with emo bats
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Faenoriel
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Nov 25 2012, 5:11pm
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All this talk about birds...
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Tim
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Nov 26 2012, 2:15am
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The swallow may fly south with the sun,
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Aragalen the Green
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Nov 26 2012, 2:29am
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Board member (and biologist) ArchedCory
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Ataahua
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Jan 12 2013, 9:52pm
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