This is when I learned that a seahawk is just an osprey. I had been thinking it was some special pacific northwest ocean eagle, but no. It’s an osprey. You can tell this one is a seahawk though because it has very strong opinions on coffee and wears a lot of flannel.
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New Zealand animals would make for some funny griffons, like a Kakapo + Long Tailed Bat
Lol, perfect. Reminds me of a silly project I thought up a while back: state gryphons – make a gryphon of the state bird & state animal for each state that has both (eg Oregon would be a beaver-western meadowlark, though mebbe a state school-themed beaver-duck would make more sense for us)
Well, the fun part is that a lot of states have similar ‘official’ state birds.
Henry might be amused at a Maine-based gryphon. Chickadee, after all. Combine that with their state animal – the Moose? But then, if you insist on feline you get a … chickacoon?
Being Floridian, mockingbird / Florida panther. Despite the fact it’s really a puma, and not a member of the Panthera. But far more amusing would be flamingo. Bright pink wings with a tawny coat? Talk about a color clash.
The gag I had in mind for this gryphon is that the Cougars and the Seahawks are both football teams in Washington.
Oh yeah, I know, that’s what made me think of it – I actually went to WSU for grad school back in the day (go cougs)
CA would be… interesting.
California quail/California grizzly bear.
If you insist on a felid mammalian half, you’d have to resort to the state fossil – the saber-toothed cat.
Just heard about this critter via the internet: does the Slide-Rock Bolter exist in-universe? I’m curious how a mountain whale might go undetected, or how much effort any Rocky Mountain-based avalons might go through to keep it secret.
I feel like the person who asked this is a fellow Washingtonian. As a non-sports person the two Washington football teams I hear about the most about are the Seattle Seahawks and WSU Cougars.
Got it in one.
Starbucks is the best~ Love this gryphon mix.
I just looked up bird/animal for Colorado.
Lark bunting/Bighorn Sheep.
I have questions now.
I had no idea such a delightful amount of thought went into the dragons’ designs! I thought it was just unbridled creativity! Are there other (not necessarily dragon) designs that have more rationale than one would expect at first glance?