Bird Couples: House Finch

House Finch (Female and Male) aka... Hollywood Finch?
Berkeley, California, USA
Member of the Finch Famiy
~true bird fact~ When the House Finches are courting they do this ridiculous little role-playing. Here's how it goes, according to wikipedia.

The male will touch bills with the female. He may then present the female with choice bits of food, and if she mimics the behavior of a hungry chick, he may actually feed her. The male also feeds the female during the breeding and incubation of both eggs and young.

I know this is kinda messed up, but it's also, like, so cute.

Have always been a pair, the kind of couple whose names are always mentioned together, as if they just have one long joint name
Really love one another, a fine pair of birds to model your relationship after
Have a relationship based around rituals and traditions
Weather the storms of being apart stoically

Bird Couples: Boat-tailed Grackle

Boat-tailed Grackle
Boynton Beach, Florida, USA
Members of the Blackbird/Oriole Family
~true bird fact~ Rubs ants all over themselves, because the acid secreted by them kills off parasites. That's cool and all, but I'm glad I'm not a Grackle.

(male)

Wronged by the world

Finds it difficult to self motivate

Falls into and out of love

Many of his actions are informed by a deep-seated sense of powerlessness

(female)

 Has terrible parents

Sees pipe-dreams as wasteful things

"You don't know me"

Volunteers with the least fortunate in society

Osprey

Osprey aka. Sea Hawk, aka. Fish Eagle, aka. Fish Hawk

note An Osprey is NOT a Sea Eagle!

Lake Worth, Florida, USA

Member of the Osprey Family

~true bird fact~ An oddly specific bird, the Osprey eats almost exclusively live fish. Medieval myth held that the Osprey had some kind of hypnotic power, and that he could make fish turn belly up and surrender to him.

~one more bird fact~ The Osprey has very flexible joints and can actually shield his eyes from the sun with his wing while flying. So Cool.

~ok, this is really the last bird fact~ Pliny the Elder, ancient roman naturalist and writer, purported that Ospreys make their children fly directly up towards the sun in a test of bravery. Those who would not do it, he said, were killed by their parents.

Always looking for an angle

Embraces stereotypes of coolness that others could not get away with

Laughs when he is confident of something (which is always)

Not a bird who settles down

In bird legend, the envoy between the Kingdom of the Sea and birds

Northern Mockingbird

Northern Mockingbird
West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Member of the Mockingbird and Thrasher Family
★special distinction★ state bird of Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas
~true bird fact~ The Mockingbird is famous for its ability to imitate other birds' songs, as well as mechanical noises such as car alarms. However, although these imitations often fool humans, they almost never fool other birds. So why do they do it? The birds who can imitate the best are most likely to attract a mate.

Bold, yet subtle
His gifts may be natural, but he works as hard as anyone
Often tasked with spying on humans of interest
Has had his heart broken a few times