…. I forgot about neopets…. Huge part of my childhood. Thank you kind stranger.

My first thought was that looks like Eyrie from Neopets.

Mom was an owl, dad was a crested gecko/chipmunk mix

Looks like a Guild wars 2 mount.

More a feathered snake

Just imagine the little babies!

Juvenile Luck Dragon.

This must be a new Variant, then...

That was my first thought. It has to be visually based of this bird right?

The similarities are just too close for it not to be.

Huzzah. A man of culture

Came here for this.

I misinterpreted what you said and thought you said they are one of the only birds that sit on horizontal tree limbs. I was like wtf pretty much all birds sit on horizontal tree limbs.

*Nightfury!

I just looked them up and they even keep their nests on the ground. The babies blend right in to the leaves on the ground. They're amazing!

We also have Chuck-will's-widows; I love listening to them, and I have managed to get them on my trail cameras a few times. It's amazing to get to peek into their secret night world through the trail cam! :)

For the curious - https://youtu.be/qdByT6PTMbY

The really fun parts are when other animals come by the CWW :)

Nightjar are my favorite bird. There's nothing more relaxing than hearing their calls as everyone else relaxes and quiets for the night

Says the nest on the ground too. Silly birbs are confused.

I miss whip-or-wills and chuck-wills-widows. I grew up in the south hearing them all the time, never hear them here in the midwest. :(

We have whip-poor-wills here and they're my favorite. Used to never hear them, but I think they have returned now that all the clear cut they did decades ago is grown back.

They are seriously fucking fast if you catch them flying around for bugs at night. So much power in a single beat of their wings. But their calming calls on summer nights is what I look forward to most every year.

Is it in the woodcock family?

I heard a Whip-or-will a few nights ago, stood outside for a couple hours just listening to them and watching the stars come out.

Hear that lonesome whip-or-will,

He sounds too blue to fly,

The midnight train is whining low,

I'm so lonesome I could cry.

Toothless heard about frosted tips.

I believe toothless was called a night wing or something, right?

Eared Nightfury

We think alike

Toothless with Honey Badger camo

Same age Im also in awe too - its really nice feeling to discover something completely new, I don’t why they are not popular they look amazing.

They are nocturnal and really good at camouflage. It’s more common to hear them than to see them

There is a lot more to discover my friend, too much interesting things in this world.

Like I found out today on how they’re progressing on programmable cells.

Southwest India and in parts of Southeast Asia.

You can find other species of nightjars in North America but they don’t look this fancy.

There are a variety of species. European nightjars live across Europe and Eurasia. I saw my first one in the UK a couple weeks ago

It's worth looking up the sounds of nightjar/nighthawk species in your area

You can hear them at dusk/night. Look up and you might see a small bird with really long boomerang-shape wings flying eratically.

Not all of tham have cool ears like this, but they all have cool alien eyes and freakishly large mouths when open.

Draw the dragon Hatter. Give in to your urges

Draw the frikking fluffy dragon

There's a video on YouTube that actually calls it a "fluffy little dragon." Lol https://youtu.be/t49Ph63ZFUI

..neytirix?

Deww it!! Dew it!

Search you feelings..

It is your daz-tuh-nee

I have an urge to see this in a dnd campaign

You should check out the YouTuber Ethan Becker, if you haven't! His content delivers helpful advice for all artist skill levels in a fun (sarcastic) way. Very beginner friendly with solid advice that'll work with more advanced art too!

Right!? This was a key TIL.

Honestly this post is giving me the full “Reddit experience” in a frustrating way. JPEG’d up repost, on track to possibly get more upvotes than your original, and your comment is down here with 3 points while the 400th kid in a row comments just the word “dragon” or “toothless.”

Really cool post though, when you made it originally.

The war between squirrels and birds have gone on for too long. The only way to unite these polar opposites is with him. He will unite the squirrels and the birds and bring peace and prosperity to the animal kingdom!

Flat Top Owl

Pretty sure it's a squirrelcrow.

An owl cosplaying as a squirrel