Update

Hello, readers! The grassland article's almost ready to be posted; I'm just giving it a few finishing touches. 
While you wait, here's a watercolour portrait of most of the main cast, except Acantha: 
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP RIGHT: Pied (Greater Pied Urvogel), Hibiscus (Purple Sunbird), Mr Bloomsip (Purple Sunbird), Dawn (Oriental Garden Lizard), and Newmoon (Large-billed Crow). Art by Pied Survogel (me), hand-painted. 

Also, it's Velociraptor Awareness Day. Did you know there are nine known genera (ten if Deinonychus counts) of velociraptorine dinosaurs? And some of these genera have multiple species! Here's some palaeoart (by me) of the velociraptorine Tsaagan mangas to celebrate. 



Don't forget to leave water for birds! 
-Pied 

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