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natekka · 09-14-2017, 06:43 PM

The last two birds took longer to spot than the first two sets had. The skies seemed surprisingly empty, almost as if the birds knew they were being watched. But far in the distance, Rhea spotted a bird gliding and then occasionally hovering above the edge of the treeline. A buzzard, perhaps? Funny, she'd mentioned buzzards in the her earlier answer. Was there danger or strife in her future? She wasn't one to believe those kinds of prophecies but this was Hogwarts and that meant anything was possible.

Wouldn't it be ironic if she'd unknowingly foreshadowed some sort of trouble in her future?

.... Bird #3 .... Bird of prey? Glide & Hovering ....

After she finished sketching that, Rhea put down her quill and brought her omnioculars back up to her eyes. She just needed one more bird or group of birds. And it wasn't long until she spotted one. An extremely small bird, by the looks of it. Not far from where the buzzard had been. It had a more sporadic flight pattern. Flapping its wings and flying up and then sort of gliding or swooping down slightly. And it kept repeating that. She lowered the omnioculars and studied her textbook. Undulating flight? That seemed about right. Now the hard part was drawing it.

.... Bird #4 .... Undulating flight ....

With that done ~~very badly~~, she gathered her things and returned to the barn. Was it possible that the smell had gotten worse while she'd been in the pastures? Ugh. Rhea placed the omnioculars back in the chest and returned to her mat.

SPOILER!!: Rhea's notes

09-14-2017, 06:43 PM	#76 (permalink)
natekka Bicorn Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Wales Posts: 16,727 Hogwarts RPG Name: Jade Archer de Leon Slytherin Fourth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Ivy Charlton Hufflepuff Fifth Year	Post #3 Little Fox \| ½ of Lauralie \| Ravenclaw with a Hufflepuff heart and a Gryffindor soul \| #HouseNATARIANA The last two birds took longer to spot than the first two sets had. The skies seemed surprisingly empty, almost as if the birds knew they were being watched. But far in the distance, Rhea spotted a bird gliding and then occasionally hovering above the edge of the treeline. A buzzard, perhaps? Funny, she'd mentioned buzzards in the her earlier answer. Was there danger or strife in her future? She wasn't one to believe those kinds of prophecies but this was Hogwarts and that meant anything was possible. Wouldn't it be ironic if she'd unknowingly foreshadowed some sort of trouble in her future? .... Bird #3 .... Bird of prey? Glide & Hovering .... After she finished sketching that, Rhea put down her quill and brought her omnioculars back up to her eyes. She just needed one more bird or group of birds. And it wasn't long until she spotted one. An extremely small bird, by the looks of it. Not far from where the buzzard had been. It had a more sporadic flight pattern. Flapping its wings and flying up and then sort of gliding or swooping down slightly. And it kept repeating that. She lowered the omnioculars and studied her textbook. Undulating flight? That seemed about right. Now the hard part was drawing it. .... Bird #4 .... Undulating flight .... With that done ~~very badly~~, she gathered her things and returned to the barn. Was it possible that the smell had gotten worse while she'd been in the pastures? Ugh. Rhea placed the omnioculars back in the chest and returned to her mat. SPOILER!!: Rhea's notes ORNITHOMANCY Divination methods Geomancy – Scry with feathers Ichthyomancy – Observes & interprets fish behaviour Scatomancy – Animal poop ↝ ‘what’s to come’ in your future Hippomancy – Hippogriff behaviour ↝ intuitive / horse behaviour ↝ neighing and stomping etc. Ornithomancy – Birds ↝ behaviour, flight, cry and song Alectryomancy – Interprets how roosters eat grain ↝ spread grain over letters ↝ yes/no question about future / how the roosters crown Archanomancy – Spiders ↝ how they look, sizes & general behaviour Ailuromancy – Cat movements & jumps ↝ predict weather Myomancy – Rodent behaviour incl. mice Scatomancy – Animal guts Felidomancy – Cat behaviour & movements / sometimes called Zoomancy or Theriomancy Uroscopy - Studies animal secretions ↝ colour, flow pattern etc. / helps healer identify disease ↝ future readings Myrmomancy – Interprets ant or termite behaviour / sometimes calls Theriomancy or Zoomancy Orniscopy – Bird formations Scatomancy – Animal poop ↝ future readings Apantomancy – Chance encounters with animals / Black cat superstition Omens – Buzzard (danger or strife) / Grim in tea cup (danger or death) / Animals stampede ↝ omen of bad weather Observation: Birds’ flight patterns #1 – Exhibited a classic 'flap and glide' pattern. High in the sky #2 - Flew in a 'V Formation' across the sky #3 - Bird of prey? Glide & Hovering #4 - Undulating flight __________________ Last edited by natekka; 09-14-2017 at 06:47 PM. Reason: Adding Rhea's updated notes