I have been a member of the Puddlebean Ornithological Society for quite some time, first as a Fellow, and currently as a Peer.
We are not a clan, but rather a gathering of naturalists and scientists interested in the fauna, flora and geography of our adopted home. We have a lot of fun together, exploring and documenting these lands.
I spend a lot of my time exploring the far-off corners of these islands, observing the animals that live among us and seeking to understand their origin, habits and role in the larger ecosystem. There are so many surprises out there!
Being a naturalist is often a difficult job. To get to inaccessible places, I have trained as a pathfinder until my master had nothing more to teach me, and to survive in the dangerous backwoods, I have honed my fighting skills to such a degree that I recently passed the 4th circle fighter's test. I also have joined with other similar souls, who love the far places, as a Ranger.
Sometimes I dream I can take flight.
While birdwatching does occupy a lot of my time, I also like to check on the population and behavior of several of the other species native to our islands.
I suspect there are few if any predators preying upon ferals, leading to sometimes dramatic boom and bust cycles in the feral population.
Goodness only knows where all the Orga Warlocks come from, but there sure were a lot on this day.
Why did it have to be snakes? And don't you know, they ALL turned out to be Carin Vipers.
And then it is just ridiculous sometimes...
One thing I always find fascinating is trying to understand how the creatures of these islands are related to those of my far-off homeland. This is a sketch I made as a child, before my exile, of a variety of Tree Giant found in Caspar's Wood, near where I lived as a boy. Notice the similarity to the Oak Giants that we occassionally find on our own Puddleby Island.
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