The Magpie

Stoicism in nature.

You can spot him from a distance due to a wing feather that’s been permanently set askew. His trademark colouring never fully came to term and a distinct patch of mottled down asymmetrically covers him, giving him a dishevelled look. His left talon is missing the left toe leaving him with a noticeable limp. Maybe the result of being hit by a car or perhaps flying into a window- whatever the cause of the injuries, it must have been severe, because most notable of the magpie’s disfigurement was that nearly his entire beak had been crudely broken off. Ready more here.