So yes, another bit of filler art, I hope you guys don't mind! ^^'

This is just something I doodled in class and thought I'd colour in. It IS an original species though, so please don't copy it...

But, feel free to make a design for one, as long as I know who you are (so, you're not a random person who's never talked to me), and you credit me explicitly for the species!
Females usually have more complicated body patterns, while males sometimes have bright stripes around their eyes and down their necks.

The Czharthla Gryphon, commonly known as the Heron or Heron-Bear Gryphon, is a medium- to large-sized chimeric wader. It inhabits mostly shallow or still lakes, but can also be seen in lagoons or freshwater wetlands. Their diets mostly make up of fish and amphibious creatures, as well as the occasional lizards, insects or other aquatic animals (such as salamanders, dragonflies and sometimes crustaceans).

They typically live with their mated partner, but will share a larger lake or habitat with other Heron Gryphon breeding pairs, normal herons and normal bears. A Czharthla's locomotion is similar to the bobbing gait of a heron - stalking through reed beds while dipping beak into water repeatedly - but they will also wade or even swim into deeper parts to lunge for fish. Rarely flying, they will only take to the air if they can't find or defend from attackers from ground level.

In the breeding season, first-time males will search around lakes for a free female, and perform a 'dance' for her, accompanied by a soft, rumbling, almost growl-like song. When bonded, they will find a place that suits both of them, and start building a nest together. Typical locations and appearances, are in the tops of fairly tall trees over water (particularly willows or conifers), nestling a large, bowl-like construction of straw, wool, grass, twigs and leaves.

Usually, three to six eggs are laid, however a large percentage of those eggs, and of hatchlings, are hunted down by ravens and kites, as well as racoons, otters and foxes - most of which mistake the gryphons and their young to be normal heron. Sometimes, a bonded pair will feel too worried to have eggs again, and will refuse the nest once more.

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