My very first feather..
Found while hiking with my dad on an unnamed mountain which the locals call Mt.Goritsa.

I saw something shiny from afar on the trail while walking and went closer to inspect it. To my surprise, it wasn't a man-made object, but a beautiful rainbow-colored feather.
It was a pretty windy day, but the feather was held firmly to the ground under a large rock that was on top of its shaft. It was almost as if someone had placed it there intentionally, but the only people that go up there are goat herders. I picked it up and snapped a picture because of its beautiful colors even though i had no idea what bird it was from, not realizing it'd be such a life-changing find which would give birth to a new hobby that would take up a huge chunk of my life.

Magpie feathers may be common but this one is special ~ i still have it up to this day :)

(My name is based on this ~ karakaxa means magpie in Greek)

Female (naturally molted).
Other 3 individuals:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/41370670 ,
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/31949035 ,
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/33539735

This adult female scops owl was unfortunately found partially mummified exactly under its roost. Individual was identified based on plumage pattern which matches feathers found last summer under the same tree. The feathers differ from those of other local scops owls as this is the only intermediate-rufous morph in the park, and size shows that it's a female. It's an adult because it's been around since i started searching at this park a couple years ago and even back then its feathers showed adult traits.
A local told me a cat caught a scops owl a week ago in the same area but it escaped, so i'm assuming this was the one that got attacked and it died on its roost because of the injuries then fell off the tree. One wing had bone damage and some missing/snapped feathers so the cat attack theory sounds reasonable as this damage would not occur after death unless the bird was scavenged. Fortunately there are a lot more scops owls in the area to replace the loss. Still sad to see this one go though..

Same individual with https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/40019065, apparently recovered from whatever had affected its eyes and is still alive. I removed the green thing from its left eye with forceps i had with me