Post anything and everything that makes this game awesome, not the big storylines or epic quests, just the wierd wonderful little details

Personally, I love walking around picking up ingredients for alchemy, so I was very Impressed when I came across a tree stump which was serving host to a colony of termites.

Then not long after, when hunting between Windhelm and the rift, I came across a hot spring with a camp. Thought I'd stop by the camp and check for any unattended hides since the hunters leave them around quite often, but what did I find instead? Alot of discarded clothes. After a little investigation I found the owners (hunters) of the clothes casually sat in the hot springs enjoying the water, one of them was even stretched out with her arms behind her head. All wearing nothing but underwear.

I also found a shipwrecked boat that looked suspiciously like Noah's ark.

Yeah alchemy hunting is cool,i just been running up n down the map looking for those areas that hold the most reagents of certain types of ingredients.atm i'm trying to find the small pearls area,don't know if there is one.

if you explore alot with no fixed destination theres a hell of alot of placed things out there.

Did you notice that the Companions house in Whiterun, also known as "Jorrvaskr", is a ship turned upside down?

Did you know spiders will sometimes try to hide in bushes before attacking? Or that some birds actually nest in trees?

I still like the fact that you can listen to generic talk in dungeons which sounds a little more involved than in previous games.

I`ve noticed in 1.4 more talk and more varied and heavy weather like thunder now. I even noticed the Cart rider say that the rain will eventually stop when it`s actually raining.

There are of course still bugs, but what works is nice.

What birds are there?!

I find the lack of birds noteworthy. There are the hawks, the town chickens and the dead kitchen pheasant (with no live ones around) and bird nests.

Compare to this the other wild life we have: various types of rabbits, foxes, wolves, sabre cats, bears and trolls. Then there are mudcrabs, dogs, horses, elks, deers, cows, horkers and mammoths. Plus butterflies, dragonflies, moths, bees, spiders, various types of fishes, and more.

Did the birds all drop dead?

Some orc chick came charging at me out of the woods, not even a bandit just some random orc chick lol

For me the little things that make Skyrim an awesome one of a kind experiance are-

1. The way items, furniture, books etc are placed in the world to give an emotional response when one is in a certain mood. A few times i've come across a lone chair by the corner in some dank dark deep dungeon which gave me anything from a creepy ambience to a sense of loneliness or reminding me of a art painting in some museam.

2. Seeing how reactive the wildlife is with one another. Today i decided to go deer hunting for the very first time since getting Skyrim in november. After nearly finishing off a deer with a few arrows it suddenly turned and ran in my direction. At first i thought that makes no sense to run towards something that is trying to kill you. Then after finishing off the deer with an arrow i suddenly saw what made it turn and run my way. It was a vicious little Skeever it had bumped into while trying to get away from me which was now acttacking me ha ha. I also found out how great sneaking is during this hunting expedition.

3. How everything in the environment blends in without screaming "Here we are! Come get us!". Walking by some iron ore and not noticing it right away even in mines is great and makes things more believable without exerting any mental energy.

4. Chopping wood and other little job type opportunities where i can make some extra money to afford some room and board or a few health potions etc.

5. The intricate design of traps where even their construction and execution looks like one big puzzle in killing motion. Love the gasoline and igniteable lanterns.

6. The creepy chanting from Dragon walls.

7. Being able to catch insects and fish for food or alchemy.

8. The much more understandable enchanting and soul trapping that am actually doing on a regular basis now compared to Morrowind and Oblivion where i never did it because of my pea sized brain intellect

9. The way Dragons talk with a very evil inhuman all murdering voice.

10. The buetiful weather and stunning snow storms.

11. The look of roads and road signs.

12. Meeting travelers on the road from bards to strangers looking for direction or famous npcs from past Elder Scrolls chapters.

13. The look and effects of all the food and drink in the world. Actually has me eating and drinking on a regular basis eventhough the world of Skyrim doesnt demand it.

14. The much more useful spells and how they are separated into more logical schools.

15. How wolves howl as if to warn the player they are near and not to get any closer.

16. All the unseen wonders right in front of one yet not visible to the naked eye like underwater ship wrecks.

17. The clannish family manner of Orcs in their forts.

18. The multiple intricatcies of smithing where its just not a one step affair.

Many small things surprised me

One was a random encounter when walking on the road. She told me she was kidnapped from this certain badits at a local camp and she picked the lock and escaped. I acknoledged the camp and continued walking. 3 minutes later I remeber that I left half my gear at my house so turn back. I backtrack to where I met her and got attacked by a sabber cat. After I killed I notcied something on the floor. Her body coverd in blood after being mauled by the big cat. To think she escaped and made it this far back just to be eaten.

Another was when I found a treasure map when I was level 7. after 30 level later I finaly recognised the building on the map. It took me al ong time but when I finaly found the chest I was jumping for joy

You never saw birds that fly out the trees when running through a forest? You never seen birds flying overhead? And if you get high like at Hrothgar and look down at the trees below you`ll see the Hawk sometimes stop in a nest.

Er, what game are you playing again?

that's pretty cool, def something i've never even really noticed.

I do see hawks, plenty of them but no other birds. Nothing flies out of trees in my game. No ravens, no geese, no ducks, nothing but some hawks here and there. And I run around with the view zoomed out.

Fairy circles - I've seen two so far.

Found the torso of a human skeleton wedge into the ceiling of an ice cave. Reminded me of Luke being "stored" for food in The Empire Strikes Back.

When you place a piece of wood on the chopping block, the character gives it a little nudge to center it just right before swinging the axe. Something very simple, but that one little detail just made me smile.

Well they do. You`re just not keeping your eyes open. Try running through a forest in first person for a while, perhaps near the steps at Hrothgar. Even take a walk through Solitude and you`ll see shadows from flying birds above you.

One thing I find kind of funny is if you sit in the Jarl's throne, when he's not there, your character sits in the same fashion as the Jarl, looking like he owns the place. haha just something subtle i find funny.

Them are all hawks. I have killed them many times. There are however no other types of birds.

- Swimming from the eastern edge in the Sea of Ghosts, as far north as I could, all the way to the western edge, ducking under to check out the icebergs underwater, all to the beautiful northern music. (Is it my imagination, or is there different music for exploring in the northern sea region?)
Just felt like doing that one day....it may not be good for my physical health but it was damn good for my head, lol.

re: birds, I've seen them and especially heard them, and what about bats?

Bats exist, too, but they are mammals. I am talking of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZThquH5t0ow. There are so many different types of other wild life in Skyrim but the only bird you see is the hawk and the chicken.

Picky picky! lol
Yes I know but I was just including them in a flying things category. Dragons?

I once saw an elf with her clothes taken off and she was sitting halfway in the water of a pond, looked like she was catching some rays, getting a tan.

She was listed as a hunter and wouldn't talk much, pretty funny.

I told me follower to do that and wait while I do w/e needed for the Jarl of Whiterun. I came back with my follower in the throne and the Jarl is standing nearby, trying to sit down.

I found that place. There is a few hunters there in their underwear sitting and relaxing in the waters... Shortly after I found it, two giants attacked

One more thing. Just today did I kill a rabbit with a bow, but it was at a very close range. I think I have never killed one at such a short range before.

It squealed.

This was the most terrible sound I have heard in this game. Hands down.

I love the banter between the Bandits at Embershard Mine as it's somewhat tongue in cheek.

The woman who gives you actual marksman lessons in the mountains.

The crazy woman who follows u sometimes wanting to be wabbajacked.

Getting on the wrong side of an NPC and having thugs/assassins come after you.

Sometimes finding the backdoor to a cave/dungeon and doing it in reverse.

Occasionally not being attacked when releasing someone/thing from a cell who would usually be hostile (wish that happened more often).

Finding treasure maps and hunting for the treasure.