Team Cryptids & Cryptid-Hunters do some research - guided by Thace's educated guess - and determine with a fair amount of confidence that they think they should be heading to the ice caves under the Seafoam Islands to look for an Articuno feather! Which totally isn't a tall order or anything. But all the clues as exhaustively dissected on my plurk seem to be pointing in that direction!
As a side note, Hawks is absolutely going to NERD OUT if he gets to encounter a legendary bird. He may beg Articuno to join his team(which will absolutely not happen, but a bird enthusiast has to try). He might also beg for an extra feather to keep as a souvenir "since we'll have to hand over the other one" before Geralt forcibly covers his mouth. The level of Not Impressed from Articuno will likely be high. All this assumes they're lucky enough to actually encounter Articuno in the flesh(feathers?), though.
Team 2
as exhaustively dissected on my plurkseem to be pointing in that direction!As a side note, Hawks is absolutely going to NERD OUT if he gets to encounter a legendary bird. He may beg Articuno to join his team(which will absolutely not happen, but a bird enthusiast has to try). He might also beg for an extra feather to keep as a souvenir "since we'll have to hand over the other one" before Geralt forcibly covers his mouth. The level of Not Impressed from Articuno will likely be high. All this assumes they're lucky enough to actually encounter Articuno in the flesh(feathers?), though.