10,000 Birds
JUNE 11, 2021
He was also apparently much disposed to laughter and is often portrayed with his mouth wide open; for this reason, he’s also invoked by sufferers of dental maladies such as toothache. But it’s for the lore concerning the weather on his June 8th feast day that Saint Medardus is best known today, by those who remember him at all.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
The Crested Serpent-eagle is not a vulture, but that does not keep me from mentioning a recent Economist article here, “The sudden demise of Indian vultures killed thousands of people” And while this article is behind a paywall, the original research paper is not. If these are taken off, the species looks just like Clark Kent.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 15, 2014
The local Bald Eagles are getting busy, I suspect there is an egg in the nest. While in Mexico, up on the roof of a casa (where I was cooking something up) I saw a murmeration! I’ve seen some interesting terns, and it is possible that I saw a small flock of migrating Bonaparte’s Gulls. Also written up here. The original paper is here.
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