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Prolonging Revenge Through Reincarnation: The Paintings of the Mincing Mockingbird, Volume III

10,000 Birds

As The Mincing Mockingbird, Adrian has a distinctive, instantly recognizable idiom: birds (or occasionally eggs) portrayed singly or in small groups, often off-center and partially out of the frame, against stark monochromatic backgrounds. This is an art book, and the paintings deserve a bit more analysis here.

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Weavers

10,000 Birds

African Harrier-Hawks, snakes and other predators frequently raid weaver colonies to rob the nests of eggs and chicks. Dinemellia – White-headed Buffalo Weaver The White-headed Buffalo Weaver’s plumage is unique within the weaver group and the sexes are alike. Image taken by Felicity Riley in Namibia.

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Collaborative List – August 2017

10,000 Birds

Eastern Egg Rock. Eastern Egg Rock. Eastern Egg Rock. Lassen Volcanic NP–Lost Creek Group Campground. Rosy-faced Lovebird – Agapornis roseicollis. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Gulf of Nicoya (Puntarenas/Paquera ferry). 28 Jun 2017. Common Murre – Uria aalge. 28 May 2017. 27 May 2017.

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