10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2019

A falconer and his bird from the Mosaico de Cavaleiro in Mértola, possibly the oldest depiction of falconry in Iberia. Colorful birds adorn many of the pages of the so-called Cervera Bible and several captivating miniatures portray hunting scenes with falcons.

2016 133

2016 Portugal Falcons Japan 133

10,000 Birds

APRIL 14, 2023

In the human psyche, owls can be cuddly signs of good luck and benificence (as they are in Japan, and Harry Potter movies) and, at the same time, eerie and unsettling. Either way, they are perhaps more central to our stories and lore than other birds, a familiar example, as Darlington reminds us, being Shakespeare’s Macbeth.

Barn Owls 113

Barn Owls Owls Serbia Finland 113

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2020

An Australian White Ibis flew in whilst I searched for the family of Dusky Moorhen that I have observed there recently. We soon added Pied Oystercatcher , Eastern Curlew , Black Swan , Black shouldered Lapwing , Silver Gull , Pacific Gull , Little Pied Cormorant , Caspian Tern , Great Cormorant and a Brown Falcon on the edge of town.

Fish 139

Fish Australia Ducks Japan 139