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Freedom's worth

How much did the mother goldfinch value freedom? Birds of all types have long symbolised freedom. After all, who hasn't at least once wished to simply open their wings and...

Freedom's worth

How much did the mother goldfinch value freedom? Birds of all types have long symbolised freedom. After all, who hasn't at least once wished to simply open their wings and...

The Feathered Composer

'That's the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over,Lest you should think he never could recaptureThe first fine careless rapture!' The above is an extract from 'Home Thoughts, From...

The Feathered Composer

'That's the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over,Lest you should think he never could recaptureThe first fine careless rapture!' The above is an extract from 'Home Thoughts, From...

Who's been at the milk?

This time it wasn't the cat who got the cream.  With its hyperactive and punchy nature, and a very striking bright blue crew cut, I like to think of the...

Who's been at the milk?

This time it wasn't the cat who got the cream.  With its hyperactive and punchy nature, and a very striking bright blue crew cut, I like to think of the...

Would you like a very eccentric dining spectacle?

'Sing a song of sixpence a pocket full of rye,Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie...' As scrumptious as this may sound, did this type of event actually occur,...

Would you like a very eccentric dining spectacle?

'Sing a song of sixpence a pocket full of rye,Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie...' As scrumptious as this may sound, did this type of event actually occur,...

Birds do it...

Birds do it, whales do it, even educated human beings do it.   They all do it.  They can all audibly project harmonic tones, and they sing these tones in a series...

Birds do it...

Birds do it, whales do it, even educated human beings do it.   They all do it.  They can all audibly project harmonic tones, and they sing these tones in a series...

Long live the king of birds!

Hail to an unlikely King! If I was to ask you who was king of all birds, what do you think you would say: the royal swan, the majestic eagle,...

Long live the king of birds!

Hail to an unlikely King! If I was to ask you who was king of all birds, what do you think you would say: the royal swan, the majestic eagle,...