https://www.birdsofshakespeare.com/birds daily 0.75 2026-03-08 https://www.birdsofshakespeare.com/birds/peacock-pavo-cristatus monthly 0.5 2026-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/cb1bde73-71b3-42ca-b576-366d86171c96/Web+Peacock.jpg Birds - Peacock (Pavo cristatus) - Make it stand out Peacock (Pavo cristatus) by Missy Dunaway, 30x22 inches, acrylic ink on paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/d7d63fab-b0b2-4ea7-87de-62f08a7b3597/075334-Medium_6000px.jpg Birds - Peacock (Pavo cristatus) - Make it stand out The peacock complains to Juno that it wants a beautiful singing voice, like the nightingale. Illustration by John Ogilby, 1668. Folger Shakespeare Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/447d6589-2baa-4db0-b919-b865bacd9682/063518-Medium_6000px.jpg Birds - Peacock (Pavo cristatus) - Make it stand out The peacock is often mocked and insulted in Shakespeare’s plays and other fables. Illustration by Otto Van Veen, 1608. Folger Shakespeare Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/4b772bd8-56fc-4c92-a9ff-5bd86c2f0de7/121782-Medium_6000px.jpg Birds - Peacock (Pavo cristatus) - Make it stand out This cookbook from 1650 written by Nicholas Webster instructs readers to serve “rosted peahenns” in the second course of a meal. Folger Shakespeare Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/a0b059d2-c45c-4402-a771-695aef264ffa/Pearls+Detail.jpg Birds - Peacock (Pavo cristatus) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.birdsofshakespeare.com/birds/barn-owl-tyto-alba monthly 0.5 2025-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/acbddceb-a607-4899-b7ed-f34eadd6f253/Barn+Owl+Final+copy.jpg Birds - Barn Owl (Tyto alba) - Make it stand out Barn Owl (Tyto alba) by Missy Dunaway, 30x22 inches, acrylic ink on paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/e21ea640-722a-41f2-88c0-ae5c78d8af01/Cawdor+Castles.jpg Birds - Barn Owl (Tyto alba) - Make it stand out Left: Macbeth and Lady Macbeth entering Cawdor Castle in an illustration by John Jellicoe, 1889. Folger Shakespeare Library Right: Cawdor Castle by Missy Dunaway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/460e8482-9a19-4bdc-90a2-bc934f0a4528/Irving+Dagger.jpg Birds - Barn Owl (Tyto alba) - Make it stand out Left: Sir Henry Irving (1838 - 1905) as Macbeth. Photograph by J. Speed. Folger Shakespeare Library Right: A dagger owned by Sir Henry Irving. Folger Shakespeare Library https://www.birdsofshakespeare.com/birds/great-white-pelican-pelecanus-onocrotalus monthly 0.5 2025-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/8d3e4ad5-84cb-4d3a-a08d-e5ee626dc9d6/Pelican.jpg Birds - Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) - Make it stand out Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) by Missy Dunaway, 30x22 inches, acrylic ink on paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/69d4e701-6357-4997-8f60-80cd3976e41a/Pelican+manuscript.jpg Birds - Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) - Make it stand out On the left, the title page of Devotionis Augustinianae flamma, or, Certaine devout, godly, and learned meditations written, by the excellently-accomplisht gentleman, William Austin, of Lincolnes-Inne, Esquire from 1633. On the right, a detail that includes a pelican feeding its young at the top of the cross, encircled in a nest of thorns. Folger Shakespeare Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/59e75b00-1a98-445c-bfc0-35bf1ab0465e/026356-Medium_6000px.jpg Birds - Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) - Make it stand out An illustration of King Lear’s public love test with his daughters Goneril, Regan, and Cordelia by William Francis Starling (1800-1850). Folger Shakespeare Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/02cd309b-0fdc-47fb-80f4-31ad799cf312/Apricot.jpg Birds - Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.birdsofshakespeare.com/birds/which-bird-is-next monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/004fefda-cd93-44c9-81f2-d12175cd9111/Bird+selection+1.jpg Birds - Which Bird Is Next? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/991fbd73-ef73-4f46-abf5-14e6634b3971/Bird+selection+2.jpg Birds - Which Bird Is Next? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/4fa55f92-9c66-412a-a38c-e8893655c641/Bird+selection+3.jpg Birds - Which Bird Is Next? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.birdsofshakespeare.com/birds/eurasian-wren-troglodytes-troglodytes monthly 0.5 2025-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/1ca0cc09-7a6c-4a83-8891-6cbcf3c6e001/Wren+print+copy.jpg Birds - Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) - Make it stand out Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) by Missy Dunaway, 30x22 inches, acrylic ink on paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/5c769889-2312-4ff2-b510-611ff1a43cbe/Crown+and+wrens+copy.jpg Birds - Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/c77520b0-7856-4b0d-8d0d-9e3be4dda9dc/026575-Medium_6000px.jpg Birds - Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) - Make it stand out Lady Macduff and her children are confronted with murderers sent by Macbeth. Lady Macduff condemns her husband for lacking the wren’s courage. Illustration by Henry Singleton, 1792. Folger Shakespeare Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/92db0370-9534-4f6d-aecb-1dd0ad4f193f/Moths+copy.jpg Birds - Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.birdsofshakespeare.com/birds/osprey-pandion-haliaetus monthly 0.5 2025-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/d00cace6-bf74-4c6f-9903-dbb52c8125c4/Osprey+copy.jpg Birds - Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) - Make it stand out Painting by Missy Dunaway. Created with acrylic ink on paper. 30x22 inches (76x56 cm) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/b1da89c0-d0c0-4d22-886e-927e12aae769/003130-Medium_6000px.jpg Birds - Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) - Make it stand out Coriolanus (left) is so beloved by the Roman nobility that he is likened to an osprey that dazzles its prey. Painting by Richard Westall, ca. 1800. Folger Shakespeare Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/ae994349-b181-428c-924e-069e0b6c00e4/027385-Medium_6000px.jpg Birds - Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) - Make it stand out The rainbow is mentioned four times in Shakespeare’s writing. Two references are used to describe violence, such as Lucrece’s tears after suffering an assault. This illustration by B. Eyles depicts a sorrowful Lucrece contemplating suicide. Folger Shakespeare Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/e6c4c077-1071-4060-b15c-04daa18dd00c/Osprey+detail.jpg Birds - Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.birdsofshakespeare.com/birds/greylag-goose-anser-anser monthly 0.5 2025-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/4d70ed68-fb9c-48ee-b041-dcd95ec8f0ec/Greylag+Goose_Update.jpg Birds - Greylag Goose (Anser anser) - Make it stand out Painting by Missy Dunaway. Created with acrylic ink on paper. 30x22 inches (76x56 cm) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/b6eaee8e-2059-47c6-84b4-db14fdc92031/021752.jpg Birds - Greylag Goose (Anser anser) - Make it stand out The goose is well-represented in Romeo and Juliet during a feisty battle of wits between Romeo and Mercutio. Illustration by printmaker Thomas Sherratt (mid- or late 19th century). Folger Shakespeare Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/5e845dd5-8ef5-46f5-b843-944bad81c373/063659-sm.jpg Birds - Greylag Goose (Anser anser) - Make it stand out The humble goose earns some respect by supplying learned people with the best writing quills. Thought, imagination, and writing were believed to be divine qualities. In this illustration, an angel dictates to Saint Matthew (1633). Folger Shakespeare Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/4f9a0a0d-5447-4230-a022-b87c0bf88728/Flying+geese+copy.jpg Birds - Greylag Goose (Anser anser) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.birdsofshakespeare.com/birds/peregrine-falcon-falco-peregrinus monthly 0.5 2024-07-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/8eac1b1f-f034-43ec-8821-dfbe7f26f5f9/Peregrine+Falcon+Painting.jpg Birds - Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) - Make it stand out Painting by Missy Dunaway. Created with acrylic ink on paper. 30x22 inches (76x56 cm) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/90e6ff88-b625-4082-a205-da821eb97e5c/065504.jpg Birds - Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) - Make it stand out An illustration of raptors employed in falconry, including the female peregrine falcon, known simply as a “falcon,” from Lathams new and second booke of falconrie by Symon Latham (1618). Folger Shakespeare Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/6ff8ae22-7832-4ce4-8291-de7de7bfb56b/Detail+of+Falconry+Gear.jpg Birds - Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) - Make it stand out My peregrine falcon painting includes an assemblage of falconry gear, including two early 17th-century English falcon hoods sourced from the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. https://www.birdsofshakespeare.com/birds/carrion-crow-corvus-corone monthly 0.5 2024-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/72075af2-0689-49a4-9bc5-d06689636195/Crow_Print+copy.jpg Birds - Carrion Crow (Corvus corone) - Make it stand out Painting by Missy Dunaway. Created with acrylic ink on paper. 30x22 inches (76x56 cm) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/5054c529-6db1-4f06-bc28-0cb1032af18f/064950.jpg Birds - Carrion Crow (Corvus corone) - Make it stand out Carrion crows disturbed early modern audiences by indicating death was nearby. This illustration by L. Brinckmair depicts flocks of crows in Germany that were believed to relate to a series of “miserable events which ensued betweene the yeare 1618 and 1638” (1638). Folger Shakespeare Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/4f13e195-07c4-4d98-bdd1-8f24859ad529/075357.jpg Birds - Carrion Crow (Corvus corone) - Make it stand out The crow might have a bad reputation but has some redeeming qualities. This illustration by John Ogilby of Aesop’s fable, “The Crow and the Pitcher,” depicts a clever crow filling a water jug with pebbles to raise the water level for a drink (1668). Folger Shakespeare Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/ac7e61c6-c053-4a68-a1a6-cef70cbb2c68/068975.jpg Birds - Carrion Crow (Corvus corone) - Make it stand out John Gerard includes “Crow Garlicke” as a crow flower in his botanical guide, The herball or Generall historie of plantes (1633). Folger Shakespeare Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/9ead98e7-9dbf-4d3a-a7c1-47fe331c83cd/Crow+and+Swan.jpg Birds - Carrion Crow (Corvus corone) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.birdsofshakespeare.com/birds/common-snipe-gallinago-gallinago monthly 0.5 2024-07-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/28663dfb-2891-4f21-9995-e4bbb75cf7bc/Snipe_Print+copy.jpg Birds - Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) - Make it stand out Painting by Missy Dunaway. Created with acrylic ink on paper. 30x22 inches (76x56 cm) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/40012aac-1279-44df-9ae9-d363b23988d6/029795.jpg Birds - Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) - Make it stand out Otherllo and Desdemona wed as Iago and Roderigo look on. Illustration by Thomas Ryder (1799). Folger Shakespeare Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/7563009f-5b55-432e-9a47-2f096030b237/roast-snipes-recipe.jpg Birds - Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) - Make it stand out Mrs. Knight’s recipe for preparing snipe (1740). Folger Shakespeare Library https://www.birdsofshakespeare.com/birds/black-throated-loon monthly 0.5 2024-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/c09daeab-c93c-420d-83a5-8a655919427a/Loon_Print.jpg Birds - Black-Throated Loon (Gavia arctica) - Make it stand out Painting by Missy Dunaway. Created with acrylic ink on paper. 30x22 inches (76x56 cm) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/e6d8b578-be62-4a8b-b653-a2bcba515222/026602.jpg Birds - Black-Throated Loon (Gavia arctica) - Make it stand out Macbeth, the warrior king, references the loon in the fifth act of Macbeth. Illustration by Pierre Antoine Branche (mid-19th century). Folger Shakespeare Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/0812c8cd-ae48-4c19-8e81-c8ff34edcc84/Stamps+and+Seals+Detail.jpg Birds - Black-Throated Loon (Gavia arctica) - Make it stand out My painting features the royal seals of various Scottish rulers, including King Duncan’s stamp which encloses a scrolled message. https://www.birdsofshakespeare.com/birds/gull-various-species monthly 0.5 2024-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/fa1c7db9-a347-488c-bf49-4096052233d3/Gull+painting.jpg Birds - Gull (various species) - Make it stand out Painting by Missy Dunaway. Created with acrylic ink on paper. 30x22 inches (76x56 cm) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/a6e43183-bce5-4896-8498-983f8592bdb5/007267.jpg Birds - Gull (various species) - Make it stand out A petition created by Simon Fish lists complaints against King Henry VIII, stating that the king’s subjects have been foolishly tricked, or “gulled.” “Worth perusing by both papist and Protestant, for the one to see how his forefathers and he have been and are gull’d” (1531). Folger Shakespeare Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/2b8ec03e-e705-431f-8a01-d29a3e3e5f20/063889.jpg Birds - Gull (various species) - Make it stand out A seagull nibbles at seashells in this illustration by Jacob Cats (1627). Folger Shakespeare Library https://www.birdsofshakespeare.com/birds/grey-heron monthly 0.5 2023-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/e408dd3c-359b-4211-89ca-606958be572b/Heron%2B72dpi%2Bcopy%2B2.jpg Birds - Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) - Make it stand out Painting by Missy Dunaway. Created with acrylic ink on paper. 30x22 inches (76x56 cm) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/da4e7683-04e0-4f65-a226-b2e16bd281c6/074733.jpg Birds - Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) - Make it stand out An illustration of a grey heron (top left) from 1676 by Francis Willoughby. Folger Shakespeare Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/1e941afb-7322-4ee0-b9e1-9799a4ced7a9/017930.jpg Birds - Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) - Make it stand out Falcons attack two herons midair (top of page) in this illustration from “The booke of faulconrie or hauking” by George Turberville (1575). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/fc0c64cc-bf2b-4751-b2da-3bf1d81e51d9/Lunaria.jpg Birds - Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/27460be2-f3a8-485a-a4a0-fef392fb3e06/Frog+and+fish.jpg Birds - Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.birdsofshakespeare.com/birds/eurasian-magpie-pica-pica monthly 0.5 2026-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/9ec6771a-9883-40c4-a8cf-05d91179a5f2/Magpie+painting.jpg Birds - Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica) - Make it stand out Painting by Missy Dunaway. Created with acrylic ink on paper. 30x22 inches (76x56 cm) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/3975433e-ed1c-4365-99ed-d09672f048fc/066942.jpg Birds - Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica) - Make it stand out A vulture, puttock, and magpie all feed on a deceased lion in this illustration by Henry Peacham (Minerua Britanna, 1612). The accompanying adage asserts that carrion birds will only eat upon guilty flesh. If one leads a “life upright,” the birds will move along without satiating their appetite. Folger Shakespeare Library https://www.birdsofshakespeare.com/birds/grey-partridge monthly 0.5 2023-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/f233fc6f-2669-4aba-be43-fe4dbbebcb2c/Partridge%2Bpainting.jpg Birds - Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix) - Make it stand out Painting by Missy Dunaway. Created with acrylic ink on paper. 30x22 inches (76x56 cm) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/53fb058f-8d11-4a7d-be75-70927ec73733/076277.jpg Birds - Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix) - Make it stand out In this illustration from Aesop’s fables (1666), a falconer seizes a partridge with his helmeted goshawk perched nearby. Additional partridges burst into the air to escape. Folger Shakespeare Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/a130fbd8-92d6-4e95-bcd5-fe23bf31016c/066936.jpg Birds - Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix) - Make it stand out In this illustration by Henry Peacham, foolish partridges follow each other into a hunter’s trap (1612). The adage below the image urges people not to follow tyrants to their destruction. Folger Shakespeare Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/1678a1d5-9a55-4394-a45f-a957c672848d/Partridge+detail.jpg Birds - Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.birdsofshakespeare.com/birds/european-robin-erithacus-rubecula monthly 0.5 2023-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/93060cce-c71f-4127-9410-746e5a0b1c33/European+Robin.jpg Birds - European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) - Make it stand out Painting by Missy Dunaway. Created with acrylic ink on paper. 30x22 inches (76x56 cm) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/de995273-96ef-4cd0-be2c-696d495b4830/Bee+and+flower+copy.jpg Birds - European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/29b99bf8-b9cc-485c-a69e-9c4803c35f01/034361.jpg Birds - European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) - Make it stand out Hotspur teases his wife, Lady Percy, and calls her a “redbreast teacher” before departing for war. Painting by Alexandre Bida (1813-1895). Folger Shakespeare Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/38370e34-e927-4351-8ffc-23695b342ea3/Robin+detail.jpeg Birds - European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.birdsofshakespeare.com/birds/common-nightingale monthly 0.5 2025-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/77af2dba-331e-4cd1-a0eb-8cd09c67f6de/Nightingale+painting.jpg Birds - Common Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos) - Make it stand out Painting by Missy Dunaway. Created with acrylic ink on paper. 30x22 inches (76x56 cm) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/94dd5dd8-a4ae-4622-914d-841c2dec4315/Pomegranate+seeds+copy.jpg Birds - Common Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/e3aabf74-9690-4264-aa20-ceaacb1aaf9a/065236.jpg Birds - Common Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos) - Make it stand out The nightingale's song was said to be divinely inspired. In this illustration from 1633 by Henry Hawkins, the nightingale "aspir'd too high, would be like God," and is banished from Eden. Folger Shakespeare Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/949f537a-e182-46b6-a4a5-1d92fbb0c692/009286.jpg Birds - Common Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos) - Make it stand out Inspired by the woeful nightingale leaning against a thorn, the tragic figure of Lucrece takes her own life with the pierce of a knife. Illustration by Pierre Le Moyne (1652). 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Created with acrylic ink on paper. 30x22 inches (76x56 cm) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/496c96a7-eb16-4b56-bcb9-16edff19137c/Turtle+Dove+fumaria.jpg Birds - Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/02771884-2ddf-4b1b-90cd-ee92983615ed/063421+copy.jpg Birds - Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) - Make it stand out Venus’s mighty carriage is drawn by two dainty turtle doves, as illustrated in Amorum emblemata (1608) by Otto Van Veen. Folger Shakespeare Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/ba16da89-4d6e-4d7b-bd1b-515f0ee3b428/Turtle+Dove+rings+and+phoenix.jpg Birds - Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/893eedcb-5adc-46dd-9c2f-4c6cae38f06e/066961+copy.jpg Birds - Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) - Make it stand out This page from Minerua Britanna (1612) by Henry Peacham depicts the widowed turtle dove, who “solitarie by herselfe remains, recording in most dolefull wife her woe, letting the pleasures, of the season goe.” Folger Shakespeare Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/cd41f54c-9af6-41da-a97a-856e81da01ee/Dove.jpg Birds - Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) - Make it stand out Thank you to Paul Richard Tomlinson for providing the reference photo for this illustration! https://www.birdsofshakespeare.com/birds/eurasian-skylark- monthly 0.5 2025-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/6398debc-6287-433a-b350-732ba55d0209/Eurasian+skylark+painting.jpg Birds - Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis)  - Make it stand out Painting by Missy Dunaway. Created with acrylic ink on paper. 30x22 inches (76x56 cm) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/59d14423-0787-44e8-b0f1-864ac07e3391/076193.jpg Birds - Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis)  - Make it stand out A lark's nest is discovered in stalks of corn ripe for reaping in this illustration of Aesop's fable, "The Lark's Nest in the Corn," from 1666. Folger Shakespeare Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/3c177fc9-bf53-4d70-acf0-5071c57c216b/Lark+detail.jpg Birds - Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis)  - Make it stand out The lark was hunted using a piece of red cloth and was believed to have traded eyes with the toad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/c0622132-25df-4f94-9489-8878f5503705/043922.jpg Birds - Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis)  - Make it stand out Juliet loathes the lark’s song, as it is Romeo’s signal to depart her bedroom in the morning. Illustration by Felix Octavius Carr Darley (circa 1884). Folger Shakespeare Library https://www.birdsofshakespeare.com/birds/common-starling monthly 0.5 2023-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/ebb06c46-f96e-4318-a2b0-bde80a89acb7/Starling_Print+copy.jpg Birds - Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) - Make it stand out Painting by Missy Dunaway. Created with acrylic ink on paper. 30x22 inches (76x56 cm) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/d23cad3f-cce1-4e65-a52c-78b8b868cd3a/025961.jpg Birds - Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) - Make it stand out Henry Hostpur conspires to train a starling to holler the name “Mortimer” to interrupt the king’s slumber in the first act of Henry IV, Part 1. Folger Shakespeare Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/80c3beec-ce78-43c5-8d4a-007759be6611/Detail+Murmuration.jpg Birds - Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) - Make it stand out The most impressive starling murmurations are found in northern Scotland between December and January. https://www.birdsofshakespeare.com/birds/wild-turkey monthly 0.5 2023-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/ad645272-f14d-4108-abb4-06d1e09ed7f0/Turkey+painting+copy.jpg Birds - Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) - Make it stand out Painting by Missy Dunaway. Created with acrylic ink on paper. 30x22 inches (76x56 cm) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/4effe704-21c5-4e21-83b7-288e38693bfa/074548+with+detail.jpg Birds - Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) - Make it stand out A male and female turkey within a crowd of rowdy feathered friends, by Antoine Le Grand in An entire body of philosophy, according to the principles of the famous Renate Des Cartes (1694). Folger Shakespeare Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/376e5f55-f12f-4906-a438-d6c3d60d15b4/136710.jpg Birds - Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) - Make it stand out Elizabeth Fowler’s recipe for “Seasoning for a turkey pie” (1684). Folger Shakespeare Library https://www.birdsofshakespeare.com/birds/great-cormorant monthly 0.5 2023-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/affb7344-1f3d-4dbf-8e8c-3222578172e2/Cormorant+by+Missy+Dunaway.jpg Birds - Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) - Make it stand out Painting by Missy Dunaway. Created with acrylic ink on paper. 30x22 inches (76x56 cm) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/d83c62db-e0b6-4e41-b669-dc70bf96dd4c/031266.jpg Birds - Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) - Make it stand out The strange-looking cormorant was known as a foreteller of evil and doom. Illustration by Ulisse Aldrovandi, created between 1599 - 1603. Folger Shakespeare Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/3720b0b2-21d5-45e0-83e6-714b1069cd44/007754.jpg Birds - Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) - Make it stand out The cormorant slightly shifted from a bad omen to a representation of greed, demonstrated in John Taylor’s 1622 story, “The Water-Cormorant His Complaint: Against a Brood of Land-Cormorants.” Folger Shakespeare Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/8599052d-ec7c-4dbb-927c-9035d8bd0003/Detail+fish.jpg Birds - Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) - Make it stand out The cormorant is so proficient at hunting, it was trained for fishing in China’s Sui dynasty and later by James I. In this painting detail, we find some of the great cormorant’s favorite prey. From left to right: sculpin, capelin, and rock gunnel with sand lances throughout. https://www.birdsofshakespeare.com/birds/ring-necked-pheasant-phasianus-colchicus monthly 0.5 2023-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/d663bd0b-6a57-4ca3-af61-7df6adad4341/Pheasant%2B72dpi%2Bcopy+copy.jpg Birds - Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) - Make it stand out Painting by Missy Dunaway. Created with acrylic ink on paper. 30x22 inches (76x56 cm) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/81e9cac5-3ddd-49c0-8a65-ea921d170d24/123232.jpg Birds - Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) - Make it stand out A handwritten recipe book circa 1600 instructing how to prepare “a yong henne, partridge & pheasant.” Folger Shakespeare Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/d054bba1-99b9-4aae-921f-1ba891e0d303/064000.jpg Birds - Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) - Make it stand out An illustration of corn by Sir William Cockburne of Langtoun Knight (1627). Folger Shakespeare Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/f7d8740c-f98d-4c72-b597-9c3d19d72802/Detail+corn.jpg Birds - Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) - Make it stand out Maize was a little-known novelty in Elizabethan England. https://www.birdsofshakespeare.com/birds/special-post-birds-of-kenya monthly 0.5 2023-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/1660330744263-9MD0U3H0PJ9SV4M7YB44/IMG_1224.jpeg Birds - Special Post: Birds of Kenya Lilac-breasted roller, the national bird of Kenya https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/1660330744816-J8FXPOEPRKJLAO0H1N6K/IMG_1162.jpeg Birds - Special Post: Birds of Kenya Secretarybird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/1660350774709-A02ZUDKH3M4X4I9XZ62S/IMG_1150.jpeg Birds - Special Post: Birds of Kenya Secretarybird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/1660330748364-HAZVP37247PL4OPM4MD0/IMG_0662.jpeg Birds - Special Post: Birds of Kenya Red-billed hornbill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/1660330751367-CC5W1RR10JWU8SV5V2U8/IMG_1141.jpeg Birds - Special Post: Birds of Kenya Ostrich https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/1660330751139-JOY3DJNFBH03HPUW2M7S/IMG_1510.jpeg Birds - Special Post: Birds of Kenya Southern ground hornbill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/1660351130305-XE081YSV74Z5EK58US8U/IMG_9926.jpeg Birds - Special Post: Birds of Kenya Dusky turtle dove https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/1660330747475-LUX9ISHCNLM7H2GZ2AZI/IMG_9633.jpeg Birds - Special Post: Birds of Kenya Variable sunbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/1660330750711-31XSOURIT3CAXUXZDTEM/IMG_0576.jpeg Birds - Special Post: Birds of Kenya Vulturine guinea fowl https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/1660330746293-N229T8D0S86F59WNF1GR/IMG_1358.jpeg Birds - Special Post: Birds of Kenya Rueppell’s griffon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/1660330747007-R1IE4KP8Q2T2X20AON7A/IMG_1373.jpeg Birds - Special Post: Birds of Kenya Rueppell’s griffon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/1660330749812-MH52BGMSG5XJ5EQN9C73/IMG_1386.jpeg Birds - Special Post: Birds of Kenya Marabou stork and Rueppell’s griffon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/1660331009981-9CILU4BHT8L40H6NBXAR/IMG_0408.jpeg Birds - Special Post: Birds of Kenya Superb starling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/1660351972534-FCJ0KCRXH2YTY2JDIQV9/IMG_9913.jpeg Birds - Special Post: Birds of Kenya Red-cheeked cordon-bleu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/1660330845279-R3KLROB5P23IC2QDDCMG/IMG_9648.jpeg Birds - Special Post: Birds of Kenya Red-cheeked cordon-bleu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/1660330752044-UNQ12TUTADYN80V09BRN/IMG_0416.jpeg Birds - Special Post: Birds of Kenya Hadada ibis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/1660330750062-F0NACS3GJOK5K72DV5DC/IMG_0329.jpeg Birds - Special Post: Birds of Kenya Hamerkop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/1660351130255-HUVHQZDC6LQHB8LYL0SP/IMG_9722.jpeg Birds - Special Post: Birds of Kenya Bathing weaver https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/1660332196443-MOHHDJB5Z53KV1XYM7KL/IMG_9750.jpeg Birds - Special Post: Birds of Kenya https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/1660332198696-RJO6V99YFJ19F8L5E0UC/IMG_0290.jpeg Birds - Special Post: Birds of Kenya https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/1660332196288-8PUQSE4WFPHQCO98YLAJ/IMG_9741.jpeg Birds - Special Post: Birds of Kenya https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/1660332197357-E2E9G2S7AFTHGDY8SUDA/IMG_9760.jpeg Birds - Special Post: Birds of Kenya https://www.birdsofshakespeare.com/birds/common-kingfisher-alcedo-atthis monthly 0.5 2024-07-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/fc403a11-de15-414e-b1d5-b42c1ab7438f/Kingfisher+72dpi+copy.jpg Birds - Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) - Make it stand out Painting by Missy Dunaway. Created with acrylic ink on paper. 30x22 inches (76x56 cm) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/ba2c9854-eaf1-4397-adc0-254987b81ce2/026098.jpg Birds - Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) - Make it stand out One of the few kingfisher references is given to the character of Joan of Arc, an antagonist in 1 Henry VI. Joan de Pucelle promises to bring peaceful “halcyon days” to France. Illustration by Edward Corbould, Henry Cook (1837). Folger Shakespeare Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/f9390950-2c3a-4de3-ba28-3c941ed9f8b7/Detail+Compasses.jpg Birds - Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) - Make it stand out The compass rose designs included in my painting are borrowed from The Mariner’s Mirrour, a collection of English nautical maps from 1588. British Library Board, Creative Commons[12] https://www.birdsofshakespeare.com/birds/golden-eagle monthly 0.5 2024-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/735d6827-59ad-4282-91b6-f63ebca9e972/Golden%2BEagle%2BAquila%2Bchrysaetos%2Bcopy.jpg Birds - Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) - Make it stand out Painting by Missy Dunaway. Created with acrylic ink on paper. 30x22 inches (76x56 cm) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/1867c9f0-dd59-406d-b445-e982697e6ee7/Golden+Eagle_Print+copy.jpg Birds - Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/92f37a34-40a6-4e2f-a48a-f460b5ab7cdc/074542.jpg Birds - Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) - Make it stand out Jupiter throws a thunderbolt from heaven while riding an eagle. An illustration from “An entire body of philosophy, according to the principles of the famous Renate Des Cartes” by Antoine Le Grand (1694). Folger Shakespeare Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/0942e897-49ed-443c-bec7-6f6ec18fb606/Eagle+Objects+copy.jpg Birds - Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) - Make it stand out Illustrations of various objects bearing an image of the eagle: a ceramic tile[14], a nobility wax seal[15], and a floor tile from a noble home[16]. Objects found in the Victoria and Albert Museum Collections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/f62af518-f7b4-4a6a-842c-48fd9c8e2586/Feather+and+Aetites+copy.jpg Birds - Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) - Make it stand out Illustration of a golden eagle feather eaten away by mites and the mythical “aetites” stone. https://www.birdsofshakespeare.com/birds/eurasian-blackbird monthly 0.5 2023-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/cada6b84-48c1-43e8-bd7f-27df424d5a48/Blackbird_Print+copy.jpg Birds - Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula) - Make it stand out Painting by Missy Dunaway. Created with acrylic ink on paper. 30x22 inches (76x56 cm) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/07e3cff9-54d1-4e6b-b0e1-f4b63092759e/Butterfly.jpg Birds - Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/6ce93f97-592a-426f-9f03-1e788874fe1e/035900+copy.jpg Birds - Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula) - Make it stand out Bottom, transformed with an ass’s head, sings a tune about blackbirds to keep up his courage when he finds himself in strange circumstances. His song wakes the fairy queen, Titania, who falls in love with him upon first sight. Illustration by Charles Buchel (1905). Folger Shakespeare Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/ad0a98a0-9ca6-4423-9468-f3412f87279d/British+Library+Image_Topographia+Hiberniae+copy.jpg Birds - Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula) - Make it stand out An early illustration of Saint Kevin holding a blackbird within the margins Topographia Hiberniae, by Gerald of Wales, c. 1196-1223. In the collection of the British Library. Link: Gerald of Wales, Topographia Hiberniae, 1196-1223. London, British Library, Royal MS 13 B VIII. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/9c975753-cd94-49e5-97b8-b12606d92fad/Blackbird+nest+copy.jpg Birds - Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.birdsofshakespeare.com/birds/common-cuckoo monthly 0.5 2024-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/09a6c3f2-9574-4f85-bc81-206468009f9a/Cuckoo%2B72dpi%2Bcopy.jpg Birds - Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) - Make it stand out Painting by Missy Dunaway. Created with acrylic ink on paper. 30x22 inches (76x56 cm) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/6b0d2c11-6af2-4d66-a62b-048447c06cc9/Redstart+copy.jpg Birds - Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/e8be2c4e-508b-4cce-9cb0-a7603737840c/036357.jpg Birds - Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) - Make it stand out Paulina implores Leontes to accept Hermione’s newborn baby in this illustration by Louis Rhead, created not after 1918. Folger Shakespeare Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/cca0bf3a-b8ea-44d1-b79f-fe38961b1879/Buttercup+copy.jpg Birds - Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/068a3303-e15c-470a-bc60-ebb766ec71d5/075464.jpg Birds - Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) - Make it stand out A sparrowhawk confronts the look-a-like cuckoo in Aesop’s fable, “The Hawk and the Cuckoo.” Illustration by John Ogilby (1651). Folger Shakespeare Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/834ef5a8-89a6-478c-a06a-0e42559c32af/Flying+cuckoo+copy.jpg Birds - Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.birdsofshakespeare.com/birds/barnacle-goose monthly 0.5 2025-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/a6d0dbd7-1239-4866-ade1-126dd81a396e/Barnacle+Goose+72dpi+copy.jpg Birds - Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) - Make it stand out Painting by Missy Dunaway. Created with acrylic ink on paper. 30x22 inches (76x56 cm) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/c25eeb7b-84cc-4197-a25c-26b7c46cd893/Willow.jpg Birds - Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/23321978-4ac8-4501-9323-8e0b7b231a3b/038754+copy+2.jpg Birds - Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) - Make it stand out John Gerard speculated that barnacle geese were born from driftwood that originated from shipwrecks. How fitting that the barnacle goose’s singular mention in Shakespeare’s work appears in The Tempest, a play which begins with a shipwreck. Image: An illustration from H.L. Ford’s book, “[Plays. 1709] The works of Mr. William Shakespear : in nine volumes : adorn'd with cuts / revis'd and corrected, with an account of the life and writings of the author.” Folger Shakespeare Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4c56af2d82335294ca1f6/711c9f26-a5a9-477c-9bfa-673bcd025a0e/Topographia+Hiberniae+Scan+1+copy.jpg Birds - Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) - Make it stand out An illustration of the “tree geese” found in the margins of Topographia Hibernia by Gerald of Wales, c 1196-1223. 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