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Strange Animals

Didjaknow T.H. White’s  “The Book of Beasts” is a translation from a twelfth century Latin Bestiary?   Strange animals and birds are described therein by those who contributed to the bestiary at that time. One Dr. Ansel Robins describes the  unicorns, “which can only be captured by  making them run their horns into trees, behind which [...]

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August 7, 2009 in Historic Birding

Feathers

In February of 1417, King Henry V, of England, was busily preparing for his effort to reclaim the territories of France, to which he was convinced he was entitled.  Shakespeare’s play tells us of that effort, to some extent, but he does caution , in his prologue, that the armies of two mighty Monarchies and [...]

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August 7, 2009 in Historic Birding