A table laid by ravens
Leigh Fermor describes the unexpected hospitality and kindness encountered in the Mani after having been warned that his throat would...
Airborne support
This touching account in Thoreau's journal has a swallow, injured by a shot from a gun, being given airborne support...
Water-polished shells
Lopez uses this to describe the bright whiteness of snow geese in flight.
‘Once airborne, they are dazzling on the...
As silent as …
Another simile for silence, here combined murderously with talons sharp as black frost. See other silent similes by Williamson...
Parrot-bright shrillness
A lovely mix of visual and aural, with the shrillness of light and colour also evoking a parrot's cry. Â
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As the falcon flies
Even the rhythm of this simile conveys something of a great bird's single, confident swoop to land precisely on a...
A covert of coots
A covert is a shelter or a hiding place, from which you might study coots. It can also refer to...
Bellowing bullfinches
Never heard a bullfinch, so I don't know if they bellow, but it isn't an easy word to associate with...
Eggs like a Jackson Pollock
Are puffin eggs like a Jackson Pollock, or did Jackson Pollock find some inspiration in the designs of eggs?
We...
Hawk-like glidings
Birds feature impressively in Williamson's minutely loving study of the life and landscape of an otter. Some are preyed upon,...
Birds of war
The more I learn about birds, the more that 'bird brain' seems a misnomer. Here they are in a war...
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