Crisp-winged flies
A symbiosis of hovering birds and fly-pestered bullocks, the darting martins hoovering up bothersome crisp-winged flies.
'Martins twittered along the...
Briars and birds
Trying to think what species of birds would yield a rainbow of wings, in England. Robins, blue-tits and finches, perhaps.
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Time as a hovering hawk
I am fascinated by perspectives of time, and here it’s memorably described as a rough-legged hawk, or, when it implodes,...
A laughing owl
No idea if owls laugh, but I like this phrase. Next time someone says something too daft to credit, feel...
Raven-like croaks
Williamson's lovingly accurate study of otters includes many examples of the playfulness of these animals, be it with each other,...
Whippering
'... the whippering cries of golden plover.'
This seems to be a Williamson coinage to describe the cry of a...
Of merry audacious jays
Two fine metaphors here, describing the nature and the cry of jays, though the first of these is by now...
Eagles colour the country they inhabit
The opening of this quotation had me asking how we 'colour the country we inhabit'? I also like the following...
Birds of war
The more I learn about birds, the more that 'bird brain' seems a misnomer. Here they are in a war...
How to help a bird fly
Wise words for human lives, all the more poignant for watching fledglings make mistakes and still persist in flying, even...
Silver-shouldered flight
A perfect morning on the remote Scottish bay Maxwell made his refuge for the last ten or so years of...
Of kingfisher colours
This description of a Halcyon Kingfisher packs a rainbow of colour metaphors, from pink to green to blue and brown. ...
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