Ornithological tyranny

[altariel]

Ornithological tyranny minute 33:


altariel: Still No Pelicans

mraltariel: Imagine if they did this at Longleat. Flamingoes: 186. Sparrows: 0.

Comments

[hafren.livejournal.com]

I often wonder what the archaeologists thought when analysing the bones of creatures buried with the Viking chieftain in the Gokstad ship burial - alongside the usual dogs and horses were the remains of a peacock, presumably a prize from some distant raid...

[temeres.livejournal.com]

That's dated to about AD 900, isn't it? I think they'd made it down to Constantinople by then, so the peacock could have easily followed the trade routes from further east. Though probably not voluntarily...