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Great American Satan says December 10, 2020 at 12:41 pm Is that bird pure imagination, or is there a European bird with a profile like that?
Charly says December 10, 2020 at 1:40 pm @Great American Satan, I think it is an artistic rendition of European Magpie, Pica pica. In a time before photography, this would be a reasonable approximation of how they look when gliding from tree to tree.
Great American Satan says December 11, 2020 at 12:39 am Fantastic. Thanks. Think the first time I saw this piece was a year or more ago. I wondered the same thing then -- and now I know. --
Is that bird pure imagination, or is there a European bird with a profile like that?
@Great American Satan, I think it is an artistic rendition of European Magpie, Pica pica. In a time before photography, this would be a reasonable approximation of how they look when gliding from tree to tree.
Fantastic. Thanks. Think the first time I saw this piece was a year or more ago. I wondered the same thing then -- and now I know.
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