The Bird Thread - Let's celebrate our flying, feathered friends!

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Silver type

 

I'll add another peacock.

 

ya may have missed your calling as an artist

 

a rare and endangered species....

 

I know I've got at least a couple of ancient coins with birds, but I don't seem to have photographs of any. However, birding is my other main hobby besides coins, so I do have some photos of actual birds. First, a couple from my tour of Tanzania in 2015. Red-and-yellow Barbet:

And a Von der Decken's Hornbill:


And closer to home, from the wilds of Baltimore County, a Red-headed Woodpecker:

 

For Parthicus, a Parthian bird - but not a woodpecker

Vardanes I AE13

 

A Byrd who's life was lost recently. Was an honor to have known him & his family.

A couple of eagles

 

Many moons ago Some bird breeders in Amsterdam, the Netherlands let a couple of Alexander parakeets (60 cm) and a smaller parakeet the Halsband parakeet (40 cm) free in the wild.
nowadays there are populations overhere of a couple of hundred Thousand, when you take a walk in a park , you think your in Amazonia.
There is also a small population of cacatoos.
Must be the climate change why they prospure so well.



I'll throw in an Athens owl to keep on topic:

 

@dougsmit, That's a very pleasant little Parthian bronze, thanks! And your nature photography is beautiful, too.

 

My birds. Also waiting for one in the mail...

Owl:


Eagle 1, Istros obol, 4th c. BC


Eagle 2, Philip III (Arrhidaios) 323-319 BC, drachm, blob in field is allegedly a rose:


Eagle 3, Antiochos IV Epiphanes (175 - 164 BC), AE 20, 7.96g

Eagle 4, Phraates IV (37-2 BC), drachm


Eagle 5, Romulus follis, issued 309-312, Ostia mint

 

Here's a couple eagles as well. The ancients sure did love their birds.

 

indeed! birdus was the wordus

 

Wow, awesome coins and birds all!

In several parts of the US (incl. where I live) monk parrots (the green bird in my photo) have similarly established themselves after being accidentally released a few decades ago. Mine I got from a licensed seller though.

Its cute seeing my own monk perk up and chirp whenever he hears wild ones flying around

 

Beautiful angle shots!

 

Surprised @stevex6 hasn't posted his bird coins yet. Thought he'd be all over this animal-themed thread.

 

Sadly, I don't have access to my sweet coins at the moment (we're doing renovations in the basement, so my coin dojo has been dismantled)

... but awesome coins, gang (great birds)

 

One of my first ancients. I re shot photo just for this thread.
Tacitus Potin Tet
Alexandria 275/6AD

 

A recently added eagle on a Pyrrhus stater from Calabria:

 

Wow awesome!