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In Western culture, symbols of love and fidelity. The children's fable "The Ugly Duckling" by Hans Christian Anderson remains well-known, serving up the lesson for how a false view of proposed ugliness (modern example, Daniel Craig described as having a "face like a slapped a**") plays out where the one-time target of derision for being different becomes recognized and well-loved for his natural charm and good looks (witness: People Magazine, "2008's Sexiest Men Alive"). Operas Lohengrin and Parsifal focus on swans.
In Greek myth, a union of Zeus (in disguise as a swan) and Leda, Queen of Sparta, conceived Helen of Troy. In sarcasm, Juvenal's comment of a good woman as a "rare bird, as rare on earth as a black swan", produced the Latin rara avis, or rare bird. There is the idea a mute swan, silent in life, will sing beautifully upon its death--the swan song. The mute swan is a sacred bird of Apollo, as a symbol of light and the swan song, and his chariot is drawn by a swan or swans as he ascends to Delos.
The 1906 Fabergé jeweled Easter egg (Russian: Яйца Фаберже́; yaytsa faberzhe), created by the House of Fabergé, is the Swan. Made for Russian tsars as Easter gifts for wives and mothers, destined to become the property of a lady you could say.
The largest waterfowl. Northern Hemisphere: pure white. Southern Hemisphere (southern South America, Australia, New Zealand): black and white or all black. Absent in central and southern Asia, all of Africa.
Mostly herbivores. Toothless, but with serrated edges on beaks that act in that purpose. Monogamous, different from other waterfowl the male helps build the nest and incubate the eggs. Fierce protectors of nests.
Whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus), Iceland, subarctic Europe and Asia
Bewick's swan (Cygnus (columbianus) bewickii), Arctic Russia, western Europe, Eastern Asia
Trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator), North America
Tundra swan (Cygnus columbianus), North American tundra and US
Whistling swan (Cygnus (columbianus) columbianus), North America
Black-necked swan (Cygnus melancoryphus), South America
Black swan (Cygnus atratus), Australia and New Zealand
Martin Campbell directed his second Bond film in 2006.
What comes next?
Sterna forsteri, from the tern family. Sterna as in Old English "stearn" or "tern"; forsteri to recognize Johann Reinhold Forster, naturalist. Small, grey-white coloring. Red legs and bill (with a black tip). In winter: white forehead, black-eye mask (also juvenile appearance). Breeding: a black cap.
North American breeder in marshes, where colonies gather. Wintering in the Caribbean and north Central America, also rare (but regular) for western Europe, sometimes Ireland, Great Britain. (No European tern winters that north in winter.)
A (shallow) plunge-diver feeding on fish, also hawks insects in flight. Males offer fish in courtship displays. Fierce defenders of nests--the colony itself may wage defense against predators. Other waterfowl can benefit from this justified mob rule. Noisy defense calls can be recognized by non-terns (so-called information parasitism).
Forster's tern
Common symbol for peace in Western culture (usually with an olive leaf or branch), symbol for divinity in religion. The use of Pablo Picasso's "Dove of Peace" by the First International Peace Conference (Paris, 1949) further popularized the peace association.
Picasso refined the image to be even more iconic.
Columba is also a constellation designated in the 16th Century, south of Canis Major, Lepus.
The 1950s peace group Paix et Liberté created the poster La colombe qui fait BOUM (the dove that goes BOOM) as a strike against Communism. Take that, Silva.
goose (ɡo͞os/) noun
1. large waterfowl, with long neck and short legs, feet webbed, short broad bill (as compared to ducks)
2. foolish person (a silly goose)
Have a gander: take a careful look at or surveille. What's good for the goose (female) is good for the gander (male). When a person is confronted with certain failure, their goose is cooked. A wild goose chase (looking for oil in the Bolivian desert, for example) is an exercise in futility, a lost cause. Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. A helpful old lady known as Mother Goose presented many lessons like these as fables.
Goose breeds include Adler Goose (Адлерская), African Goose, Alsatian Goose (Oie d'Alsace), American Buff Goose, Amorstream Goose, Anhui Goose, Aonghus Goose, Arzamas Goose (Арзамасская), Austrian Landrace (Österreichische landgans), Balien Eu Goose, Bavarian Landrace (Bayerische Landgans), Benkov Goose (Бяла Бенковска гъска), Bilgorey Goose, Bogdanovski Goose (= Javakhetian Goose), Bourbon Goose, (Oie du Bourbonnais, Blanche de Bourbonnais), Brecon Buff Goose, Buff Back Goose, Celle Goose (Celler Gans), Changle Goose, Chinese Goose, Co Goose, Cotton Patch Goose, Curly breasted Sebastopol Goose, Czech Goose (Česká husa), Czech crested Goose (Česká chocholatá hus), Danish, Landrace (Danske gæs: grå, gråbroget), Daoxian Goose, Diepholz Goose (Diepholzer Gans), Drava Goose (Dravska guska), Emden Goose (Emdener Gans), Emporda Goose (Emporda-Gans), English Saddleback Goose (→Buff Back Goose), Euskal Antzara Goose, Faroese Goose (Færøske gæs), Fighting Goose (= Steinbacher Goose), Flemish Goose (Oie flamande), Franconian Goose (Fränkische Landgans), Garbonosa Goose, German Laying Goose (Deutsche Legegans), Gorki Goose (Горьковская or Линдовская), Gorkowska Goose, Greyback Goose, Han Tah Pra Goose, Hungarian Goose, Huoyan Goose, Hwo Goose, Italian Goose (→Tufted Roman Goose), Javakhetian Goose, Kaluga Goose, Kangan Goose, Kartuzy Landrace (Kartuska), Kholmogory Goose (Холмогорская), Kielce Landrace (Kielecka), Koean Goose, Krasnozerskoye Goose (Краснозёрская, Krasnozy, Skoye), Kuban Goose (Кубанская), Landes Goose (Oie des Landes), Large Grey Goose, Leine Goose (Leinegans), Lingzian Goose, Likewu Goose, Lionhead Goose, Lippe Goose (Lippegans), Local Geese of Karal and Massakory, Local Goose of Mandelia, Lubelska Goose, Mongolian Local Geese, Normandy Goose (Oie normande; including Crested Normandy Goose), Norwegian White Goose (Norsk hvit gås), Nungan Mieu Goose, Obroshino Goose (Оброшинская), Öland Goose (Ölandsgås), Padans Goose (Oca Padovana), Pereyaslav Goose (Переяславская), Philippine domestic Goose, Pilgrim Goose, Podkarpacka Goose, Poitou Goose (Oie du Poitou, Blanche de Poitou), Pomeranian Goose (including Pomeranian Saddleback), Pskov Bald Goose, (Псковская)Qingyang Goose, Rhenish Goose, Rhineland Laying Goose, (Rheinische Legegans, extinct breed), Romanic Goose (Romaanse gans), Roman Tufted Goose (Oca Italiano), Romny Goose, Russian Goose, Rypinska Goose, Rung Goose, Scania Goose (Skånegås), Sebastopol Goose (Lockengans), Shadrin Goose (→Ural Goose), Shetland Goose, Shitou Goose, Sichuan White Goose, Skanegas, Slovak White Goose (Slovenská hus), Smålen Goose (Smålensgås), Solnechnogorsk Goose, Steinbacher Goose (Steinbacher Kampfgans), Subcarpathian Goose (Podkarpacka), Suwalska Goose (Suwałska), Suchovy Goose (Suchovská hus), Synthetic, Ukrainian Goose, Taihu Goose, Tame Goose, Toulouse Goose (including Light Toulouse), Touraine Goose (Oie de Touraine), Tufted Roman Goose (Oca Italiano), Tula Goose (Tульская бойцовая), Turkish Goose, Twente Landrace (Twentse landgans), Ural Goose or Shadrin Goose (Уральская or Шадринская), Venetian Goose (Oca Pezzata Veneta), Vishtines Goose (Vištinės žąsys), Vladimir Clay Goose (Владимирская глинистая), Wanxi White Goose, West of England Goose (including Crested Goose), White Hungarian Goose, White Italian Goose (→Tufted Roman Goose), White Norman Goose, Wugang Goose, Wulong Goose, Wuzhong Goose, Xupu Goose, Yanguiang Goose, Yan Goose, Yili Goose, Yong Kang Grey Gosse, Zatory Landrace (Zatorska), Zhedong Goose, Zhejiang White Goose, Zie Goose. Some highlights follow.
Danish
Fighting goose
Large grey goose
Lippe goose
Tula goose
West of England goose
"Cubby used to say, 'This is the goose that laid the golden egg, keep it safe'." So recalled his daughter Barbara Broccoli, current co-producer. "One of the things he said was we're temporary people making permanent decisions. When you have a franchise, and you're invested in it as emotionally as we are, you make decisions based on the health of the franchise going forward."
goose (ɡo͞os/) verb
1. to boost or invigorate, increase
2. to poke the buttocks
It is educational and fun.
Also, Bond according to Fleming always was drawn to the "bird with a wing down".
And another whose pasttime is what he calls birdwatching: spotting and identifying military aircraft.
So the term really becomes mixed in meaning.
Seconded! I'm loving this thread!
In the words of Roger Moore: "A little of both would be ideal."
Quail - kwāl/ - noun
1. Old World (Phasianidae): game bird, small, short tail, similar to the partridge, brown camouflage coloring.
2. New World (Odontophoridae) - game bird, small to medium-sized, male face with markings.
Ground-dwellers. Capable of flight, but more likely to scurry into hiding. Whether as sport or farm-raised, common quail and Japanese quail are popular birds for eating, includes eggs.
Coturnism: when common quail migrate, ingestion of poison seeds (likely hemlock) causes them no problem but can in turn poison people who dine on them.
California quail male
California quail female
California quail male, female
New World: Mountain quail, Scaled quail (blue quail), Elegant quail, California quail, Gambel's quail, Banded quail, Northern bobwhite, Black-throated bobwhite, Spot-bellied bobwhite, Crested bobwhite, Marbled wood quail, Spot-winged wood quail, Black-eared wood quail, Rufous-fronted wood quail, Black-fronted wood quail, Chestnut wood quail, Dark-backed wood quail, Rufous-breasted wood quail, Tacarcuna wood quail, Gorgeted wood quail, Venezuelan wood quail, Black-breasted wood quail, Stripe-faced wood quail, Starred wood quail, Spotted wood quail, Singing quail, Montezuma quail, Ocellated quail,
Tawny-faced quail,
Old World: Common quail, Japanese quail, Stubble quail, New Zealand quail (extinct), Rain quail, Harlequin quail, Canary Islands quail, Brown quail, Blue quail, King quail, Snow Mountain quail, Jungle bush quail, Rock bush quail, Painted bush quail, Manipur bush quail, Himalayan quail (maybe extinct).
Japanese quail
Harlequin quail
Jungle bush quail
Stubble quail
Quail - kwāl/ - verb
1. to overpower: “Quail, crush, conclude, and quell!” (Shakespeare, A Midsummer-Night's Dream)
Common quail's call is aptly called "wet my lips".
Gather in groups known as flocks, bevies, coveys.
[A "bevy" is also used for groups of people, especially beautiful women.]
Here is one still photo catching the bird in profile to consider.
There are three likely suspects.
Crow - krō / noun
1. medium large bird, black feathers and beak, noisy
2. negative term for an unwanted woman, as plain or old, maybe ugly, or simply not as good
(e.g. "I liked KD Lang's song better")
3. the constellation (Corvus)
Raven - ˈrāvən / noun
1. large bird, black, thicker beak
2. the constellation (Corvus)
adjective
1. jet-black, glossy (hair, or in this case feathers)
Rook - roo k / noun
1. European crow, black, gregarious; white skin usually above thinner beak
2. a hustler, as at card games or dice
verb
3. to cheat; fleece; swindle
(e.g. "I'm standing on it"; "it's all... in the wrist"; "the cards say WE WILL BE LOVERS")
Confusion between the birds is understandable.
The verdict? Another still gives detail to the beak. Smaller than a raven, thicker than a rook.
So, a crow.
Part of my response will be "No". If that makes sense.
1. fertilizer sourced from dried excrement, usually seabirds, bats
2. fertilizer from fish
3. euphemism for excrement or ****
also
1. undesirable condition ("this is bird*****") or situation ("that is bat**** crazy!")
Bat guano (from caves) may be more popular today, there are also markets for bird guano and seal guano.
Large quantities of bird guano are literally mined for sale as fertilizer with high nitrogen, phosphates, potassium.
The word can be sourced to Andean language and culture, likely they have collected guano from islands off the coast of Peru for more than 1,500 years. Colonists from Spain in South America reported Incans valued guano, greatly controlled it to the point a disturbance of the birds could receive a death sentence. By the 1800s, the guano trade helped modernize farming and led to humans inhabiting what had been islands exclusively for the birds. Outright wars between nations (includes the Chincha Islands War between Spain and Chile, 1864–1866) have been fought over the control of guano. In our 21st Century, guano is a favorite used for organic farming. The guano business is also responsible for early conservation efforts.
Prime guano producers include the Guanay cormorant foremost, then the Peruvian pelican and Peruvian booby.
Of course many more contribute, like the Inca Tern.
Guanay cormorant
Peruvian pelican
Peruvian booby
Inca tern
So guano is no joke.
Roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja): a large wading bird that feeds in shallow water usually on the coast. Found from the US southeast through the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, Central and South America east of the Andes. Its bill, swung left and right, is a sifter through muddy water to gather marine life from shellfish to bugs to amphibians and small fish. Ingesting food with carotenoid pigment gives the striking color from pink to magenta, varies by age, location. A group of spoonbill is called a bowl.
Roseate spoonbill
Her too!
Ian Fleming Publications Limited is the successor to Glidrose, publisher of the original Bond novels in the 1950s and 1960s. The name Glidrose is a combination of its founders John Gliddon and Norman Rose. Fleming bought the company in 1952. Today it's operated by the Fleming family.
The company logo (above) uses the image of a doctor bird, the national bird of Jamaica.
Fleming describes the doctor bird in the opening passage to his story "For Your Eyes Only".
I can only add the bird is known as the Doctor bird (Trochilus polytmus) but also as the Red-billed streamertail, scissor-tail or scissors tail hummingbird. Only the male has the signature tail. It is endemic to (lives only in) Jamaica.
Doctor bird
Doctor bird female
In the novel Diamonds Are Forever, Bond gets acquainted with Las Vegas and the famous Flamingo Hotel and Casino. You can find flamingos kept in the courtyard there.
DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER filming location: the intersection of Flamingo and Las Vegas Boulevard.
As identified by @Birdleson in the excellent MI6 discussion Bond Film Statistics Page 6 - THE ANIMALS OF BOND Part I, a papier mâché flamingo appears in the Junkanoo celebration, THUNDERBALL.
Flamingo - fləˈ MING ɡō/ - noun
1. large wading bird, pink or scarlet red coloring, long legs, long neck
2. the letter "O", on fire
More on the name: Portuguese or Spanish flamengo means "flame-colored", also consider flama ("flame") and the Germanic suffix (-ing). So its Latin name Phoenicopterus (Greek: φοινικόπτερος phoinikopteros) has the literal meaning "blood red-feathered".
Flamingo (Phoenicopterus): known to stand on one leg for some unknown reason. Take on a pink to red coloring from the carotene pigment picked up in their diet (pale or white appearance indicates malnourished). When feeding, bills are held upside down in muddy water to sift algae and brine shrimp. Colonies may number in the thousands, other words for a group include a flamboyance or pat, stand, regiment.
Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus); Africa, Southern Europe, South Asia
Lesser flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor); Africa, India
Chilean flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis); South America
James's flamingo (Phoenicoparrus jamesi); South America
Andean flamingo (Phoenicoparrus andinus); South America
American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber); Caribbean, Mexico, Belize, Galapagos islands
(This image was originally posted to Flickr by dave_7 at http://flickr.com/photos/21612624@N00/4669619073 and is licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.)
The Citroën 2CV was first called „de lelijke eend“ (the ugly duckling) by a Dutch journalist upon its introduction in 1948. The name quickly caught on, mostly in Germany where the initial "hässliches Entlein" (again, ugly duckling) was quickly and permanently reduced to "Ente" (duck), which contributed to it becoming a cult vehicle. Citroën later adopted that and named special models for sale in Germany "Charleston-Ente", "Dolly-Ente", or for that matter, "James-Bond-Ente". Hopelessly outdated in spite of its "cult" status, the car was finally discontinued in 1990.