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Soviet capsule is quickly followed (& swallowed) by SPECTRE rocket Bird One, obviously YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE.
So, I'm giving you back the bird.
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Archaeopteryx - ɑːrkiːˈɒptərᵻks/ - noun
1. the first bird
Latin (Archaeopteryx, ancient wing). German (Urvogel, first bird).
Bird One (Archaeopteryx). In transition from dinosaur, the first outright bird but with marginal flight capability. Teeth, bony tail, grasping claws on the wings. Still, with feathers and hip bones as with bird life.
Dates to the Jurassic.
Boeing 707-321 Clipper, as seen in DR. NO
And the First bird
One contender for the role of James Bond after DAF was Jon Finch. Also, famously transsexual FYEO Bond girl Caroline Fossey married one David Finch.
The train scenes of OP were filmed employing the Nene valley railroad...although I realise that the Nene in question has nothing to do with the Hawaiian state bird and you may have already mentioned it somewhere.
1. large, noisy seabird
2. one easily deceived
3. automobile doors that open vertically (gull-wing doors)
Verb
1. to fool, deceive
"a good agent can at times make observers think they're looking at a seabird or gator"
Origins in Middle English: Celtic (gull), Welsh (gwylan), Breton (gwelan). Even older, as mew: German (Möwe), Danish (måge), Dutch (meeuw), French (mouette).
Gull (Laridae). Seabirds. Range from medium to large sized, usually colored grey and white, webbed feet. Eat fish, seafood, small animals, and may scavenge in the wild or in developed areas. Nest in colonies, perpetrate mob behavior against predators. Intelligent and social, may get along fine with humans or resort to thievery. Don't trust them. Noisy.
Gulls in Mexico come down to this list: Black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla), Sabine's gull (Xema sabini), Bonaparte's gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia), Black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus ), Little gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus ), Gray gull (Leucophaeus modestus ), Laughing gull (Leucophaeus atricilla), Franklin's gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan), Black-tailed gull (Larus crassirostris ), Heermann's gull (Larus heermanni), Mew gull, (Larus canus), Ring-billed gull (Larus delawarensis), Western gull (Larus occidentalis), Yellow-footed gull (Larus livens (endemic) ), California gull (Larus californicus), Herring gull (Larus argentatus), Thayer's gull (Larus thayeri), Lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus), Glaucous-winged gull (Larus glaucescens), Glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus), Great black-backed gull (Larus marinus), Kelp gull (Larus dominicanus).
Bonaparte’s gull
Black-tailed gull
Little gull
Gray gull
Laughing gull
Heerman’s gull
Ring-billed gull (Larus delawarensis)
Western gull
Yellow-footed gull
California gull
Herring gull
Great black-backed gull
Kelp gull
OO7 wore a uniquely cutting-edge stealth item of camouflage: a seagull (which not a duck) on his head.
These enhanced images highlight the bird toward making an ID.
Mew gull
Percival Mew Gull, first civilian plane to break 200 mph
Gull-wing car doors
Gull, miscellenous
1. medium or smaller forest bird known for song
2. a yeast infection, local to the mouth or genitals
3. the source of the bad smell from a horse's hoof
4. a female singer, informal
5. an organization bent on world domination (1960s)
Old English (thrysce). Germanic (throstle). Maybe Swedish (torsk) or Danish (troske or frush). Even Old French (fourchette, as in ‘the frog of a horse's hoof.’)
Thrush (Turdidae). Earth colors, usually grey or brownish, speckled breast. Untold variations.
Eat bugs, worms, fruit. May be static residents or migrate to warmer climes. Contenders for the most beautiful avian song-producers. Includes thrush, bulbul, nightingale, North American robin varieties, solitaires, and others.
MANY varieties.
Fraser's rufous thrush (Neocossyphus fraseri), Finsch's rufous thrush (Neocossyphus finschi), Red-tailed ant thrush (Neocossyphus rufus), White-tailed ant thrush (Neocossyphus poensis), Slaty-backed thrush (Geokichla schistacea), Pied thrush (Geokichla wardii), Ashy thrush (Geokichla cinerea), Orange-sided thrush (Geokichla peronii), Orange-headed thrush (Geokichla citrina), Spot-winged thrush (Geokichla spiloptera), Siberian thrush (Geokichla sibirica), Abyssinian ground thrush (Geokichla piaggiae), Kivu ground thrush (Geokichla piaggiae tanganjicae), Crossley's ground thrush (Geokichla crossleyi), Orange ground thrush (Geokichla gurneyi), Black-eared ground thrush (Geokichla cameronensis), Grey ground thrush (Geokichla princei), Spotted ground thrush (Geokichla guttata), Oberländer's ground thrush (Geokichla oberlaenderi), Buru thrush (Geokichla dumasi), Seram thrush (Geokichla joiceyi), Chestnut-capped thrush (Geokichla interpres), Enggano thrush (Geokichla leucolaema), Red-backed thrush (Geokichla erythronota), Red-and-black thrush (Geokichla mendeni), Chestnut-backed thrush (Geokichla dohertyi), Sulawesi mountain-thrush (Zoothera heinrichi[2][3] ), Everett's thrush (Zoothera everetti), Sunda thrush (Zoothera andromedae), Alpine thrush (Zoothera mollissima), Long-tailed thrush (Zoothera dixoni), Scaly thrush (Zoothera dauma), Amami thrush (Zoothera (dauma), major), White's thrush (Zoothera aurea), Nilgiri thrush (Zoothera neilgherriensis), Sri Lanka thrush (Zoothera imbricata), Fawn-breasted thrush (Zoothera machiki), Bassian thrush (Zoothera lunulata), Russet-tailed thrush (Zoothera heinei), Black-backed thrush (Zoothera talaseae), White-bellied thrush (Zoothera margaretae), Guadalcanal thrush (Zoothera turipavae), Long-billed thrush (Zoothera monticola), Dark-sided thrush (Zoothera marginata), Bonin thrush (Zoothera terrestris), Himalayan thrush (Zoothera salimalii ), Sichuan thrush (Zoothera griseiceps), varied thrush (Ixoreus naevius), Aztec thrush (Ridgwayia pinicola), Sulawesi thrush (Cataponera turdoides), Grandala (Grandala coelicolor), Eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis), Western bluebird (Sialia mexicana), Mountain bluebird (Sialia currucoides), rufous-brown solitaire (Cichlopsis leucogenys), Veery or Willow thrush or Wilson's thrush (Catharus fuscescens), Gray-cheeked thrush (Catharus minimus), Bicknell's thrush (Catharus bicknelli), Ruddy-capped nightingale-thrush (Catharus frantzii), Black-billed nightingale-thrush (Catharus gracilirostris), Hermit thrush (Catharus guttatus), Russet nightingale-thrush (Catharus occidentalis). Swainson's thrush or olive-backed thrush (Catharus ustulatus), Orange-billed nightingale-thrush (Catharus aurantiirostris), Slaty-backed nightingale-thrush (Catharus fuscater), Black-headed nightingale-thrush (Catharus mexicanus), Spotted nightingale-thrush (Catharus dryas), Wood thrush (Hylocichla mustelina), White-eared solitaire (Entomodestes leucotis), Black solitaire (Entomodestes coracinus), Groundscraper thrush (Turdus litsitsirupa), Yellow-legged thrush (Turdus flavipes), Pale-eyed thrush (Turdus leucops), African thrush (Turdus pelios), Bare-eyed thrush (Turdus tephronotus), Kurrichane thrush (Turdus libonyana), São Tomé thrush (Turdus olivaceofuscus), Príncipe thrush (Turdus xanthorhynchus), Olive thrush (Turdus olivaceus), Usambara thrush (Turdus roehli), Abyssinian thrush (Turdus abyssinicus), Karoo thrush (Turdus smithi), Somali thrush or Somali blackbird (Turdus ludoviciae), Taita thrush (Turdus helleri), Yemen thrush (Turdus menachensis), Comoro thrush (Turdus bewsheri), Grey-backed thrush (Turdus hortulorum), Tickell's thrush (Turdus unicolor), Black-breasted thrush (Turdus dissimilis), Japanese thrush (Turdus cardis), White-collared blackbird (Turdus albocinctus), Ring ouzel (Turdus torquatus), Grey-winged blackbird (Turdus boulboul), Common blackbird (Turdus merula), Chinese blackbird (Turdus mandarinus), Tibetan blackbird (Turdus maximus), Indian blackbird (Turdus simillimus), Island thrush ((Turdus poliocephalus), Christmas thrush (Turdus poliocephalus erythropleurus), Borneo thrush (Turdus poliocephalus seebohmi), Taiwan thrush (Turdus poliocephalus niveiceps), Lifou thrush (Turdus poliocephalus pritzbueri), Maré thrush (Turdus poliocephalus mareensis), Norfolk thrush (Turdus poliocephalus poliocephalus), Lord Howe thrush (Turdus poliocephalus vinitinctus), Chestnut thrush (Turdus rubrocanus), Kessler's thrush (Turdus kessleri), Grey-sided thrush (Turdus feae), Eyebrowed thrush (Turdus obscurus), Pale thrush (Turdus pallidus), Brown-headed thrush (Turdus chrysolaus), Izu thrush (Turdus celaenops), Black-throated thrush (Turdus atrogularis), Red-throated thrush (Turdus ruficollis), Naumann's thrush (Turdus naumanni), Dusky thrush (Turdus eunomus), Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris), Redwing (Turdus iliacus), Redwing (Turdus iliacus), Song thrush (Turdus philomelos), Chinese thrush (Turdus mupinensis), Mistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus), Great thrush (Turdus fuscater), Chiguanco thrush (Turdus chiguanco), Sooty thrush (Turdus nigrescens), Black thrush (Turdus infuscatus), Glossy-black thrush (Turdus serranus), Andean slaty thrush (Turdus nigriceps), Eastern slaty thrush (Turdus subalaris), Plumbeous-backed thrush (Turdus reevei), Black-hooded thrush (Turdus olivater), Cauca black-hooded thrush (Turdus olivater caucae), Marañón thrush (Turdus maranonicus), Chestnut-bellied thrush (Turdus fulviventris), Rufous-bellied thrush (Turdus rufiventris), Austral thrush (Turdus falcklandii), Pale-breasted thrush (Turdus leucomelas), Creamy-bellied thrush (Turdus amaurochalinus), Mountain thrush (Turdus plebejus), Black-billed thrush (Turdus ignobilis), Lawrence's thrush (Turdus lawrencii), Cocoa thrush (Turdus fumigatus), Pale-vented thrush (Turdus obsoletus), Hauxwell's thrush (Turdus hauxwelli). Unicolored thrush (Turdus haplochrous), Clay-colored thrush (Turdus grayi), Spectacled thrush (Turdus nudigenis), Várzea thrush (Turdus sanchezorum), Ecuadorian thrush (Turdus maculirostris), White-eyed thrush (Turdus jamaicensis), White-throated thrush (Turdus assimilis), Dagua thrush (Turdus daguae), White-necked thrush (Turdus albicollis), Grey-flanked thrush (Turdus albicollis), Rufous-flanked thrush (Turdus albicollis), Rufous-backed robin (Turdus rufopalliatus), Rufous-collared robin (Turdus rufitorques), American robin (Turdus migratorius), La Selle thrush (Turdus swalesi), White-chinned thrush (Turdus aurantius), Red-legged thrush (Turdus plumbeus), Forest thrush (Turdus lherminieri), Tristan thrush (Turdus eremita), Purple cochoa (Cochoa purpurea), Green cochoa (Cochoa viridis), Sumatran cochoa (Cochoa beccarii), Javan cochoa (Cochoa azurea), Fruithunter (Chlamydochaera jefferyi), (AKA Black-breasted fruit-hunter), Pale-eyed thrush (Platycichla (Turdus), Leucops), Yellow-legged thrush (Platycichla (Turdus), flavipes), Tristan thrush (Turdus eremita), AKA Starchy), Forest thrush (Turdus lherminieri), Groundscraper thrush (Psophocichla litsitsirupa).
Varied thrush
Hermit thrush
Japanese thrush
White-eared solitaire
Black solitaire
Wood thrush
Song thrush
Thrush aircraft are noted crop-dusters
Thrush (Drozd), Soviet missile system
T.H.R.U.S.H. as Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity, countering U.N.C.L.E. (United Network Command for Law and Enforcement):
"The Man from THRUSH", Lalo Schifrin from The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Verve 1965
1. a small bird with a thick beak that dives into water to grab fish
2. local beer in India
From: the "king's fisher", application unknown. Greek (ἀλκυών, or halcyon).
Kingfisher (Alcedinidae), species may be divided as river, tree, and water kingfishers. Most are tropical, some in forests. All have large heads plus long, sharp, thick pointed bills, short legs, and stubby tails. Dine on fish, also bugs and lizards, as caught by swooping from a perch or hover. Give a warning cry in flight. In the UK kingfisher means Common kingfisher, though there are many varieties worldwide.
River kingfishers (Alcedinidae): Blyth's kingfisher (Alcedo Hercules), Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), Half-collared kingfisher (Alcedo semitorquata), Shining-blue kingfisher (Alcedo quadribrachys), Blue-eared kingfisher (Alcedo meninting), Azure kingfisher (lcedo azurea), Bismarck kingfisher (Alcedo websteri), Blue-banded kingfisher (Alcedo euryzona), Cerulean kingfisher (lcedo coerulescens), Little kingfisher (Alcedo pusilla), Oriental dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx erithacus), Philippine dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx melanurus), Southern silvery kingfisher (Ceyx argentatus), Northern silvery kingfisher (Ceyx flumenicola), Sulawesi dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx fallax), Rufous-backed kingfisher (Ceyx rufidorsa), Moluccan dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx Lepidus), Dimorphic dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx margarethae), Sula dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx wallacii), Buru dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx cajeli), Papuan dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx solitaris), Manus dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx dispar), New Ireland dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx mulcatus), New Britain dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx sacerdotis), North Solomons dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx meeki), New Georgia dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx collectoris), Malaita dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx malaitae), Guadalcanal dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx nigromaxilla), Makira dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx gentianus), Indigo-banded kingfisher (Ceyx cyanopecta), Malachite kingfisher (Corythornis cristatus), Malagasy kingfisher (Corythornis vintsioides), White-bellied kingfisher (Corythornis leucogaster), Madagascan pygmy kingfisher (Corythornis madagascariensis), African pygmy kingfisher (Ispidina picta), African dwarf kingfisher (Ispidina lecontei),
Tree (or Wood) kingfishers (Halcyonidae): Banded kingfisher (Lacedo pulchella), Laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae), Blue-winged kookaburra (Dacelo leachii), Spangled kookaburra (Dacelo tyro), Rufous-bellied kookaburra (Dacelo gaudichaud), Shovel-billed kookaburra (Clytoceyx rex), Lilac kingfisher (Cittura cyanotis), Brown-winged kingfisher (Pelargopsis amauroptera), Stork-billed kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis), Great-billed kingfisher (Pelargopsis melanorhyncha), Ruddy kingfisher (Halcyon coromanda), Chocolate-backed kingfisher (Halcyon badia), White-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis), Grey-headed kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala), Black-capped kingfisher (Halcyon pileata), Javan kingfisher (Halcyon cyanoventris), Woodland kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis), Mangrove kingfisher (Halcyon senegaloides), Blue-breasted kingfisher (Halcyon malimbica), Brown-hooded kingfisher (Halcyon albiventris), Striped kingfisher (Halcyon chelicuti), Blue-black kingfisher (Todirhamphus nigrocyaneus), Winchell's kingfisher (Todirhamphus winchelli), Blue-and-white kingfisher (Todirhamphus diops), Lazuli kingfisher (Todirhamphus lazuli), Forest kingfisher (Todirhamphus macleayii), White-mantled kingfisher (Todirhamphus albonotatus), Ultramarine kingfisher (Todirhamphus leucopygius), Vanuatu kingfisher (Todirhamphus farquhari), Red-backed kingfisher (Todirhamphus pyrrhopygia), Flat-billed kingfisher (Todirhamphus recurvirostris), Guam kingfisher (Todirhamphus cinnamominus), Pohnpei kingfisher (Todiramphus reichenbachii), Rusty-capped kingfisher (Todiramphus pelewensis), Collared kingfisher (Todirhamphus chloris), Pacific kingfisher (Todirhamphus sacer), Melanesian kingfisher (Todirhamphus tristrami), Islet kingfisher (Todirhamphus colonus), Mariana kingfisher (Todirhamphus albicilla), Torresian kingfisher (Todirhamphus sordidus, Sombre kingfisher (Todirhamphus funebris), Talaud kingfisher (Todirhamphus enigma), Beach kingfisher (Todirhamphus saurophaga), Cinnamon-banded kingfisher (Todirhamphus Australasia), Sacred kingfisher (Todirhamphus sanctus), Society kingfisher (Todirhamphus veneratus), Mewing kingfisher (Todirhamphus ruficollaris), Chattering kingfisher (Todirhamphus tuta), Marquesan kingfisher (Todirhamphus godeffroyi), Mangareva kingfisher (Todirhamphus gambieri), Niau kingfisher (Todirhamphus gertrudae), Glittering kingfisher (Caridonax fulgidus), Hook-billed kingfisher (Melidora macrorrhina), Moustached kingfisher (Actenoides bougainvillei), Rufous-collared kingfisher (Actenoides concretus), Spotted wood kingfisher (Actenoides lindsayi), Hombron's kingfisher (Actenoides hombroni), Green-backed kingfisher (Actenoides monachus), Scaly-breasted kingfisher (Actenoides princeps), Yellow-billed kingfisher (Syma torotoro), Mountain kingfisher (Syma megarhyncha), Little paradise kingfisher (Tanysiptera hydrocharis), Common paradise kingfisher (Tanysiptera galatea), Kofiau paradise kingfisher (Tanysiptera ellioti), Biak paradise kingfisher (Tanysiptera riedelii), Numfor paradise kingfisher (Tanysiptera carolinae), Red-breasted paradise kingfisher (Tanysiptera nympha), Brown-headed paradise kingfisher (Tanysiptera danae), Buff-breasted paradise kingfisher (Tanysiptera Sylvia).
Water kingfishers (Cerylidae): Giant kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima), Crested kingfisher (Megaceryle lugubris), Belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon), Ringed kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata), Pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis), Amazon kingfisher (Chloroceryle amazon), Green kingfisher (Chloroceryle Americana), Green-and-rufous kingfisher (Chloroceryle inda), American pygmy kingfisher (Chloroceryle aenea).
Philippine dwarf kingfisher
Ruddy kingfisher
Moustached kingfisher
Spotted wood kingfisher
Buff-breasted paradise kingfisher
Giant kingfisher
Amazon kingfisher
Belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
Greek myth: Halcyon (kingfishers) are the result of Alcyone and Ceyx disrespecting Zeus and Hera, punished with death. However the gods rescued them with a transformation as birds to live by the sea. Halcyon days means seven days before and after winter solstice--storms will not happen then, a time new hatchlings are gaining strength. In Western culture, "Halcyon days" recall a peaceful or idyllic time. The Greek forms can be recognized in the naming of kingfisher species.
Kingfish
Kingfisher Airlines Airbus A321
Fisher King
Kingfisher Beer, India
Miscellaneous
Classic pose, light captures the colors. (I'm partial to Nikons, as well.)
Amazing the variety around the world, really, I've seen them all over the Pacific including American Samoa.
In the US, mainly limited to the one discussed above.
1. a small bird that catches insects on the fly
2. the act of swallowing (he downed the ouzo in one swallow)
Verb
1. passage down the throat
2. acceptance of undesirable circumstance
3. unquestioned belief (swallowed hook, line, and sinker)
4. to engulf, to overcome completely
Swallows and martins (Hirundinidae): small birds with long wings, equally adept at maneuver and gliding. Feed on insects in flight--even so, selective diners rather than opportunists.
River martins (Pseudochelidoninae): African river martin (Pseudochelidon eurystomina), White-eyed river martin (Pseudochelidon sirintarae).
Other swallows & martins (Hirundininae): Square-tailed saw-wing (Psalidoprocne nitens), Mountain saw-wing (Psalidoprocne fuliginosa), White-headed saw-wing (Psalidoprocne albiceps), Black saw-wing (Psalidoprocne pristoptera), Fanti saw-wing (Psalidoprocne obscura), Grey-rumped swallow (Pseudhirundo griseopyga), White-backed swallow (Cheramoeca leucosternus), Mascarene/ martin (Phedina borbonica), Brazza's martin (Phedina brazzae), Brown-throated martin (Riparia paludicola), Grey-throated martin (Riparia chinensis), Congo martin (Riparia congica), Sand martin (Riparia riparia), Banded martin (Riparia cincta), Tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor), Violet-green swallow (Tachycineta thalassina, Golden swallow (Tachycineta euchrysea), Bahama swallow (Tachycineta cyaneoviridis), Tumbes swallow (Tachycineta stolzmanni), Mangrove swallow (Tachycineta albilinea), White-winged swallow (Tachycineta albiventer), White-rumped swallow (Tachycineta leucorrhoa), Chilean swallow (Tachycineta meyeni), Purple martin (Progne subis), Cuban martin (Progne cryptoleuca), Caribbean martin (Progne dominicensis), Sinaloa martin (Progne sinaloae), Grey-breasted martin (Progne chalybea), Galapagos martin (Progne modesta), Peruvian martin (Progne murphyi), Southern martin (Progne elegans), Brown-chested martin (Progne tapera), Brown-bellied swallow (Notiochelidon murina), Blue-and-white swallow (Notiochelidon cyanoleuca), Pale-footed swallow (Notiochelidon flavipes), Black-capped swallow (Notiochelidon pileata), Andean swallow (Haplochelidon andecola), White-banded swallow (Atticora fasciata), Black-collared swallow (Atticora melanoleuca), White-thighed swallow (Neochelidon tibialis), Northern rough-winged swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis), Southern rough-winged swallow (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis), Tawny-headed swallow (Alopochelidon fucata), Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica), Red-chested swallow (Hirundo lucida), Angola swallow (Hirundo angolensis), Pacific swallow (Hirundo tahitica), Welcome swallow (Hirundo neoxena), White-throated swallow (Hirundo albigularis), Ethiopian swallow (Hirundo aethiopica), Wire-tailed swallow (Hirundo smithii), White-bibbed swallow (Hirundo nigrita), Pied-winged swallow (Hirundo leucosoma), White-tailed swallow (Hirundo megaensis), Pearl-breasted swallow (Hirundo dimidiate), Blue swallow (Hirundo atrocaerulea), Black-and-rufous swallow (Hirundo nigrorufa), Eurasian crag martin (Ptyonoprogne rupestris), Pale crag martin (Ptyonoprogne obsolete), Rock martin (Ptyonoprogne fuligula), Dusky crag martin (Ptyonoprogne concolor), Common house martin (Delichon urbicum), Asian house martin (Delichon dasypus), Nepal house martin (Delichon nipalense), Greater striped swallow (Cecropis cucullata), Lesser striped swallow (Cecropis abyssinica), Red-breasted swallow (Cecropis semirufa), Mosque swallow (Cecropis senegalensis), Red-rumped swallow (Cecropis daurica), Striated swallow (Cecropis striolata), Rufous-bellied swallow (Cecropis badia), Red-throated cliff swallow (Petrochelidon rufigula), Preuss's cliff swallow (Petrochelidon preussi), Red Sea cliff swallow (Petrochelidon Perdita), South African cliff swallow (Petrochelidon spilodera), Forest swallow (Petrochelidon fuliginosa), Streak-throated swallow (Petrochelidon fluvicola), Fairy martin (Petrochelidon ariel), Tree martin (Petrochelidon nigricans), American cliff swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota), Cave swallow (Petrochelidon fulva), Chestnut-collared swallow (Petrochelidon rufocollaris),
Brazza's martin
White-throated swallow
Eurasian crag-martin
Rock martin
Miscellaneous
In famous migration, Cliff swallows return each 19th of March (St. Joseph's Day) to Mission San Juan Capistrano, California, to rebuild their nests with mud. The structure has been in ruin since an 1812 earthquake. The swallows depart 23 October (the Day of San Juan) by first circling the Jewel of the Missions.
Cliff swallow
B.A. (British Aircraft) Swallow, 1930s
Messerschmitt Me 262, Schwalbe ("Swallow") fighter, Sturmvogel ("Storm Bird") fighter-bomber
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9280ALzFwcY
de Havilland DH 108, experimental 1945
Miscellaneous
Hirondel: fictional make of car driven by the Saint in the Leslie Charteris novels
I read the Charteris novels in my youth.
Thanks, it was fun looking up these breadcrumbs.
But Roger Moore had his 1967 Volvo. [Confirmed by @j_w_pepper]
You're very welcome - I have been repaid a thousandfold by those pics and quotes!
Another one for you to put on the list @Bruce: the Kling Kling. Scaramanga kills two in the house of illicit fame where he meets Bond. (book, of course)
@CommanderRoss, I like that connection and depending on your follow-up I may post something on it tonight.
The Kling klings are a good one I'm ready for, but may give them a little more distance
from Kingfishers which met a similar end.
Brood parasitism in the automobile industry. Why didn't I think of that, @CommanderRoss.
Cygnet - ˈsiɡ·nət/ noun
1. a young swan.
Aston Martin Cygnet, 2011
High hopes with that last marketing image.
Toyota iQ, 2011 (if I got this right)
Aston Martin V8 Vantage, 2011
Cuckoo
1. large wading bird, big bill, long legs
2. same, as the supposed deliverer of babies
Old English (Storc). Maybe Germanic (as in stark or sturkaz, toward stoic like the bird's rigid poses and movement). Latvian (stārks). Slovenian (štorklja); Bulgarian (щъркел or shtŭrkel). A little different, also Greek (torgos, meaning vulture). Dutch (ooievaar, or ōdaboro: ōda as in fortune, boro as bearer, combining for the idea of storks delivering babies. Estonian (toonekurg, literally underworld crane, fitting for the Black crane there).
Stork (Ciconiidae): large waders, eating fish, insects, worms, small amphibians and animals. Their bills are specialized according to diet: large bills as general purpose (Ciconia storks); very large, upturned bills for fishing shallow waters (Ephippiorhynchus and jabiru), the largest as daggers to scavenge carrion and defend against fellow scavengers (Marabou); downturned bills to sense prey by tactilocation in turbid waters (Mycteria storks); and the openbill form that dines solely on snails. There is also the horrific Shoebill, which seems to feed on anything it can grab and fit in its horrible mouth. In flight, effortless gliders on thermal currents of heated air (and inspiration for attempts at flight in the 1800s by Otto Lilenthal). Monogomous during mating and migration--not known for domestic violence or aggression. In groups: a muster or phalanx.
Includes: Milky stork (Mycteria cinerea), Yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis), Painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala), Wood stork (Mycteria Americana), Asian openbill (Anastomus oscitans), African openbill (Anastomus lamelligerus), Abdim's stork (Ciconia abdimii), Woolly-necked stork (Ciconia episcopus), Storm's stork (Ciconia stormi), Maguari stork (Ciconia maguari), Oriental stork (Ciconia boyciana), White stork (Ciconia ciconia), Black stork (Ciconia nigra), Black-necked stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus), Saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis), Jabiru (Jabiru mycteria), Lesser adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus), Greater adjutant (Leptoptilos dubius), Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus), Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex).
Milky Stork
Yellow-billed stork
Painted stork
Wood stork
Asian openbill
Oriental stork
Jabiru, or Black-necked stork
Saddle-billed stork
Shoebill
Miscellaneous
Fieseler Fi 156C Storch (RAF)
Fieseler Fi 156 Storch (Luftwaffe)
Bucciali's WWI French Air Force squadron
Hispano-Suizo La Cigogne Volante hood ornament & 1934 Type 68-Bis V12 DHC
Paul-Albert Bucciali logo design & 1931 TAV8-32
Stork, aka Scavenger's daughter torture device from the time of England's King Henry VIII
Nishiyinomiya Storks Basketball Team, Japan
The Storck sweets company which makes and sells (also in the US) stuff like Riesen, Werther's Original, Merci chocolate, Toffifay and other stuff is owned by distant relatives of mine (never met them, I'm afraid). The family branches split in the mid-1800s.