Paul Bourdin
@paulbourdin.bsky.social
Birder, currently based in Italy. Also post Commonwealth War Graves material and military archaeology.
White-fronted BE, one of my favourites….
November 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
White-fronted BE, one of my favourites….
It’s almost as if the screen writer just didn’t get the point of the story. Maybe they thought it was all a bit dark so we’ll turn it into a buddy movie and kill off the baddy in the end.
November 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
It’s almost as if the screen writer just didn’t get the point of the story. Maybe they thought it was all a bit dark so we’ll turn it into a buddy movie and kill off the baddy in the end.
It really is shite. And I don’t understand why they changed the ending. It changed the meaning of the story completely, and not in a good way. Also the executions were pure gore-porn.
November 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
It really is shite. And I don’t understand why they changed the ending. It changed the meaning of the story completely, and not in a good way. Also the executions were pure gore-porn.
Excellent picture. BTW Common Pochard and Redhead are very similar, but different, species. This is a Pochard!
November 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Excellent picture. BTW Common Pochard and Redhead are very similar, but different, species. This is a Pochard!
Another excellent photo Ken, but also another incorrect ID 🤣. The raptor is a Black-breasted Snake Eagle. You’re good with the Pied Crow though!
October 25, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Another excellent photo Ken, but also another incorrect ID 🤣. The raptor is a Black-breasted Snake Eagle. You’re good with the Pied Crow though!
That explains it! The birds are so faithfully reproduced, it can’t have been mere chance that she selected them.
October 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
That explains it! The birds are so faithfully reproduced, it can’t have been mere chance that she selected them.
Is she Brazilian? Great Kiskadee are common there.
October 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Is she Brazilian? Great Kiskadee are common there.
The bird is most likely a Great Kiskadee, which is very much not a resident of Portugal. Is there an explanation of the piece?
October 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The bird is most likely a Great Kiskadee, which is very much not a resident of Portugal. Is there an explanation of the piece?
I could do Wednesday afternoon?
October 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I could do Wednesday afternoon?
Buffing the happy lamp? That’s genius! 🤣
October 1, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Buffing the happy lamp? That’s genius! 🤣
Cool picture Ken, but if that isn’t a gallinule I will eat my shorts!
September 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Cool picture Ken, but if that isn’t a gallinule I will eat my shorts!
Soldiers from many Gurkha regiments here. The only GWGC cemetery I’ve see without the big cross and sword, presumably for religious reasons
July 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Soldiers from many Gurkha regiments here. The only GWGC cemetery I’ve see without the big cross and sword, presumably for religious reasons