Vlaamse gaai
Posted on October 14, 2003 @ 11:07 in General
So Mena had a big spider in her garden, but when I just looked outside, this big fella (~30cm/1 foot) of a Garrulus glandarius glandarius, or Vlaamse Gaai in Dutch, was sitting in the tree. We looked each other in the eye, he blinked, and hopped to another branch. Apparently it's not a very rare bird, but it feels good to see a not-so-everyday creature once in a while. I guess that has to do with some sort of Western idealization of nature and country life, but watching this beautiful bird work his way through the tree, I just don't care about that.
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