[MR] BBC: Cockatoo Drawings Found in 13th C Book

Garth Groff and Sally Sanford mallardlodge1000 at gmail.com
Tue Jun 26 01:53:30 PDT 2018


Noble Friends,

Today the BBC reports that researchers are all a twitter after identified
images of a bird in a 13th C. falconry book as an Australasian cockatoo.
The book was created for the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II, and the bird
was apparently a gift from an Egyptian Sultan:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-44610271

Yours Aye,

Mungo Napier, Laird of Mallard Lodge  🦆


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