Starting my field season this morning: Post a coin with a bird on it!

pendragon1998 · May 6, 2007 7:13PM

This morning, I dragged myself out of bed at 4:30 to get ready for the first day of my first field season as a M.S. student. My project (total workers: 1, moi) is based around a 3-month series of bird surveys conducted across several urban to rural gradients of development intensity. I'm interested in how bird communities in residential developments change with differing levels of regional and local development intensity and with housing development age (what a mouthfull). The long and the short of it is I'm going to have a lot of 4:00 am mornings through the end of July.

In honor of my field season beginning, post a photo of your coins with birds on them. Don't limit yourselves to boring old eagles! Bonus 'points' if you can identify the species on your coin!!

Wish me luck...

Steve27 · May 6, 2007 8:35PM

Sorry for the low quality pic, but here's a Condor (common on coins from Chile):

Silvereagle82 · May 6, 2007 9:30PM

Here's a Guatemala 10 Quetzales
The bird is a Quetzal (Guatemala's National Bird)

Angielczyk · May 6, 2007 10:07PM

I think the birds in the nest are homo sapi something or other

South Africa 2 Rand 1995

Angielczyk · May 6, 2007 10:11PM

Sorry

But I still do not seem to have learnt how to attach photos

Ca someone please help

Harold

koincollect · May 6, 2007 10:25PM

Here is your picture--

I don't have my image but you have my wishes!

Teg · May 6, 2007 10:40PM

Good luck.

If I had to pick a favourite bird, the Australian Palm C@ckatoo has to be very high up.

This is a 1993 Australian 10 dollar Piedfort Proof.

Teg

Angielczyk · May 6, 2007 10:57PM

trying again

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Burks · May 6, 2007 11:51PM

I'm not even going to try and ID the birds, I'm clueless in that area! But here are some that I own:

Yeah it's silver bullion, but it's a great looking eagle.

WWW · May 7, 2007 1:26AM

pendragon1998 · May 7, 2007 1:27AM

Well, the first morning went pretty well. I think I found a few kinks in the process that can be ironed out easily.

These coins are all great - keep them coming!

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What's this coin? Those are frigatebirds on it, a favorite of mine, and I'd like to pick one up at some point.

EDIT: I had the wrong image quoted for about 10 minutes. I corrected it (the frigatebirds are on the left)

oldshep · May 7, 2007 1:29AM

Here are a few - including "boring eagles"

Shep

pendragon1998 · May 7, 2007 1:36AM

That's a really great design! What's that coin called?

BS · May 7, 2007 1:53AM

Angielczyk · May 7, 2007 2:02AM

found another i my collection Sorry I do not know what the birds are.

Harold

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rwyarmch · May 7, 2007 2:31AM

Udo · May 7, 2007 2:52AM

I only have boring eagles.

This one even has two on it:

Syracusian · May 7, 2007 4:37AM

I'm interested in how bird communities in residential developments change with differing levels of regional and local development intensity and with housing development age (what a mouthfull).

Now that you mention it, I remember something I've read in a newspaper a couple of weeks ago. I don't have the article in hand so I can only cite this by memory. It was referring to a species that now lives in big cities. Because of the heavy noise levels, the birds' singing, which is a way to communicate and to find an erotic partner, was so severely affected that it was now taking place at night time, instead of the day, when the city was quiet. The tempo has also changed to a much slower rhythm. Even though the article was carrying a sad message, I found the adaptation refreshing and hopeful. I hope that your surveys will lead to more optimistic conclusions. Here's a phoenix.

spoon · May 7, 2007 5:50AM

Congrats and good luck on your scholarly pursuits!

You'd have a prime habitat for study here in the "lovely" and booming southeast corner of Arizona. We have the dwindling, but still world famous birding attraction of the San Pedro riparian area, several mountain areas, and exponential residential growth in an area already suffering from water shortages, among other problems.

I don't have any coin photos available at the moment, so here are some of the icons I've uploaded before--more stately eagles

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Iosephus · May 7, 2007 6:13AM

Here's a couple of doves for you:

Good luck with your project!

Blackhawk · May 7, 2007 7:30AM

WillieBoyd2 · May 7, 2007 10:09AM

Greece phoenix

Stork · May 7, 2007 10:55AM

A pair of Storks

A rooster:

all I had on photobucket right now, plus whatever I had uploaded before. I haven't touched my camera in months

pendragon1998 · May 7, 2007 8:33PM

Thanks for all the great bird coins, y'all! Everyone's got such a variety of wonderful designs

They definitely put a smile on my face after I got home from the first day's work. One day down, 89 to go!

I'm still wondering about the ID of the coins below (top-left and bottom). Can someone tell me what they are? Thanks!

oldshep · May 7, 2007 11:43PM

pendragon - The Frigate birds are on one of the coins from the Caribbean - I think Jamacia or the Bahamas - very commonly found on ebay, The other is a Hungarian eagle - beautiful coin - later I will dig mine out and look for the date and denomination.

Shep

danglen · May 8, 2007 8:59AM

Here are a few birds from my aviary......Bird Coins

clarkbar04 · May 8, 2007 10:28AM

Starting my field season this morning: Post a coin with a bird on it!

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