Casket

Ivory, Spanish, 11C; 10 35/64 in.x 10 5/16 in.x 6 3/8 in.; ivory with silver mounts

Casket. back

Ivory, Spanish, 11C; 10 35/64 in.x 10 5/16 in.x 6 3/8 in.; ivory with silver mounts

Hans Brosamer's Kunstbuechlein : nach dem Exemplare des Königl. Kupferstich-Cabinets in Berlin /

Original t.p. reads: Ein new Kunstbüchlein, von mancherley schönen Trinckgeschiren, zu gut der yebenden Jugend der Godschmid, durch Hansen Brosamer, Maler zu Fulda, an Tag gegeben.

Les gobelets du Baron de Trenck.

Mode of access: Internet.

Garden and aviary birds of India,

Mode of access: Internet.

The Garden of Earthly Delights Triptych, interior, center panel, lower portion, Birds and Couples: detail

Hieronymus Bosch; grisaille, oil on wood

The Garden of Earthly Delights Triptych, interior, center panel, lower portion, Birds and Couples, Couples in Bubble Flower

Hieronymus Bosch; grisaille, oil on wood

The Garden of Earthly Delights Triptych, interior, center panel, lower portion, Birds and Couples: Topsy-Turvy Man

Hieronymus Bosch; grisaille, oil on wood

The Garden of Earthly Delights Triptych, interior, center panel, lower portion, Birds and Couples: detail

Hieronymus Bosch; grisaille, oil on wood

The Garden of Earthly Delights Triptych, interior, right panel, Hell, lower portion, Musicians and Satan: detail

Hieronymus Bosch; grisaille, oil on wood

The Garden of Earthly Delights Triptych, interior, left panel, Garden of Eden, lower portion: Adam and Eve, God the Father and birds

Hieronymus Bosch; grisaille, oil on wood

The Garden of Earthly Delights Triptych, interior, right panel, Hell, lower portion, Musicians and Satan

Hieronymus Bosch; grisaille, oil on wood

Cultivate your garden birds : suggestions for attracting birds in the Upper Midwest (summer) /

Includes bibliographical references (p. 35)

Of dogs, fish, birds and turds : the social construction of sewage pollution by recreational boaters

Animals are often used as ‘evidence’ of marine pollution. Take for instance the ubiquitous images of miserable oil-soaked marine birds following high profile oil spills such as the Exxon Valdez, Pacific Adventurer and Deepwater Horizon incidents or the images of bloated floating fish carcasses which are used to signal the presence of toxic pollutants. In recent years waste discharges from vessels have come under increased public and regulatory scrutiny both in Australia and around the world. International, regional, national and local restrictions are becoming more stringent for high profile marine pollutants such as oil as well as previously overlooked vessel-sourced pollutants such as sewage. Drawing upon media reports and recreational boater responses to government attempts to regulate the discharge of sewage from recreational vessels, this paper considers the important role played by animals in constructions of marine pollution by sewage and attributions of blame for this pollution. Specifically, this study found that recreational boat owners disputed claims their sewage management practices posed an environmental threat arguing that the sewage discharged was readily and eagerly consumed by fish in the receiving environment. Boat owners also argued that increased levels of bacteria which indicate the presence of faeces within the marine environment could be directly attributed to the excrement of marine mammals and birds or were the result of dog faeces being washed through municipal storm water systems rather than the result of vessel discharges. By contrast the contamination of oysters was provided as evidence of sewage pollution by other stakeholders.

A Bird’s Eye View of Discard Reforms: Bird-Borne Cameras Reveal Seabird/Fishery Interactions

Commercial capture fisheries produce huge quantities of offal, as well as undersized and unwanted catch in the form of discards. Declines in global catches and legislation to ban discarding will significantly reduce discards, but this subsidy supports a large scavenger community. Understanding the potential impact of declining discards for scavengers should feature in an eco-system based approach to fisheries management, but requires greater knowledge of scavenger/fishery interactions. Here we use bird-borne cameras, in tandem with GPS loggers, to provide a unique view of seabird/fishery interactions. 20,643 digital images (one min 21) from ten bird-borne cameras deployed on central place northern gannets Morus bassanus revealed that all birds photographed fishing vessels. These were large (>15 m) boats, with no small-scale vessels. Virtually all vessels were trawlers, and gannets were almost always accompanied by other scavenging birds. All individuals exhibited an Area-Restricted Search (ARS) during foraging, but only 42% of ARS were associated with fishing vessels, indicating much 'natural' foraging. The proportion of ARS behaviours associated with fishing boats were higher for males (81%) than females (30%), although the reasons for this are currently unclear. Our study illustrates that fisheries form a very important component of the prey-landscape for foraging gannets and that a discard ban, such as that proposed under reforms of the EU Common Fisheries Policy, may have a significant impact on gannet behaviour, particularly males. However, a continued reliance on 'natural' foraging suggests the ability to switch away from scavenging, but only if there is sufficient food to meet their needs in the absence of a discard subsidy.