Comments on: Green Prophet National Bird Poll

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sun, 11 May 2008 10:09:23 +0000

Three cheers and a vote for the bulbul. The consumate urban bird, always chattering and boisterous, and with a cute, yellow derriere to boot! Except I don’t think we have the Yellow Vented one, but rather the Spectacled Bulbul. Thanks for the poll!

By: Karin Kloosterman

Karin Kloosterman — Tue, 06 May 2008 05:41:12 +0000

Jared — I love the idea. The vulture is also connected to the shamir, the worm that carved the blocks for the holy temple, so I am told. Think I read it in Ginzberg’s Legends of the Jews — Aggadah. I am still for the Hoopoe though. Salmon Rushdie influenced me: Haroun and the Sea of Stories…

By: Jared

Jared — Mon, 05 May 2008 19:26:50 +0000

I’d like to put in a plug for the Nesher (Griffin Vulture) – despite the fact that it’s clearly the ugliest bird in the running! If we’re indeed searching for a symbol to represent the land we live in, I find it hard to avoid the historical draw to our biblical legacy, where God speaks to the Israelites in the desert through Moses: “You saw what I did in Egypt, carrying you on vultures’ [nesher] wings and bringing you to Me.” (Exodus 19:4) How romantic! I’d like to think that the children of all religions in this land could be inspired by such a lofty (pun intended) representative of our obligation to preserve God’s creations.

By: Tsufit

Tsufit — Thu, 01 May 2008 22:46:40 +0000

I vote for the Tsufit (for obvious reasons).
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