Falcons from antiquity to present

Rare Peregrine Falcon nesting at top level of cbd building
Collins Street, 367

My cat was intrigued and fixated by the ‘live falcon feed’

Feeding chicks at 7 days

One of the falcons three fluffy chicks at 18 days old
October 2024

Mother Falcon warning chicks to stay back from the edge

Three young falcons with keen observation of their mother departing at 32 days, Their incisive vision can see rabbits at 3km
Maybe one more week away from fledging

Young Falcons at 39 days on the verge of fledging
Peregrine Falcon in flight. Their ability to reach 320 km/hr in a dive makes them the fastest animal on earth.

‘Land of Birds’ Niels Meyer

Egyptian funerary stela
5th-8th century

Exterior Temple of Horus, Edfu

Statue of falcon as a guardian at the entrance, Temple of Horus, Edfu, Egypt

Falcon on Sphinx flyby

Ram headed falcon amulet
Holding shen rings in its grasp, a symbol of eternal protection, shen meaning “encircling”

Carved ‘Tut’ chair

Diwana Dreaming – “Eagles Sunset” — Nathan Patterson

Art Deco Falcon poster

Mooroop Yarkeen—Spirit Dreaming

Indigenous mural artist Tommy Day
Height 41 meters

Bunjil Soaring

Casterton wall art

Bunjil by Laurita Thomas

Ferruginous Hawk Full size sculpture – Simon Griffiths

Grace Brown—-Bunjil the Powerful -–- The Creator

‘We could fly’ — Frida Stiil Vium

‘Angel of the Unknown’ — Elena Markova

Awol Erizku’s ‘Mystic Parallax’ embraceing fluidity and improvisation
2024

Standing under Nefertiti — Miles Davis
Awol Erizku

NGV Pharaoh exhibition

Amenhotep III 18th Dynasty 1390 – 1352 BC
NGV Pharaoh exhibition, October 2024

Pharaoh exhibition 2024
NGV – National Gallery Of Victoria

Pharaoh event, 2024

Brenton See wall art

Mural — Brenton See

Three vibrant Rainbow Lorikeets in a beautiful blue hued wall
Crisp

Lush botanical mural by Benton See

Magpie Dreaming Contempoary Aboriginal Art
Original painting by Mirree

Elina Sarlin street artist

Black Cockatoo – Brenton See

Yellow Tufted Honeyeater & Dusky Woodswallow — Melanie Caple

Carnaby’s Black Cockatoo

Balga, or grass trees (Xanthorrhoeas) are ancient Australian native trees, with a lifespan of up to 600 years

Wanda Mumm

‘Parrots’ – Les Peterkin

Liz Gullikson Flying Blackbird

‘Le Condor’ — Pablo Picasso
14.5 ins height

Falcon Horus Amulet — Louvre
26th Dynasty (664—-525)

Egyptian Revival Udjat Eye of Horus Falcon God

Recent addition to the academy’s falconry program, Yeti, looking for his trainer after being unhooded

Jean Derval – Fountain sculpture

Black Cockatoo

‘Rise Above’ — Sarah Haviland
Steel mesh installation Flatiron NYC

‘Formes de l’invisible’ – Daniela Capaccioli

‘La danse’ flying
Portrait de Serge Lifar – Ellen Roosvall

‘What the Eagle Saw’ (Eagle Bench) – Sarah Haviland

Hand Carved Sasano Hawk
‘Fly’ – Fanatix Feat Alison Crockett And Nathan Haines
Fly me to the moon — Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye – Flyin’ High (In The Friendly Sky)
Marvin Gaye’s iconic 70s album “What’s Going On” is presented as a visual album for its 50th anniversary.
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2 Comments
Hi Robbie, I just came across this one, must have missed it before..thanks for including my parrots! Les
Absolutely WONDERFUL