These are pictures i took of birds in eastern north carolina, specifically the ones that came to the feeder i put outside my window*. The first fall that i lived here, I setup a tripod in my front window and took several hundred photos of birds. This was inspired by the following disconnected excerpts from an unknown (lost) pdf on bird divination.
"What has been said that the demons hear the future is because they receive future events during their flight in the air from the lords of the constellations who are the princes of the quiver. And so also the birds announce these events as proven by divination."
"The efficacy of ornthiomancy in the post-prophetic era... Thirty days before a powerful event occurs to a nation in this world or before misfortune happens to it, the event is announced in that world (i.e. the heavenly world). Sometimes it is transmitted to the mouths of children, sometimes to those who have no understanding (i.e. fools), and sometimes by the mouths of birds."
"His father forbids active augury, but permits occasional recourse to unbidden portents for the sake of repentance."
"Every creature, from the angels to the lowliest insect is potentially a vehicle for the revelation of secrets and decrees that contribute to the self-perfection of man."
"A winged creature may report the word."
*I frequently see orioles, blue jays, and goldfinch, but they don't come to my feeder. Any advice on how to attract these, and other birds would be appreciated. I fear that I am missing out on important announcements of future events.
