[identity profile] wellinghall.livejournal.com 2014-12-06 07:19 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks! The back is, I think, of a male Goldeneye duck; the meditative bird is a black-headed gull in winter plumage; and the upturned bill belongs to an avocet.

[identity profile] heliopausa.livejournal.com 2014-12-06 12:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks! ("Avocet" sounds like it ought to be the name of a particularly streamlined and fuel-efficient aircraft.)

[identity profile] wellinghall.livejournal.com 2014-12-06 12:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, there is this -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Avocet

[identity profile] wellinghall.livejournal.com 2014-12-06 12:46 pm (UTC)(link)
And this -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avocet_ProJet

[identity profile] heliopausa.livejournal.com 2014-12-06 01:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, brilliant! :D Thanks!!

[identity profile] wellinghall.livejournal.com 2014-12-06 01:59 pm (UTC)(link)
You're welcome :-)