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Serin - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

A Serin singing like a Canary

I still can’t stop laughing at this photograph of a Serin, Serinus serinus, in Matera What a face! He’s a male, with …

Serins - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Serins

The Serin’s scientific name is Serinus serinus. Serins; so good, they named them twice. The scientific name serinus comes from the French word serin, meaning …

Serin - Caffarella - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Serin

There’s a small, noisy flock of birds in the trees in this Italian park. I think they might be Siskins. They’re too …

Serin - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Could it be a Canary?

I can see a tiny yellow bird at the very top of a house resting on the TV aerial in Matera in …