I am Stephen. I live in Bristol, UK. I decided to shorten my profile...to this: Wildlife, haiku, travel, streetart, psychogeography and my family. Not necessarily in that order.
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“Halcyon” is one of those words that just evokes such good feeling. It also slides right off the tongue. Great photo! I hope the fish was returned to the water though.
The fish, a fine barbel, was returned to the water about 25 years ago after a river survey. I believe halcyon is ancient Greek for kingfisher, and indeed the genera name for the kingfisher family is halcyon.
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“Halcyon” is one of those words that just evokes such good feeling. It also slides right off the tongue. Great photo! I hope the fish was returned to the water though.
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The fish, a fine barbel, was returned to the water about 25 years ago after a river survey. I believe halcyon is ancient Greek for kingfisher, and indeed the genera name for the kingfisher family is halcyon.
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I did not know that. We have kingfisher birds around here. I wrote a haiku about one earlier in the year.
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