Bird Myths and Legends
Submitted by Andrew on October 15, 2009 – 2:53 pm3 Comments
Fly Me to the Moon by Luz A. Villa
Dan Brown started a new thread on the Bird Forum called Ridiculus Bird Rumors. This immediately caused me to start an internet search for more myths and legends about birds.
I ended up finding an article written by Rosemary Drisdelle. She lists a few myths like how in the Middle Ages, some thought that birds actually fly to the moon for the winter. She goes on to explain that this might have been due to birds like Bar-headed Geese that fly at very high altitudes.
She also writes that some Egyptians believed wagtails rode on the backs of storks and cranes to get across the Mediterranean Sea because it was thought that these smaller birds could not make the journey one their own.
