Tag: Tilhil
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Tilhet – A Bohemian Waxwing Reverie
On this Sunday morning the Bohemian waxwings—known in Finnish as Tilhil (pluralis: Tilhet) —were gathering in a rowanberry orchard at a street junction near the suburb of Keltinmäki in Jyväskylä. About the Waxwings:The sporadic, mysterious appearance of waxwing flocks in Central Europe was historically regarded as an ill omen—especially during the Middle Ages. This belief…
Michael Emmerich 