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@bookamatic.bsky.socialOct 15, 2026, 9:08 AM

Bird(s) of the day from Shakespeare’s poems and plays:

TRINCULO: Swum ashore, man, like a duck. I can swim like a duck, I’ll be sworn.

STEPHANO: Here, kiss the book. Though thou canst swim like a duck, thou art made like a goose.

#Bardspotting #Duck #Goose

The Tempest
Act II, Scene 2

Highlighted text from the William Shakespeare play The Tempest. Text reads TRINCULO: Swum ashore, man, like a duck. I can swim like a duck, I’ll be sworn. STEPHANO: Here, kiss the book. Though thou canst swim like a duck, thou art made like a goose. A duck head down in the water bum high in the air. Two geese waddling across grass.
@bookamatic.bsky.socialOct 14, 2026, 8:22 AM

Bird(s) of the day from Shakespeare’s poems and plays:

“Dost thou love hawking? Thou hast hawks will soar
Above the morning lark.”

#Bardspotting #Hawks #Lark

LORD
The Taming Of The Shrew
Induction 2

Highlighted text from the William Shakespeare play The Taming Of The Shrew. Text reads “Dost thou love hawking? Thou hast hawks will soar Above the morning lark.”A hawk. On a glove. About to soar above the morning lark. A lark. On a twig. About to shout abuse at the soaring hawk.
@bookamatic.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 8:15 AM

Bird of the day from Shakespeare’s poems and plays:

“But where’s our navy? How are they prepared
To wing themselves against this flight of ravens?”

#Bardspotting #Ravens

KING JOHN
King Edward III
Act IV

Highlighted text from the William Shakespeare play King Edward III. Text reads “But where’s our navy? How are they prepared To wing themselves against this flight of ravens?”A raven watching out for the French navy
@bookamatic.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 8:09 AM

Bird(s) of the day from Shakespeare’s poems and plays:

“for the poor wren,
The most diminutive of birds, will fight,
Her young ones in her nest, against the owl.”

#Bardspotting #Wren #Owl

LADY MACDUFF
Macbeth
Act IV, Scene 2

Highlighted text from Macbeth. Text reads “for the poor wren, The most diminutive of birds, will fight, Her young ones in her nest, against the owl.”Highlighted text from Macbeth. Text reads “for the poor wren, The most diminutive of birds, will fight, Her young ones in her nest, against the owl.”The diminutive wren upon a fence post An owl cocking its head to one side to size up the wren (not shown) it’s going to fight.
@bookamatic.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 6:04 AM

Bird of the day from Shakespeare’s poems and plays:

“Sparrows must not build in his house-eaves, because they are lecherous.”

#Bardspotting #Sparrows

LUCIO
Measure For Measure
Act III, Scene 2

Highlighted text from the William Shakespeare play Measure For Measure. Text reads “Sparrows must not build in his house-eaves, because they are lecherous.” A sparrow perched on a gatepost wondering where to build its lecherous nest now the Duke has banished it from his house-eaves.
@bookamatic.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 7:32 AM

Bird of the day from Shakespeare’s poems and plays:

“Pray you, uncle, tell Mistress Anne the jest how my father stole two geese out of a pen, good uncle.”

#Bardspotting #Geese

ABRAHAM SLENDER
The Merry Wives Of Windsor
Act III, Scene 4

Highlighted text from the William Shakespeare play Merry Wives Of Windsor. Text reads “Pray you, uncle, tell Mistress Anne the jest how my father stole two geese out of a pen, good uncle.”Two geese running away from the pen (not shown) through a grassy field.
@bookamatic.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 7:12 AM

Bird of the day from Shakespeare’s poems and plays:

“Fairy king, attend and mark:
I do hear the morning lark.”

#Bardspotting #Lark

ROBIN GOODFELLOW
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Act IV, Scene 1

Highlighted text from the William Shakespeare play Midsummer Nights Dream. Text reads “Fairy king, attend and mark: I do hear the morning lark.”The morning lark perched upon a thin branch.
@bookamatic.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 7:21 AM

Bird(s) of the day from Shakespeare’s poems and plays:

“So
With dove of Paphos might the crow
Vie feathers white.”

#Bardspotting #Dove #Crow

GOWER
Pericles
Act IV, Chorus

Highlighted text from the William Shakespeare play Pericles. Text reads “So With dove of Paphos might the crow Vie feathers white.”Two white doves on a wall. In Paphos, one assumes. A crow in a garden squawking about not having dove white feathers.
@bookamatic.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 7:20 AM

Bird(s) of the day from Shakespeare’s poems and plays:

PETRUCHIO:
A combless cock, so Kate will be my hen.

KATHERINA:
No cock of mine: you crow too like a craven.

#Bardspotting #Cock #Crow

The Taming Of The Shrew
Act II, Scene 1

Highlighted text from the William Shakespeare play The Taming Of The Shrew. Text reads PETRUCHIO: A combless cock, so Kate will be my hen. KATHERINA: No cock of mine: you crow too like a craven. A cock with no hair hence a combless cock. A crow in a garden crowing about his feathers.
@bookamatic.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 8:07 AM

Bird of the day from Shakespeare’s poems and plays:

“‘Twas pretty, though a plague,
To see him every hour; to sit and draw
His arched brows, his hawking eye, his curls,
In our heart’s table —“

#Bardspotting #Hawk

HELENA
All’s Well That Ends Well
Act I, Scene 1

Highlighted text from the William Shakespeare play All’s Well That Ends Well. Text reads “‘Twas pretty, though a plague, To see him every hour; to sit and draw His arched brows, his hawking eye, his curls, In our heart’s table —“A hawk perched on a leather gloved hand.
@bookamatic.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 8:05 AM

Bird of the day from Shakespeare’s poems and plays:

“Nay, the man hath no wit that cannot, from the rising of the lark to the lodging of the lamb, vary deserved praise on my palfrey.”

#Bardspotting #Lark

DAUPHIN
King Henry V
Act III, Scene 7

Highlighted text from the William Shakespeare play Henry V. Text reads “Nay, the man hath no wit that cannot, from the rising of the lark to the lodging of the lamb, vary deserved praise on my palfrey.”The lark on a branch heralding the new day.
@bookamatic.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 8:53 AM

Bird(s) of the day from Shakespeare’s poems and plays:

“For you know, nuncle,
The hedge-sparrow fed the cuckoo so long
That it’s had it head bit off by it young.”

#Bardspotting #Sparrow #Cuckoo

FOOL
King Lear
Act I, Scene 4

Highlighted text from the William Shakespeare play King Lear. Text reads “For you know, nuncle, The hedge-sparrow fed the cuckoo so long That it’s had it head bit off by it young.”A hedge sparrow perched on a gatepost quietly thinking to itself that the strange youngster in its nest (not shown) is getting a little too snappy when being fed. A cuckoo on a wire with its mouth open.
@bookamatic.bsky.socialOct 3, 2026, 8:54 AM

Bird of the day from Shakespeare’s poems and plays:

“What peremptory eagle-sighted eye
Dares look upon the heaven of her brow
That is not blinded by her majesty?”

#Bardspotting #Eagle

BEROWNE
Love’s Labour’s Lost
Act IV, Scene 3

Highlighted text from the William Shakespeare play Love’s Labour’s Lost. Text reads “What peremptory eagle-sighted eye Dares look upon the heaven of her brow That is not blinded by her majesty?”A peremptory eagle-sighted eagle poses for its yearbook photo.
@bookamatic.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 8:22 AM

Bird of the day from Shakespeare’s poems and plays:

“I have perhaps some shallow spirit of judgement:
But in these nice sharp quillets of the law,
Good faith, I am no wiser than a daw.”

#Bardspotting #Jackdaw

EARL OF WARWICK
King Henry VI, Part One
Act II, Scene 4

Highlighted text from the William Shakespeare play King Henry VI Part One. Text reads “I have perhaps some shallow spirit of judgement: But in these nice sharp quillets of the law, Good faith, I am no wiser than a daw.”A jackdaw, perched on a branch, considers himself to be wise simply because he knows that “quillets” are verbal niceties or subtle distinctions.
@bookamatic.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 8:03 AM

Bird(s) of the day from Shakespeare’s plays and poems:

“So cowards fight when they can fly no further,
So doves do peck the falcon’s piercing talons”

#Bardspotting #Doves #Falcons

CLIFFORD
King Henry VI, Part Three
Act I, Scene 4

Highlighted text from the William Shakespeare play King Henry VI Part Three. Text reads “So cowards fight when they can fly no further, So doves do peck the falcon’s piercing talons”Two white doves against a reddish background, ready to peck at anything, the cowards. A falcon with wings outstretched and talons ready to pierce, against a greenish background
@bookamatic.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 8:32 AM

“O gracious emperor, O gentle Aaron!
Did ever raven sing so like a lark
That gives sweet tidings of the sun’s uprise?
With all my heart I’ll send the emperor my hand.
Good Aaron, wilt thou help to chop it off?”

#Bardspotting #Raven #Lark

TITUS
Titus Andronicus
Act III, Scene 1

Highlighted text from the William Shakespeare play Titus Andronicus. Text reads “O gracious emperor, O gentle Aaron! Did ever raven sing so like a lark That gives sweet tidings of the sun’s uprise? With all my heart I’ll send the emperor my hand. Good Aaron, wilt thou help to chop it off?”The raven singing sweet tidings of the sun’s uprise A lark perched atop a branch trying to outsing a raven
@bookamatic.bsky.socialSep 29, 2026, 8:21 AM

“O Cressida! But that the busy day,
Waked by the lark, hath roused the ribald crows,
And dreaming night will hide our joys no longer,
I would not from thee.”

#Bardspotting #Lark #Crows

TROILUS
Troilus And Cressida
Act IV, Scene 2

Highlighted text from the William Shakespeare play Troilus And Cressida. Text reads “O Cressida! But that the busy day, Wakes by the lark, hath roused the ribald crows, And dreaming night will hide our joys no longer, I would not from thee.”The lark wakes the day from its perchA crow, turns its head to the right, thinking murderous thoughts toward that noisy lark.
@bookamatic.bsky.socialSep 28, 2026, 8:32 AM

“This outward-sainted deputy,
Whose settl’d visage and deliberate word
Nips youth i’ th’ head and follies doth enew
As falcon doth the fowl, is yet a devil:”

#Bardspotting #Falcon #Fowl

ISABELLA
Measure For Measure
Act III, Scene 1

Highlighted text from the William Shakespeare play Measure For Measure. Text reads “This outward-sainted deputy, Whose settl’d visage and deliberate word Nips youth i’ th’ head and follies doth enew As falcon doth the fowl, is yet a devil:”A falcon in full flight about to nip something i’ th’ head. A fowl stood upon a tree stump in a farmyard crowing about the lack of falcons nearby
@bookamatic.bsky.socialSep 27, 2026, 8:09 AM

“The throstle* with his note so true,
The wren with little quill.”

#Bardspotting #Thrush #Wren

BOTTOM
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Act III, Scene 1

*throstle - Arden notes, thrush.

Highlighted text from the William Shakespeare play A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Text reads “The throstle* with his note so true, The wren with little quill.”A throstle on a branch. A wren on the pointy end of a branch singing
@bookamatic.bsky.socialSep 26, 2026, 8:50 AM

“I’ th’ city of kites and crows? What an ass it is! Then thou dwell’st with daws too?”

#Bardspotting #Kites #Crows #Jackdaws

3RD SERVINGMAN
Coriolanus
Act IV, Scene 5

Highlighted text from the William Shakespeare play Coriolanus. Text reads “I’ th’ city of kites and crows? What an ass it is! Then thou dwell’st with daws too?”A kite wings outstretched high in the canopy of blue skyA crow squawking whilst on the grass nowhere near the canopyA jackdaw perched on a dead branch wondering why a serving man thinks he dwells with kites and crows.
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