A BIRD IN A TREE

SO-CALLED ILLITERATE PEOPLE WILL NEVER SAY "A BIRD IN A TREE "AS THEY HAVE THE TRADITIONAL WISDOM OF NATURE. SO, DO NOT BE VAGUE, BE MORE SPECIFIC

WHICH BIRD AND WHICH TREE ARE WE REFERRING TO WHEN  WE SPEAK OF:

 

AN ORIOLE IN AN ORANGE TREE

A PARROT IN A PEPPER TREE

AN OWL IN AN OLIVE TREE

A BEE EATER IN A BAOBAB

A SHRIKE IN A SEQUOIA

A QUAIL IN A QUINCE TREE

A SWALLOW IN A SERVICE TREE

A PARTRIDGE IN A POPLAR

A MYNAH BIRD, A MAGPIE AND A MACAW IN A MIMOSA

A PEACOCK IN A POMEGRANATE TREE

A WOODLARK AND A WREN IN A WALNUT TREE

A CRESTED LARK, A CROW AND A CHAFFINCH IN A CHERRY TREE

A COCKATOO IN A CHIRIMOYA(custard apple) TREE

A STORK IN A STAR FRUIT TREE

A ROBIN IN A ROCK ROSE / A REDWOOD

A MOCKING BIRD IN A MEDLAR

A CARDINAL IN A CAROB TREE

A HUMMING BIRD IN A HOLLYHOCK

A PARAKEET IN A PALM TREE

A FALCON IN A FIR TREE

A HOOPOE IN A HOLM OAK

A FINCH IN A FIG TREE

A DUCK IN A DATE PALM

A GOOSE AND A GROUSE IN A GUAVA TREE

A TERN IN A TOMATO TREE

A PIGEON IN A PINE TREE 

AN EGRET IN A EUCALIPTUS TREE

A LAPWING IN A LINDEN TREE

A KESTREL IN A KIWI TREE

A JAY IN A JUNIPER

A PUFFIN IN A PLUM TREE

A CONDOR IN A CYPRESS

A BLACKBIRD IN AN APRICOT TREE

A GREENFINCH IN A LYCHEE

A TURTLE DOVE IN A CEDAR

A KINGFISHER IN A KHAKI TREE (PERSIMMON)

(In Spanish: UN ZORZAL EN UN ZARZAL)

A SONG THRUSH IN A BLACKBERRY/ BRAMBLES) 

 

 

WHICH OF THE ABOVE ASSOCIATIONS IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE IN NATURE?

WHICH IS/ARE THE ODD-BIRD(S)-OUT?

WHICH CLIMATE GOES WITH WHICH HABITAT? It would be difficult to find a penguin in a very hot climate. Check some inconsistencies or incongruities in the above list.

Which one(s) may have literary connotations?

Who is the "so-called illiterate"? The country man who knows the birds and trees above or the ones who think that  TWIT, TWITTER and BLACKBERRY are just new Technology items?