Animals of Israel

Here are some of the animals we saw on our trip to Israel last month
(with appropriate Shakespearean quotes just for fun). Images by John Plocher or Katy Dickinson (Copyright 2006):

Tristram’s Starling – Masada

“I’ll have a starling shall be taught to speak”

King Henry IV, Part i, Act 1, Scene 3

Pigeon (Rock Dove) – Masada

“For it cannot be but I am pigeon-liver’d and lack gall
to make oppression bitter”

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Act 2, Scene 2

Pigeons, Starlings, Raven – Masada

“The raven himself is hoarse that croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan
under my battlements.”

Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 5

Ibex – Dead Sea

“Thou damned and luxurious mountain goat”

King Henry V, Act 4, Scene 4

Cat – St. George’s Cathedral Garden, Jerusalem

“I am as vigilant as a cat to steal cream.”

King Henry IV, Part i, Act 4, Scene 2

Cat – Jerusalem

Donkey, Old Town, Jerusalem

“Methought I was enamour’d of an ass.”

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act 4, Scene 1