I’m almost through the A breeds, there’s three left, I can sense, progress.
I’ve missed three days so far in these first 20. I try and not skip too often but my main goal really is to also not burn myself out and get through them all.
For #WorldBudgieDay, here is the 1st published image of a Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) for its scientific description by George Shaw (as the “Undulated Parrakeet") in The Naturalist's Miscellany of 1804-5.
(Yes, it appears unnaturally elongated, likely due to Shaw working from a skin rather than a living bird.)