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1. goose endemic to Hawaii
Hawaiian (Nānā).
Nene (Branta sandvicensis): goose found only in Hawaii, the state bird, whose name approximates its soft call. Black and white stripes, black bill and feet. Herbivorous grazers of plants, fruit, seeds. Population at one time reduced to 30, now doing much better at around 2500 across multiple locations.
Nene
Octopussy: Nene (nin; or nɛn depending on which end of the river you're on) Valley.
Filming location, also Nene Valley Railway. Cambridgeshire, England. Used for the train action.
They allow all sorts there.
Die Another Day and another filming location: Maui's North Shore in Hawaii substituted for OO7's North Korea surfer inject. I can see where the "Jaws" came from.
I'll take this opportunity to celebrate the Hawaiian Hobo fashion sense made popular in the films.
Die Another Day: Pierce Brosnan back in action after imprisonment.
Getting some humint, plus some accessories to blend in.
Cuba. All in cool blue.
Casino Royale: Daniel Craig with something to prove mixing it up with the locals, then taking chase on foot.
Madagascar. Earth colors.
[Note: if the second image above isn't the exact pattern (and label) screen worn in the film--then it's a tribute.]
This is a 1954 model from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
I just noticed that the SF "Shanghai hotel" scenes were filmed at the Four Seasons Hotel in Heron Tower, Canary Wharf, London.
Thunderball: 1961 Simca Aronde P60 Elysée, on the Paris street outside the SPECTRE session
http://bestmoviecars.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1961-Simca-Aronde-P60-Elysee.jpg
Here's another 1961 Simca Aronde, same blue paint
Not sure the body style, hard to see on my phone.
UPDATE - based on @j_w_pepper sighting the second car, I confirmed it on IMCDB.
imcdb.org/vehicle_935034-Simca-Aronde-P60-Elysee-1959.html
1959 Simca Aronde P60 Elysée
And apparently OO7 isn't the only one parking vehicles in the bottom of a local river.
Here on the television program Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret.
https://abload.de/img/tbsimcasfhz4d.jpg
The one on the right hand side is covered by the flic in your picture.
An F15 Strike Eagle is seen in TND.
http://www.impdb.org/index.php?title=Tomorrow_Never_Dies#McDonnell_Douglas_F-15E_Strike_Eagle
Not a bird completely, but the hovercraft is aparently a Griffon, in DAD.
And we know where the Griffin figures in. Maybe gets a special section with the Thunderbird.
shotonlocation-eng.blogspot.com/2014/07/?m=1
1. a type of crow with other than black color on bill and feet found at mountain heights or sea cliffs
2. two non-crow species so named Down Under
Old French (cauwe). Old English (cēo, and Latin Corvus of the family for jays, crows, jackdaws, choughs; ċeahhe meaning--a daw). Middle English (choughe, choȝe, coo, cheo). Proto-Germanic (kahwǭ, kahwō--jackdaw, crow). Proto-Indo-European (gewH-sounds crow, caw). Scottish (kae--jackdaw). Dutch (kauw--jackdaw, daw, chough). Swedish (kaja --jackdaw). French (chochard).
Alpine chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus, aka Yellow-billed chough) and Red-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, aka Cornish chough) are members of the crow family with reddish feet. Found in the mountains of North Africa, south Eurasia, through the Alps and east to China. Alpine chough are also at Crete, Corsica, Ethiopia. Do not migrate. Smart. Masters of aerial acrobatics. Mate for life. Feed on worms, grubs, insects, and food from civilized areas. In groups, known as a chattering. Or clattering.
Mountaineers, specialists at altitude. The Alpine chough nests at the greatest heights for all bird species, even following human climbers of Mount Everest to 8,200 meters. Where ranges of Alpine and Red-billed choughs overlap, Alpine are found at higher levels.
White-winged chough (Corcorax melanorhamphos) are a distant relative, not true chough. Under the family of Corcoracidae (known as Australian mudnesters), along with the Apostlebird (Struthidea cinerea), the two species are found only in Australia.
Alpine chough
Red-billed chough
White-winged chough
Apostlebird
Maybe the first occurrence of the Peter Hunt trademark: the startling shock effect of a squawking bird or animal.
Later focusing on pigeons.
The image below confirms the Alpine chough at Piz Gloria.
Old Cornwall Society ("King Arthur is Not Dead")
Historic to Cornwall, appearing on the Cornish Coat of Arms. Its national bird.
Carried on to Canada.
There is the Red-billed chough as a chronic thief and suspected firestarter, potentially alighting with an absconded burning stick or candle to set fire to fields or homes. Though they are trying to change that negative sterotype.
Recognized in part by the St. Austell Brewery, founded 1851, Walter Hicks, in Cornwall.
Not so sure about the bakery. Worth trying, though. Muffin, anyone?
Featured in Olivier Messiaen’s "Catalogue d'oiseaux" ("Bird catalogue"), piano, 1956–58. Book 1 opens with
"Le chocard des alpes" ("The Alpine Chough"). This version performed by the composer's wife Yvonne Loriod.
Strangely, no automobiles nor aircraft named "chough".
Yet.
1. a small, usually coloforful songbird with a conical bill
Old English (finċ). Dutch (vink). German (fink). Proto-Germanic (finkiz). Proto-Indo-European ((s)pingos: chaffinch). Welsh (pinc). Ancient Greek (σπίγγος/spíngos: chaffinch). Russian (пе́нка/pénka: wren). Sanskrit (फिङ्गक/phiṅgaka: drongo or shrike).
Finch (Fringillidae): small songbirds found in forests, or some in mountains or deserts. Short but powerful bills used to crack open seeds, though there are variations--one extreme is the Honeycreeper with its long bill used to drink nectar. Known for colorful feathers, while conversely may have earthy colors as camouflage to their environment. Usually non-migratory and static. Found worldwide excepting polar regions and Australia. Popular caged birds in homes. The Finch name is misapplied to many species, which can actually be sparrows and other types. Exhibit sexual dimorphism--males visually different from females.
True finch include Siskin, Serin, Grosbeak, Goldfinch, Crossbill, Redpoll, Parrotbill. Also very different forms like the fore-mentioned Honeycreeper and even the Canary. Hundreds of possibilities, known for colorful varieties.
Red siskin (Spinus cucullata)
European serin (Serinus serinus)
Evening grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus), Blue grosbeak (Passerina caerulea), Rose-breasted grosbeak(Pheucticus ludovicianus)
American goldfinch (Spinus tristis, male and female)
Canary (Serinus canaria forma domestica)
Red crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
Common redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
Vinous-throated parrotbill (Sinosuthora webbiana)
Layson finch (Telespiza cantans, a Hawaiian honeycreeper, male and female)
The Snow-finch is limited to 8 possibilities--I'm guessing the White-winged snowfinch is the one vicinity Piz Gloria, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland.
White-winged snowfinch (Montifringilla nivalis)
Henri's snowfinch (or Tibetan snowfinch, Montifringilla nivalis henrici)
Tibetan snowfinch (or black-winged snowfinch, Montifringilla adamsi)
Afghan snowfinch (Montifringilla theresae)
White-rumped snowfinch (Montifringilla taczanowskii)
Père David's snowfinch (or small snowfinch, Montifringilla davidiana)
Rufous-necked snowfinch (Montifringilla ruficollis)
Blanford's snowfinch (or Plain-backed snowfinch, Montifringilla blanfordi)
Jon Finch, contender for the Bond role circa Live and Let Die
David Finch and Caroline Cossey (For Your Eyes Only)—did I mention sexual dimorphism?
I'll seize the opportunity to recognize some talent behind the scenes.
Jeff Finch - plasterer (Casino Royale, Skyfall, Spectre)
Wick Finch - gaffer: second unit (Skyfall); electrician (Never Say Never Again)
Andrea Finch- makeup & hair: second unit (Quantum of Solace, Skyfall, Spectre)
Most used with the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, WWII.
Mount Finch, Victory Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The only finch there. 2,100 metres (6,900 ft) high. Named for U.S. Navy Lieutenant Jerry L. Finch of Squadron VX-6, aircraft commander plus project officer for infrared ice sounding, Operation Deep Freeze, 1968.
Consider: Mount Fleming, Victoria Land, Antarctica, named for paleontologist Dr. C.A. Fleming, New Zealand.
Pungs Finch 1906 Limited Touring car, powerful automobile built in Detroit, Michigan.
Compare to the film car from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, 1968, designed by Ken Adam and (cartoonist, sculptor) Frederick Rowland Emett. Built by Alan Mann Racing in Hertfordshire based on 1920s models.
With a Ford 3000 V6 engine. (It could fly.)
Finch Society of Australia Inc. Publishers of The Finch Breeders Review, bi-monthly.
Their Bird Trader focuses on trading and selling of birds--wouldn't have 'em there otherwise.
1. a blackbird variation with a long tail, its black plumage has blue-green iridescence, with striking yellow eye circle
Latin (Gracula, from Graculus as jackdaw).
Grackle (Icterid ): medium-sized black birds with long tails. Feed on fruit, vegetation, bugs, small animals. Smart, function well in civilized environments--as such, may resort to thievery. Gregarious, during migration may gather in groups of thousands. Golden-eyed.
Eleven species across the Americas--a subspecies of the Greater Antillain grackle is native to Jamaica.
Greater Antillean grackle (Quiscalus niger)
Boat-tailed grackle (Quiscalus major)
Common grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)
Great-tailed grackle (aka Mexican grackle, Quiscalus mexicanus)
Slender-billed grackle (Quiscalus palustris)
Nicaraguan grackle (Quiscalus nicaraguensis)
Carib grackle (aka Lesser Grackle, Quiscalus lugubris)
Red-bellied grackle (Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster)
Velvet-fronted grackle (Lampropsar tanagrinus)
Golden-tufted grackle (Macroagelaius imthurni)
Colombian mountain grackle (Macroagelaius subalaris)
James Bond's Birds of the West Indies reports:
How do they end? Not well.