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April 26, 1785: Artist and ornithologist John James Audubon is born.

“The worse my drawings were, the more beautiful did the originals appear.” As if anyone could ever describe an Audubon illustration as anything short of magnificent.

🎨 John James Audubon, "Blue Jays"

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2019-04-27

This past Monday we posted some owl illustrations by the noted British naturalist artist John Nash from the 1972 Limited Editions Club production of 'The Natural History of Selborne,' by the 18th-century English naturalist and ornithologist Gilbert White.

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2019-04-05

happy valentine's day to falconers, ornithologists, birdwatchers, and raptor educators specifically

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2019-02-15

I forgot to share these, my and my friends are playing (and planning on playing) some quickies, and these are my two characters for that. My shapeshifting ghost ornithologist Lior and my divine angel that has no concept of humans, Fionn.

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2019-01-21

For my final commission of 2018; Long-tailed Tit (no. 3 of 10). Commissions will shortly be closing until after because I have a headful of ideas to make and Spring is also a busy time for ornithologists...

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2018-12-26

Who do you reckon is going to win the Grand Final tomorrow?

But more importantly, - who would in in an actual fight between an and a

Images: John Gould, Birds of Australia

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2018-09-28

to John Gould who was born in 1804. An eminent ornithologist, who worked here at ZSL as Curator of Birds. Gould described the birds Darwin brought back from his expedition aboard HMS Beagle, so we decided to share the famous 'Darwin's finches'!

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2018-09-14

1804 & John Gould FRS was born. 🐦View our collection from "The Father of Ornithology" on The Print Gallery website: https://t.co/51cks8mIec

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2018-09-14

Join Uncle Bikky the ornithologist, his niece Chunmun the photographer, and their dog, Duggu on their wildlife adventures in India. 'The Great Indian Nature Trail With Uncle Bikky' has been developed by with essays by for .

https://t.co/KYYSemkTDq

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2018-07-16

Ornithologist John Latham's (born 1740) "General Synopsis of Birds" was translated into German by Johann Matthäus Bechstein, a pioneer in German ornithology. Explore "Allgemeine Uebersicht der Vögel" ([1792]-1812) in via : https://t.co/bzLTLFyle4

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2018-06-28

Salut d'amore 💕

A fantasy au where Yuuri is an ornithologist in search of rare species of bird. He chances upon a legendary creature, Viktor. Viktor has the ability to materialize through birds whenever there is going to be a full moon, and Yuuri patiently waits for him.

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2018-03-29

"The Ornithologist"—my contribution to this week's theme: "flock"!

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2018-01-23

While John Gould was primarily an ornithologist, he did also publish a monograph on Kangaroos. Gould was an accomplished illustrator, as was his wife Elizabeth (with whom he produced many of the illustrations in his works). https://t.co/m6diwJElhM

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2017-12-22

Dorothea Bate, a palaeontologist, ornithologist & zoologist, has been commemorated with a blue plaque. Bate was the first female scientist employed by & spent 50 years there https://t.co/07shx6afvN

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2017-12-10