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John James Audubon was likely the most famous ornithologist who has ever lived. Here is his 1831 lithograph of the buff-bellied piper (Anthus rubescens), then titled as “The Brown Titlark”. The species' diet primarily consists of arthropods, (1/2)

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2019-09-28

so explored Bedford Park. Holmwood in Bedford Park was the home of Richard Bowdler Sharpe from 1879. He was ZSL in 1867 & an ornithologist. Many of his 10 daughters worked as colourists for beautiful books about & Emily Mary was an entomologist.

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2019-09-15

by John James Audubon (American ornithologist, naturalist, and 1785 - 1851)

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2019-08-31

Sigurgeir’s Bird Museum in Mývatn is the best small natural history museum I’ve seen. On display are species that visit the area collected by local amateur ornithologist Sigurgeir Stefansson who sadly died in an accident on the lake in 1999. The museum was created in his honour.

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2019-08-06

190525🌙 Ornithologist96

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2019-06-10

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

On this day in in 1570: Bohemian ornithologist Václav Wač found the remains of a wing of a new bird, named after him as Wač's Wing when live specimens were found. English publishers, unfamiliar with the Slavic letter č, soon corrupted it to 'Waxwing'.

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2019-04-01

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

Nest of Rufous-winged Cisticola (C. galactotes) with an interesting story on the label. Collected in 1907 by medical doctor and ornithologist William John Ansorge from a mosquito infested lake swarming with crocodiles- the pursuit of ornithology was sometimes fraught with danger!

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2018-12-19

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