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This week for we present some cuts of American wading and marsh birds from the educational reader 'Neighbors with Wings and Fins' by the 19th-century American educator James Johonnot from our Historical Curriculum Collection. Learn more: https://t.co/fgazAj3xJN

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2020-12-04

To commemorate the Wisconsin hunting tradition this we present some wood engravings of game birds from 'American Game in its Seasons' by Henry William Herbert (aka Frank Forester) printed in New York by Poole & MacLauchlan in 1873. Learn more: https://t.co/6xVdQ4HBO7

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2020-10-09

Today's is all PIGEONS, FANCY AND FINE! Today we present some domestic pigeon varieties from the two-volume set, 'The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication' by Charles Darwin, published in 1896. See more pigeons here: https://t.co/O054fCtrK5

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2020-09-04

Last week for we focused on birds and their nests with a few plates from the appropriately-named children’s book Birds and Their Nests by the English poet and author Mary Howitt. Learn more here: https://t.co/qTMY8OH9GL

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2020-08-25

It's also We've been seeing lots of hummingbirds lately so today we're sharing some of these tiny, aggressive, mainly nectar-eating birds with a few pages from 'Birds in Their Homes' by Addison Webb & illustrations by Sabra Mallett Kimball. https://t.co/pskblqwjc7

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2020-08-14

Today for we present select pages from our 1959 Limited Editions Club production of Aristophanes' 'The Birds' with illustrations by American artist Marian Parry. Learn more here: https://t.co/hAvTisflor

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2020-07-17

For we've got three avian prints with examples of their preliminary drawings, from 'Endangered Species, and Other Fables with a Twist' by the noted German-American wood engraver, illustrator, and educator Fritz Eichenberg. See more here: https://t.co/NW1zwGe8mC

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2020-07-10

For this week, we return to our sibling collection, the American Geographical Society Library’s set of French natural history books 'Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle' with a few hand-colored, steel-engraved avian plates. Learn more: https://t.co/gTXb43vVmj

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2020-07-03

For we've got some wood engravings of vegetation from American wood engraver and book artist Michael McCurdy’s retrospective collection 'Toward the Light,' published in Erin, Ontario by The Porcupine’s Quill in 1982. Learn more here: https://t.co/BxHP9CPm6E

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2020-06-26

Birds of the park, and elsewhere: Keinen kachō gafu........ (Album of drawings of flowers and birds by Imao Keinen and Jirokichi Tanako)..........1891-1892, Winter volume.........BHL/Harold B Lee Library..........https://t.co/Kx1KmfMBhx

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2020-06-17

Birds of the park: Ibis, from the British Ornithologists Union.......... ser. 8, vol. 5, 1905.......https://t.co/GxhSVjvzOU

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2020-06-11

Is anyone crafting to pass the time while In Milan in 1618, Dionisio Minaggio created 156 illustrations of birds, people & landscapes, all made entirely of collaged bird feathers! https://t.co/m2nQdT3WGN

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2020-04-10

The European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) is similar to a rainbow when flying. The English term "bee-eater" was first recorded in 1668, referring to the European species. collection

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2020-04-02

It looks like this boy and this raven are dutifully following social distancing during this time of COVID-19. This illustration is from our copy of 'Deutsche Jugend: Neue Folge,' published in Berlin by Alphons Dürr in 1887. Learn more: https://t.co/pkssBTQxiK

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2020-03-27

George Ernest Shelley's "The Birds of Africa" (1896-1912) reviews more than 2,500 birds. The 57 hand-colored lithographic plates are after by Henrik Grönvold. All 5 volumes are freely available online in via ➡️ https://t.co/3TwX7vpDOp

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2020-03-19

For & celebrate the life & work of Elizabeth Gould, a talented and under-credited natural history illustrator. explains more: https://t.co/8zO7JcXjrj. Images from "The Birds of Australia" via : https://t.co/QHSBS7GCLq

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2020-03-13

I finished a painting of an Andean yesterday in Taking a break from design and uni work to get back to my favourite way to chill out🦩

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2020-02-28

Woodpeckers. These images are from the 1907 edition 'Bird-Life, A Guide to the Study of our Common Birds,' by Frank M. Chapman, with colored plates after drawings by the wildlife artist Ernest Thompson Seton. Learn more: https://t.co/XhGITbj1AU

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2020-01-10

"These Beautiful Birds dwell in a land where winter never comes." ☀️

This explore "Beautiful Birds in Far-Off Lands" (1872) by sisters Elizabeth and Mary Kirby, available in thanks to ➡️ https://t.co/CwRFokA4pF

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2019-12-06

The first illustrated book published in Australia was about birds! John Lewin's "The Birds of New South Wales" (1813) was republished in a 3rd and 4th edition, which are in thanks to ➡️ https://t.co/eIWhc87vzS

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2019-11-08