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This image shows Leadbeater's cockatoo, as the pink cockatoo was initially known, as illustrated by young ornithological artist and future poet Edward Lear ("The Owl and the Pussycat") in 1832. It was also referred to as the "tricolour-crested cockatoo". (Pic via )

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2021-01-01

Bird illustration and the park: Ornithological miscellany, vol 3, 1878, by GD Rowley et al, BHL/Smithsonian..... https://t.co/wJwrYMUkoa

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2020-12-25

On this day in 1824 François Le Vaillant (1753-1824) died. He was the first to confront Europe with the wonderful fauna of the tropics.

In our library we have four amazing ornithological book, such as his famous "Histoire naturelle des perroquets". https://t.co/0P2fw4Nv5r

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2020-11-22

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I was in both Ornithological Printmaking and a Ornithology Lab/Field studies classes alongside this class (drawing 2) so I decided to might as well make it bird themed.

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2020-11-04

John Gould (14 Sept 1804 - 3 Feb 1881) was without question the most prolific and successful ornithological artist of the 19th century, and the only one to rival John James Audubon in ambition and quality.

The Birds of Asia
John Gould (1804-1881)
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2020-09-14

Heyo ♥️

I’m Margaret, and I focus on herpetological and ornithological illustration ✨🐍🦜

I’m also on an eternal side quest to make “scary” animals cute.

🌿https://t.co/sEldda6h4K 🌿

🌸 https://t.co/nyoIXt8Q1m 🌸

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2020-08-25

Well there seems to be an absence of a certain ornithological piece: a headline regarding mass awareness of a certain avian variety. Have you not heard? It was my understanding that everyone had heard...

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2020-07-23

The Birds of America (1840-44) by John James Audubon (USA, 1785-1851). "One of the finest ornithological works ever completed". Audubon depicted the birds in their natural habitats, and is said to have identified 25 new species.

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2020-05-13

It's

This day is celebrated on the birthday of Edward Lear—born May 12, 1812—who popularized the limerick with his fantastical 1846 book, "Book of Nonsense".

But as a young man, Lear worked for the , and produced ornithological illustrations!

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2020-05-12

Finished product, number 17.

And for the ornithologically interested: https://t.co/08dtfGK3JQ

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2020-05-10

Born John James Audebon pioneering American ornithologist naturalist & renowned for his detailed illustrations of American birds in their natural habitats in his landmark The Birds of America 1 of finest ornithological works ever completed

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2020-04-26

Anne Pratt (1806-1893): English botanical & ornithological illustrator. Her works are in an accurate style that was partly responsible for the popularising of botany in her day. Her books sold well, but she was not acclaimed due to bourgeois disdain for autodidactic women.

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2020-04-23

This Mallard in flight was completed for and features om their Wild Shreds packaging.
On my morning jog I saw ducks with 10 tiny ducklings on the

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2020-04-22

Anne Pratt (5 December 1806 – 1893) was a botanical and ornithological illustrator and author from Strood, Kent.

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2020-04-06

Botanist Anne Pratt concludes our feature for Pratt, one of the most prominent botanical and ornithological illustrators and authors of her time, composed more than 20 books illustrated with her own chromolithographs: https://t.co/Stvl8sK5rx

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2020-03-31

Ruddy Pigeon (Patagioenas subvinacea) From ‘Ornithological Miscellany’, 1876.
J.G. Keulemans, Dutch bird artist

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2020-03-16

A certain ornithological piece

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2019-11-13

"To fulfil a wish I had long entertained, of dedicating to our most gracious Queen one of the loveliest of the ornithological productions of her antipodal dominions..." Victoria's riflebird (Ptiloris victoriae), in Gould's Birds of Australia (1869)

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2019-05-25

In 1867 saw calls from the Royal Ornithological Club to introduce strict limits on the number of eggs from elephant-eating الرُخّ birds allowed to be collected at Easter, amid fears that the popularity of XXXXXXL omelettes & roast Roc chicks would cause the population to plummet.

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2019-04-18

It's a bit damp and breezy and muddy and dark out there this morning. Best to find somewhere not occupied by a cat and curl up with a good book, I reckon. In the meantime, here's today's scribble - two more ornithological helpings; the kestrel and the tree creeper.

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2019-03-17