# bhlib birds sciart hernaturalhistory folklorethursday womeninhistsciart womenshistorymonth 5womenartists ornithology elizabethgould womeninnathist womeninscience womeninart tanager brazil mexico duckpond mcgillrarebooks christmas partridge pear 12daysofchristmas 12daysofbooks xmas rarebooks library

Last night we shared some late birbs from Gromme's Birds of Wisconsin. We see these little chaps in our neighborhood all the time!
https://t.co/nHAH7VVLZZ

0 6
2019-06-15

Happy Today we've got a few original watercolor drawings of birds for you by Milwaukee illustrator Susan Estelle Kwas from two one-of-a-kind books we recently acquired. Read about the books here: https://t.co/lyyeao6lur

0 3
2019-05-17

"What bird is that? A Guide to the Birds of Australia" (1931) promised that "all who so desire may become intimately acquainted with the many and beautiful native birds that throng our bushland". In via ➡️ https://t.co/CaD5B1w2pR

8 57
2019-05-16

On this gray Milwaukee day we thought we’d brighten our with a few festively-festooned birds in the Parrot family from the 1913 edition of Brehms Tierbilder published by Bibliographisches Institut in Liepzig and Vienna. Learn more here: https://t.co/cFOVyICmwN

0 8
2019-04-19

For your delight, we present "Curiosities of Ornithology" (1871), featuring such incredible as the kākāpō, satyr tragopan, blue-throated barbet, violet turaco & Knysna turaco. Explore more by T.W. Wood thanks to ➡️ https://t.co/7CBSZLz3zl

25 74
2019-04-04

Ravens are common characters in mythology worldwide, ranging from symbols of bad luck to trickster characters & creator deities. by Jemima Blackburn for "Birds from Moidart and elsewhere" (1895): https://t.co/LdRDCh11ES

12 40
2019-03-22

Eliza Turck (1832-1891) created featuring View more of her work from publications digitized and contributed to : https://t.co/iB2X1PAsbw --

8 33
2019-03-22

Initiated by Genevieve Jones & completed by her family after her death, Illustrations of the nests and eggs of birds of Ohio (1879-86) features life-sized for the bird species known to nest in Ohio ➡️ https://t.co/Ux0GOnKEoz

24 47
2019-03-15

Elizabeth Gould (1804-1841) was a prolific and incredibly talented, creating of 100s of View more of her work in : https://t.co/j2TDNnrwl1 --

24 71
2019-03-15

We're keeping in a tropical frame of mind, so today we present these gregarious parrot-like birds, the only two species of Psittacidae that were native to the United States. These come from Rex Brasher's 'Birds and Trees of North America." https://t.co/Z7whEdwHNc

7 16
2019-03-01

Happy Large Frogmouths (Batrachostomus auritus). by and John Gould for Gould's Icones Avium (1837-38). View more in : https://t.co/kDrDKFVptF --

10 44
2019-02-14

It's Please enjoy these chromolithographs of American Sparrows from the 1907 edition of 'Bird-Life, A Guide to the Study of our Common Birds' by Frank M. Chapman, with illustrations by Ernest Thompson Seton. More here: https://t.co/QdXwGSdWMF

0 3
2019-01-18

Happy Brazilian (Ramphocelus bresilius) by William Swainson for his of and (1841). View more in with thanks to the of the for digitizing: https://t.co/2XWLZxJgHi

4 17
2019-01-18

While we are late to this paddle party and a bit early for we'll waddle in to the with a bird made of feathers from the Feather Book of Dionisio Minaggio. He looks pretty dapper for a 400 year old Duck .

0 28
2019-01-10

On this first of 2019, we present four chromolithographic plates of some winter-loving birds – most of which may be seen in the Upper Midwest during this month – from the 1907 edition of 'Bird-Life, A Guide to the Study of our Common Birds' by Frank M. Chapman.

0 3
2019-01-04

Yesterday we brought you her flowers & trees, and today we present wood engravings of birds by Agnes Miller Parker from her illustrations for 'Down the River' by H. E. Bates, published in London by Victor Gollancz, Ltd, in 1937. See more here: https://t.co/W0rq841vdF

1 7
2018-12-21

"Contributions to Ornithology" (1848-1852) by Sir William Jardine was the 1st ornithological periodical produced in Britain. Jardine's daughter Catherine produced much of the work's Explore it in for thanks to ➡️ https://t.co/7pQPxtRMCr

27 52
2018-12-13

On the first day of my true love gave to me...
A in a tree

from Gould 'Birds of Europe' and 'Lessons from the vegetable world'; collage by Kathy Heyward

1 8
2018-12-13

"The songs of birds may be considered as national melodies, for each has its own peculiar music." 🎶 Explore through poems and this with "The Language of Birds" (1837) by Mrs. George Spratt, in via ➡️ https://t.co/qxPumqYMx7

20 32
2018-11-30

The western spinebill (Acanthorhynchus superciliosus) and the tawny-crowned honeyeater (Gliciphila melanops) for by Henrik Grönvold from v. 11 (1923-24) of "The Birds of Australia". In via ➡️ https://t.co/BOPDxvKRxW

6 17
2018-11-30