For feast your eyes on the birds from Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, published by the English naturalist Mark Catesby from 1729 to 1747: https://t.co/FEbE6fduM1

And some available as prints here: https://t.co/heOWfymWC1

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A little bird told us that Britain's Birds, a treasury of facts, fiction and folklore, is coming soon on 3rd March 🦢
In celebration of enjoy a sneak peek at its beautiful cover!

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Happy to our aerial friends and all! 🦉

via Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon

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I heard it's so be careful when eating toucan cereal today because... you turn into one >w>
Art done by Piromane on FA

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It's apparently which means it's the perfect day for showing some appreciation for my favorite bird...even if they pretend they don't appreciate the goo :V

Object of goopy affection is
Art is by the always excellent

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In honor of which just happens to be today, here are two beautiful birds from "Daylight Starlight Wildlife."

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For we're highlighting Daniel Elliot's "The new and heretofore unfigured species of the birds of North America" (1869). Elliot, a founder of , provided text. Illustrations by Joseph Wolf, Edwin Sheppard & more. In : https://t.co/S7zGhaEMkv

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It's so here's Julie Manet with her parakeet, painted by her mother, Berthe Morisot; a S-P of Frida Kahlo with her parrots; and The Wounded Dove, by Pre-Raphaelite Rebecca Solomon. I'd love to see other images of birds by women artists in replies!

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I haven't posted anything on so here, have a me!

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In that case, happy let me tell you about my very favorite birds: shrikes! AKA butcherbirds, these little guys are technically songbirds but they are predatory, and impale their prey on thorns or barbed wire to hold it still for eating. Here are some I've drawn!

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For some offerings from Kiki Smith, Frida Kahlo, and Uemura Shoen. Be sure to put some food out for the birds this winter!

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It’s who is your favorite bird-based comic character?

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In honor of we are happy to share this classic article from our MUSE Magazine archives-- all the way back from 2005! Did you know that some birds can do math? "Counting Coots" is by Ingram with art by Read it here: https://t.co/mGJYxvvK0I

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17th-century Dutch painter Melchior d' Hondecoeter specialized in painting birds! So for enjoy these ducks, hens, roosters and peacocks by “the Raphael of bird painters.”

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For illustrations from George Edwards' Natural history of uncommon birds (1743-51) and Gleanings of natural history (1758-64). Edwards was 'bedell', the college's custodian/head of security. https://t.co/gt0GpMRZAK

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