Photo with 4 notes
Plate 90 of The Birds of America by John Audubon, the Black and White Creeper, now more commonly known as the Black and White Warbler.
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Detail of Plate 79 of The Birds of America by John Audubon, the Tyrant Fly-catcher. This one is carefully holding the bee it caught away from his body so as not to get stung. There are many Tyrant Fly-catchers. This one is the Eastern Kingbird.
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Detail of Plate 78 of The Birds of America by John Audubon, the Great Carolina Wren, now more often called simply the Carolina Wren. This cocky little guy is proclaiming himself king of the flower spike.
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Plate 88 of The Birds of America by John Audubon, the Autumnal Warbler, now thought to be immature Bay-breasted Warblers. Their showing up at a certain time of year parallels the Winter Hawk plumage mistake Audubon made. (This isn’t a criticism of Audubon. He certainly didn’t have the tools or knowledge base of today’s ornithologists.)
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Detail of Plate 77 of The Birds of America by John Audubon, the Belted Kingfisher.
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Plate 87 of The Birds of America by John Audubon, the threatened Florida Jay, now the Florida Scrub Jay. It’s estimated that only about 6000 of these beautiful birds are left.
Photo with 32 notes
Detail of Plate 76 of The Birds of America by John Audubon, the Virginia Partridge, now more commonly called the Northern Bobwhite. This group is being disturbed by an uninvited guest.
There’s not all that much to say about this one, other than it’s yet another masterpiece of composition. In this case a picture is worth well over a thousand words.
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Plate 86 of The Birds of America by John Audubon, the Black Warrior, now thought to be a color variation of the Red-tailed hawk.
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Detail of Plate 75 of The Birds of America by John Audubon, Le Petit Caporal, aka the Merlin.
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