[smithsonianlibrariesarchives]

Color charts of undifferentiated (top) and specialized (bottom) plumage of different warbler species from Charles Keeler's Evolution of the colors of North American land birds (1893).

Full text here.

[vulgarirex]

Years ago I drew a few leafhoppers for an exercise at school. These are still the most popular thing I have ever posted on the internet. So I drew some more and made a poster. These little guys are very fun! finding all their scientific names was a pain though!

If you would like a print:

https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/vulgarirex/leafplanttree-hoppers/

[besidethepath]

The yellowhammer is carefully preparing for its performance.

[ambermaitrejean]

House finch. Jefferson County, Colorado. Photo by Amber Maitrejean

[ambermaitrejean]

House finch. Jefferson County, Colorado. Photo by Amber Maitrejean

[safe-haven-safe-place]

By @leahgardner.art

[besidetheshore-deactivated20260]

Female Hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) taking off from the water.

[alexsiple]

I THINK WHERE I COME FROM IS LEAVING, a 13-page hxh fancomic i made for @zine--garden. (thank you so much for having me T__T everyone keep an eye out for aftersales!)

[dbtucson-blog]

When it's 85 degrees in February the desert starts to glow.

[creditednature]

'a whale in the sky' starlings over Otmoor UK - James Wainscoat

[nolifedestiny]

[Kormorane nisten auf Ästen in einem See.]

[Cormorants nest on branches in a lake.]

[yoshitaka-koga]

ヒレンジャク

[aster-is-confused]

my favorite genre of bird picture

[nobrashfestivity]

Bray Studios and Audubon Society  Song Birds As Neighbors, 1930′s

[desertedinurban]

HIGH FASHION BIRDS BY - Deserted In Urban

[exhaled-spirals]

— Elizabeth von Arnim, The Solitary Summer

[sioltach]

The starlings putting on their summer evening show