#ornithological

[herpsandbirds]

Swet Shop Boys - Birding

The most ornithological hip-hop on the planet.

[imagething]

The Goldfinch (Het puttertje) is a painting of a chained goldfinch by Carel Fabritius, a Dutch Golden Age artist. Signed and dated 1654, it is now in the collection of the Mauritshuis in The Hague, Netherlands.

[thingsondesk]

“He's like an exotic bird collector... he only wants a woman who is free because his dream is to put her in a cage.” -Trevor Noah -Born A Crime :: Chapter 18 Mother’s List On the topic of his abusive step father . . . Blue Bellied Rollers warm inside the African animal house at Lincoln Park Zoo. . Chatty couple these two. Kept me company while my glasses cleared up. They made me happy and sad. . Snowing and 26 degrees outside I finished Born A Crime today. It’s a wonderful book and everyone should know Trevor Noah’s story.

[brooklynmuseum]

🔵  Here’s a little BLUESDAY inspiration from our American art collection, currently on view in Infinite Blue.

This ornithological print by Daniel Giraud Elliot—one of the most famous bird artists of the nineteenth century—shows a black-shouldered peafowl with blue plumage. Hand-colored to give an impression of vivid lifelikeness, the lithograph is scientifically accurate as well as artistically captivating. Elliot was an eminent natural historian and based his studies on direct observation, traveling extensively throughout the world in preparation for his publications. 

Daniel Giraud Elliott (American, 1835-1915). Pavo Nigripennis - Black Shouldered Pea Fowl. Lithograph in color on wove paper. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Emily Winthrop Miles

[thingsondesk]

When you go to the zoo and stalk a peahen and her childrens because you've never seen peachicks before.

[hawkpartys]

may i get an assigned creature? :3

Ring Billed Gull(the angriest one ive ever seen for some reason)

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194962397