Some Audubon for You

I have this small book of a few plates of Audubon's birds.

It's very sweet so I scanned some of my favorites for you.

My favorite is the passenger pigeon.

Aren't they beautiful?

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Bowerbirds and some drawings

These are Bowerbirds and their structures. The photos are from this July's National Geographic. Bowerbirds are the only animals, besides humans, known to kill other animals for decorative purposes. The male builds a bower structure to attract a female. He does not live in the structure but decorates it with bright objects like bugs, berries and trash. If the female decides to mate, this is the only responsibility of the male to that family.
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Here are two drawings I did. One is of Uncle Jr of the Sopranos and one is of an old lady at an old folks home I visited in Covington.

How to Make a Bird Sound