#ornithological art

[keskeaa]

Thief

[spleenomane]

Currently obsessed with these naturalistic illuminations from a manuscript of De Proprietatibus Rerum (1447, Bibliothèque d'Amiens, ms. 399). I just know that whoever commisioned this must have hired the nearest artist with an insane obsession for birds before proper birdwatching was even a thing. They hired the nearest De arte venandi cum avibus fanboy.

Like, the fact that despite the stylized drawings you can clearly tell that these are a corvus corax, a corvus cornix?! Hello?!?!

I love you, unknown french artist from the 15th century.

Edit: a couple people made me rightfully notice that what I thought could be a carrion crow, in absence of better candidates, could actually be a coloeus monedula, a jackdaw, and that either way it doesn't even match the text it is meant to represent as it was a total misinterpretation of it. Just to let everyone know!

Still love these paintings and these corvids.

[birds--daily]

day 4

palestinian sunbird!

hey guys! so, evidently i've been gone for a while. it was kind of a bad time for me to start this account. a bunch of shit happened and everything sucked and it made me get art block 💔 oops. but now what's going on is too important to just sit there and have art block about. i'm using my, albiet small, platform to spread the palestinian cause during this global strike week called on by bisan. the palestinian sunbird is a symbol of freedom for the palestinian people. it flies across borders and checkpoints in defiance of israeli occupation. i hope that someday soon the palestinian people can be as free as their national bird ❤️🖤🤍💚

[snailkites]

love learning about odd-couple interspecies joint-nesting events

nesties (nest besties)

[littlesapphicraccoonguy]

Kiwi doodles

[seathernycolors]

dios mio

[anam2s]

Rook (Corvus frugilegus)

Here's my part for the art trade with @ppperegryyyzz!

[mspaintbirdies]

Toco Toucan

(Rhamphastos Toco)

[awkwardbirdsdreaming]

NZ bird of the year is closing soon! This is your last chance to vote for the bittern... Yes you can vote even if you're outside of NZ! Here's a link!

The australasian bittern is goofy looking, lives in swamps, and desperately needs people to be aware of it because there are less than 1000 left in NZ and numbers are declining every year.

[icecreamwithjackdaniels]

Mourning doves illustrated by Louis Agassiz Fuertes in the book Birds of New York (1910–14) by Elon Howard Eaton.

[myceliaes]

i’d rather be fishing

silkscreen print, 2024

[emmbrr]

tufted titmouse!

[sabtastique]

🍵 Chickadee Chai, brewed fresh just for you!

[birds--daily]

day 35

today's bird is the american redstart!

- american redstarts flash the bright orange and black patterns on their tails and wings to startle prey out of foliage

- male american redstarts can sometimes have two mates at a time (and therefore two separate territories) up to a quarter mile apart

- they're one of my favorite warblers :0) happy warbler wednesday!

[moonflowercollage]

Original paper collage on Arches paper, 10x8 inches.

[agavnythepigeon]

-🕊🦅So excited to present my BIRDS OF ARMENIA illustration!! This project is so special to me I’m so excited with how it’s turned out!🦅🕊-