That Bald Cardinal is Back…
…and he brought his family. The female Northern Cardinal also appears to be losing the feathers on her head. So…
Birdfeeder Birds
Pandemic-related photo opportunity; all seen within about 20 minutes. Not shown: nuthatch, chipping sparrow (?), lurking gray squirrels.
Duke Ellington: Seven Tones
The Seven Tones Project pairs new interpretations of the music of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn with short movies. The…
New Jersey’s State Bird
In association with the Fine Feathered Friends exhibit, here’s history behind how the Eastern Goldfinch became New Jersey’s official state…
Red-Bellied Woodpecker Skull
A fine woodpecker skull with an exceptionally well-preserved hyolingual apparatus presented by Duke Farms, the first in a weekly series.
Smithsonian Open Access Program: Martha
To celebrate the Smithsonian Institution’s formal announcement of its Open Access program, which makes almost 3 million digital images and…
More Birds in Porcelain
Some more pairings of Boehm porcelain sculptures with mounted birds at the New Jersey State Museum
Extinct Birds in Ceramic
The New Jersey State Museum‘s Fine Feathered Friends exhibit combines mounted birds from the natural history collection with ceramic birds…
Two Passenger Pigeon Specimens in England
I recently stumbled upon two more passenger pigeon mounts I was unaware of. The Horninam Museum and Gardens in London,…