deviantbirds:

Buzzing by ~rieke-b

isopod:

This print of a saw-whet owl by Gwen Partin is actually a greeting card, but I’ll put it in a frame anyway.

Parakeets and Gold Fish Bowl (by richardr)

fairy-wren:

rainbow lorikeet

(photo by niland0)

spidercamp:

紅椒驅映 (by John&Fish 新書發表中)

(via velocicrafter)

venusmilk:

Birds of Paradise, Russian copperplate 1879

(via scientificillustration)

paleoillustration:

Mr. Iridescent by WanderingAlbatross:

As I’m sure everyone is aware, recent studies of a new Microraptor fossil suggest that it sported black iridescent plumage (yay for melanosomes!), which I thought would work perfectly on black paper. 

I studied the plumage of Glossy Starlings and Ravens to get a good feel for the iridescence.

Done in coloured pencils.

(via raptorrumpus)

ginandjack:

photo by dan allison

(Source: fairy-wren)

animalworld:

HILDEBRANDT’S STARLING
Lamprotornis hildebrandti
Tanzania, Africa
©Noel Feans

Hildebrandt’s Starling is colorful bird found in Kenya and Tanzania. Its habitat is open woodland and thornbrush country. The adult has bright iridescent plumage on its upper body. This iridescence is derived from the interference of reflected light from regimented microscopic feather structures and not from pigments.

The head is blue as are most of the upperparts, the wings are bronze-green with blue primaries, the throat and upper breast are glossy purple, and the tail is glossy blue-green. The middle breast and upper belly are orange-buff and the lower belly is rufous. The iris is orange-red, and the bill and legs are black. Male and female adults are identical in external appearance.

The diet of Hildebrandt’s Starling is a combination of insects and fruit, with insects apparently being the more important constituent. It has been observed feeding on beetles and grasshoppers, as well as hawking for flying termites. Seeds from fruit have also been found in the stomachs of some birds. It usually feeds on the ground, in pairs and small flocks, and will readily follow large mammals and catch prey flushed by their movement. It also joins mixed flocks of other starlings. Source

Other posts you may like:

Male Violet-backed Starling

Superb Starling

Srilankan Blue Magpie

(via dendroica)

(via thewoodwose)

Winslow Homer | The Fox Hunt (1893)

(Source: nerdsbynature, via fuckyeahcrows)

intrinsickness:

Evolution of the Raven (Corvus corax)

(via fuckyeahcrows)

birdsong27:

Frances MacNair (1873-1921)

‘Ill Omen: Girl in the East Wind with Ravens Crossing the Moon’. 1893

(Source: birdsong217, via spectralradiance)

fairy-wren:

osprey

(photo  by dennis_read2000)