This weeks featured t-shirts are in honor of a 2010 exhibit at the New York State Museum: Birds of New York and the Paintings of Louis Agassiz Fuertes. According to the website of the museum:
This exhibition commemorates the 100th anniversary of the publication of Birds of New York, one of the most popular books issued in the State Museum’s history. The exhibition features dozens of original watercolors made for the book by famed bird artist Louis Agassiz Fuertes, as well as the first edition of Birds of New York, a portfolio of prints, and specimens from the Museum’s ornithology collection.
Fuertes was an ornithologist and artist, active from about 1894 until his death in 1927. He illustrated over 60 books and hundreds of articles. The exhibition at the New York State Museum honors the 100th anniversary of Elon Howard Eaton's Birds of New York, which was illustrated by Fuertes.
Thank you to everyone who entered my first blog giveaway. I used a random name picker to select the winner. Congratulations to Robin Robinson on winning my copy of Flyaway! Thanks, too, to the author Suzie Gilbert for her kind comment. Robin, I'll contact you via email to get your address details.
In this week's T-Shirt Tuesday I'd like to highlight one of our newest funny birding tees: Coed Naked Birding. Coed Naked sports t-shirts were really popular when I was in high school, way back when. The text in this design uses a collegiate-style font in easy-on-the-eyes birder tans...
With most major sports out of commission during the Covid-19 pandemic, lots of activities still remain, including birding. Lots of outdoor hobbies, including birdwatching, have both stepped up and seen an increase in interest from the general public during times of lockdown and "safer at home" initiatives. This...
The Prairie Birder is giving away a copy of the newest bird guide in the fabulous Crossley ID series: The Crossley ID Guide: Britain & Ireland. Enter by commenting on the contest blog post; leave your comment by December 19th to be in the December 21st drawing.
