4/26/11: Happy 226th Birthday to John J. Audubon (name at birth Jean Rabin) Born April 26, 1785 died Jan. 27, 1851. Birth place Les Cayes, Santo Domingo (now Haiti). His life’s work was studying, sketching & painting birds. His masterpiece, The Birds of America containing 1,065 life sized paintings of birds in 4 volumes was published between 1827 & 1838.
He was a self-taught artist who was once scorned by ornithologists. Now he is legendary for his paintings which were the first bird studies depicting birds in their natural habitat. A huge HAPPY BIRTHDAY to John along with thanks from many generations of bird watchers!
I wanted my Bohemian Waxwing image to be more Audubon like in its painterly style; I applied a PhotoShop artistic filter but couldn’t come close to Audubon's style.
The Blue Mug is filled today with Mountain Ash berries instead of organic shade grown bird friendly coffee from Costa Rica. Mountain Ash berries are a favorite winter feast for the Bohemian Waxwings that visit our neighborhood often in flocks of several hundred, here in the Wood River Valley in Idaho. It is a thrilling sight and the sound is magical.
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