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Monumental Mural Depicting the Evolution of Birds by Jane Kim

Artist Jane Kim

the founder of Ink Dwell studio (whose mission is “to inspire people to love and protect the Earth one work of art at a time”), and a team of seven helpers,

has just completed painting a 3,000-square-foot mural on the wall of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology Visitor Center in Ithaca, New York, that depicts the evolution of birds. The mural features winged representatives from each of the world’s 243 families of modern birds, painted to scale on a massive world map on the 70-foot by 40-foot wall.

This Wall of Birds (whose official title is “From So Simple a Beginning: Celebrating the Evolution and Diversity of Birds”) is a commission to mark the 100-year anniversary of the Cornell Lab, one of the world’s leading ornithological institutes founded in 1915, where Kim worked as an intern in its scientific illustration program in 2011.

   

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Owls are masters of disguise, blending seamlessly into their surroundings. 

These trees appear to be judging me.

They are, but the owls are beautiful

I CANNOT FIND THE OWL IN THE FIFTH FROM THE BOTTOM.  HELP.

The one with the stone wall.  I … am … so confused.  Where?!

It took me forever, but he’s in the focused section, standing at the top.  His face is in front of the snow.  He is smol.

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end0skeletal:

The flame bowerbird is endemic to the rainforests of New Guinea. Shown above are the brightly colored males who build bowers and perform courtship displays to attract females.

(Photo sources: x x x x)

Holy heck, I never knew there was another species of bowerbird, especially one this flashy!

There are, in fact, 20 species of bowerbirds that make up the family

Ptilonorhynchidae. Here are a couple favorites!

Regent bowerbird:

Satin bowerbird:

Green catbird, which is in the bowerbird family, but does not build bowers. Instead, it clears an area of debris to perform a dance for females:

And finally, the

Vogelkop bowerbird, which is plain, but builds and decorates some of the most elaborate bowers: