If, like me, you're slightly obsessed with #birds, and you're watching the BBC's #SmallProphets, you probably did a double take when John James #Audubon’s book 'The #BirdsofAmerica' popped up so prominently in the plot! What a moment!

If you don't know the book, search online for the #NationalAudubonSociety online version and give your eyes a FEAST. It's mind-blowing.

I pay tribute to Audubon’s work in my own hand-painted #map of the #StateBirds of the USA - he’s featured at the foot of the #painting, in the middle.

https://janetomlinson.com/products/state-birds-of-the-us

#birding #art #cartography

A valiant, data-driven attempt to bust out of the cardinal/meadowlark state bird hegemony!

(I personally love the osprey for Oregon, but I’d be delighted with the bird they’ve selected here)

#birding #statebirds

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/a-modest-proposal-can-ebird-help-choose-better-state-birds-part-1/