Pierre-Auguste Renoir
b. 1841, Limoges, France; d. 1919, Cagnes-sur-Mer, France
Woman with Parakeet, 1871
Oil on canvas
Woman with Parakeet, 1871
Oil on canvas
I love these drawings by Matt Decker. I saw a an entire sheet of them at the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (the artist’s from Rochester) and am glad to note they’re available through his Etsy page. They’re all giclée fine art prints, signed by the artist. Here are a few favorites. T…
The Steller’s sea eagle is one of the world’s rarest eagles. There are only around 4,000 left. It’s native to Russia and Japan. One was spotted in Maine and got bird watchers very excited. “It would be like an elephant walking up out of Africa into Scandinavia,” Mr. Lund said. “Like getting a ca…
Also known as Pesquet’s parrot or the vulturine parrot. The Dracula parrot is a large, heavy bird, stretching to almost half a metre from beak to tail and weighing in at almost a kilogram. It maintains all that bulk by feeding almost exclusively on figs, which researchers suspect is why it e…
By the Audubon Society cached. Ravens are beefier, gauche, and less ‘refined’. They’re also relatively solitary. They have curvier beaks, wedge-like tails, and soar instead of flap. Here’s what a raven and a crow sound like.…
Behold the beautiful Secretarybird 🙌 – Source Unknown Way out of other birds’ leagues, eats venomous snakes, and “appears on the coats of arms of Sudan and South Africa” 🔥…