Rook or Blackbird on an Ornate Vase, Roman Fresco
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Giotto di Bondone - Saint Francis Preaching to the Birds, c. 1297-99
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Hieronymus Bosch, detail from 'The Garden of Earthly Delights', c. 1504
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Jan Mankes, A crow watching a mosquito, 1918
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Goodnight
The force generated by a flapping wing on the downstroke is about twice a bird’s weight
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Alexander Calder, Bird, c. 1951. Coffee cans, tin and copper wire
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From 'A History of North American Birds volume 2' by S. F. Baird, T. M. Brewer, and R. Ridgway, published by Little, Brown, Boston, 1905
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Pigeon feeding near the Blue Mosque, Mazar i Sharif, Afghanistan by Steve McCurry
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Birds in Flight by Étienne-Jules Marey (1830-1904)
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John Ruskin, The Extremity of a Kingfisher's Wing Feather, 1872
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Ingmar Bergman's 'The Virgin Spring' (1960)
Imari Sometsuke, Underglaze Blue Porcelain Ware. Large plate with crane design (Japan, 19th century)
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