I couldn't place it either, and after I found out what it was, it turns
out to be a perfect example of why I hate drawings...well maybe dislike
strongly...:-D :-D It depends on the artist I guess.
It took a little googling (but since it is raining outside, and I have
nothing to do but watch the purple finches that are still coming to my
feeder...), and thanks to a readers comment on the Huffington Post, I
found it...a Great Crested Flycatcher...now have you ever seen a GCF
with a blue throat? Here is the plate, which I found at the New York
Public Library, that Google used for their rendition:
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?trg=1&strucID=115759&imageID=108314&word=Audubon%2C%20John%20James&s=3¬word=&d=&c=&f=4&k=0&lWord=&lField=&sScope=&sLevel=&sLabel=&total=659&num=40&imgs=20&pNum=&pos=57
Audubon's colors are almost spot on, a little blue, but I think that it
is a reflection of the watercolor paints of the time and not the
artist. I think that Google with photoshop or other type program, went
a little too blue with their saturation slider. :-D
Have a great Day!
Steve J
(aka sjlarue)
sjlarue.smugmug.com
On 4/26/2011 4:58 PM, Danielle wrote:
> I can name them all except the blue throated bird next to the kestrels. Was actually going to come on and ask if anyone knew what on earth it is. I spent at least an hour looking through scans of Birds of America, but didn't see that one.
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> --- On Tue, 4/26/11, Steve<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Migrants on Google home page!
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> Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2011, 3:06 PM
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> Yeah, but can you name them all! :-D
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> William Hull<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Honoring John James Audubon's birthday... Cheers, Bill Hull Cincinnati, OH, USA On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 1:01 PM, David Watkins<[log in to unmask]> wrote:> Check out the google home page graphic for today!> www.google.com_____________________________________________
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