Have a budding artist or ornithologist in your home? Tomorrow, April 8th, is #DrawABirdDay and we’re here to provide some avian inspiration!

There are tons of lovely bird https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🦜" title="Parrot" aria-label="Emoji: Parrot">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🦅" title="Eagle" aria-label="Emoji: Eagle">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🦚" title="Peacock" aria-label="Emoji: Peacock"> illustrations in our books in @BioDivLibrary . Today we& #39;ll highlight a few favorites.

We& #39;ll give the obvious #DrawABirdDay choice out of the way - John James Audubon! Our copy of "The Birds of America" in @BioDivLibrary is not the famous double-elephant, but smaller, more affordable version w/ text from "Ornithological Biography" : https://s.si.edu/2lQyU0d ">https://s.si.edu/2lQyU0d&q...

Next up for #DrawABirdDay inspo, John Gould& #39;s "The birds of Europe", with many gorgeous illustrations by his wife Elizabeth: https://s.si.edu/2FZBFru ">https://s.si.edu/2FZBFru&q...

Learn more about Elizabeth & her role on our blog: https://s.si.edu/2USxcfj ">https://s.si.edu/2USxcfj&q...

Pigeons might be prevalent if you& #39;re looking out a city window, but we bet you& #39;ve never seen any like this! These exotic examples are courtesy of Madame Knip (and a bit of publishing drama: https://s.si.edu/39xHs20 ).">https://s.si.edu/39xHs20&q... Find the book in @BioDivLibrary : https://s.si.edu/2Wg8STA ">https://s.si.edu/2Wg8STA&q...

Artist & ornithologist Louis Agassiz Fuertes was acclaimed for his depictions of birds. Our copy of "A natural history of the ducks" (1922) has some fascinating quackers! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🦆" title="Duck" aria-label="Emoji: Duck">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🦆" title="Duck" aria-label="Emoji: Duck"> @BioDivLibrary link: https://s.si.edu/3dLjS4V ">https://s.si.edu/3dLjS4V&q...

More about Fuertes: https://s.si.edu/2Jxqru4 ">https://s.si.edu/2Jxqru4&q... #drawabirdday

Jacob H. Sturm& #39;s "The birds of North America" (1895) packs a lot of #DrawABirdDay inspiration in each plate. Painter Theodore Jasper provided the bird portraits on which the plates were based. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📖" title="Open book" aria-label="Emoji: Open book">Find the whole book in @BioDivLibrary : https://s.si.edu/3aRIQ0Q ">https://s.si.edu/3aRIQ0Q&q... .

Overwhelmed by these great artistic examples? Though John Latham was the leading English ornithologist of his day, his illustrations are a bit more . . . simplistic.

Examples from "Supplement to the General synopsis of birds" in @BioDivLibrary : https://s.si.edu/3aE2CwO ">https://s.si.edu/3aE2CwO&q...

Hope you& #39;ve found some inspiration for your #DrawABirdDay activities in these great illustrations from our titles in @BioDivLibrary . There are oodles more in Flickr: https://s.si.edu/2xEpJsj ">https://s.si.edu/2xEpJsj&q...

Create something for #DrawABirdDay tomorrow https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🖼️" title="Frame with picture" aria-label="Emoji: Frame with picture">? Share and tag us! We& #39;d love to see.