Happy #DrawABirdDay 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"> ! We& #39;re excited to share some great avian art contributed by our staff and their little ones.

Draw a bird based on our collections 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.

Here& #39;s some inspo https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Rightwards arrow" aria-label="Emoji: Rightwards arrow">: https://s.si.edu/2JO1vPl ">https://s.si.edu/2JO1vPl&q...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🖍️" title="Lower left crayon" aria-label="Emoji: Lower left crayon">Niamh, age 6, drew this feisty Cayenne& #39;s gray-bellied toucan for #DrawABirdDay.

Inspired by one depicted in François Martinet& #39;s "Planches enluminées d& #39;histoire naturelle" in @BioDivLibrary : https://s.si.edu/2Xfb5m8 ">https://s.si.edu/2Xfb5m8&q...
Trina, head of our @amhistorymuseum Library, whipped up this gorgeous Great-billed heron, based on an example from John Gould& #39;s "The Birds of Australia": https://s.si.edu/3bXj633 ">https://s.si.edu/3bXj633&q... #DrawABirdDay
Talented young Soren drew a Harrier Hawk https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🦅" title="Eagle" aria-label="Emoji: Eagle"> (right).

Mom Anne, head of our @americanart & @smithsoniannpg Library, chose a Barking Owl https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🦉" title="Owl" aria-label="Emoji: Owl">, (left) based on this example from "The Birds of Australia": https://s.si.edu/2UPPAqt ">https://s.si.edu/2UPPAqt&q...

#DrawABirdDay
Drawing a bird isn& #39;t limited to paper! A few crafty fabric examples from our staff and their kids: #DrawABirdDay
Graham (age 7) drew a too cool toucan, based on Elizabeth Gould& #39;s example in "A monograph of the Ramphastidae, or family of toucans": https://s.si.edu/3e3BdGA ">https://s.si.edu/3e3BdGA&q... #DrawABirdDay
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