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Happy #DrawABirdDay 
! We're excited to share some great avian art contributed by our staff and their little ones.
Draw a bird based on our collections
? Share and tag us! We'd love to see.
Here's some inspo
: https://s.si.edu/2JO1vPl
! We're excited to share some great avian art contributed by our staff and their little ones. Draw a bird based on our collections
? Share and tag us! We'd love to see. Here's some inspo
: https://s.si.edu/2JO1vPl
Niamh, age 6, drew this feisty Cayenne's gray-bellied toucan for #DrawABirdDay. Inspired by one depicted in François Martinet's "Planches enluminées d'histoire naturelle" in @BioDivLibrary : https://s.si.edu/2Xfb5m8
Trina, head of our @amhistorymuseum Library, whipped up this gorgeous Great-billed heron, based on an example from John Gould's "The Birds of Australia": https://s.si.edu/3bXj633 #DrawABirdDay
Talented young Soren drew a Harrier Hawk (right).
Mom Anne, head of our @americanart & @smithsoniannpg Library, chose a Barking Owl
, (left) based on this example from "The Birds of Australia": https://s.si.edu/2UPPAqt
#DrawABirdDay
(right). Mom Anne, head of our @americanart & @smithsoniannpg Library, chose a Barking Owl
, (left) based on this example from "The Birds of Australia": https://s.si.edu/2UPPAqt #DrawABirdDay
Drawing a bird isn'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's example in "A monograph of the Ramphastidae, or family of toucans": https://s.si.edu/3e3BdGA #DrawABirdDay
