We've had Andrew Wyeth's
Crows on the desktop for quite sometime, waiting to use the beautiful study. When a friend at work showed us San Francisco artist
Heidi McDowell's studies of bird specimens, we knew we had something! With such active lines, there is a quiet irony in the drawings.
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Andrew Wyeth,
Crows (
Study for Woodshed), 1944
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Heidi McDowell,
Egyptian Goose
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Great Kiskadees of Southern Texas from the MWFB Collection,
Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology
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Heidi McDowell,
Chickadees
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Lark Bunting at
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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Heidi McDowell,
Hummingbirds![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieV47wubHgoBpishmjwX8r9uwy_dG6wX5L2s1s5mO1j7Qc2-GdwdIdt8qyzgG2ttdVzfLCE-aaqbdgvOd8MDX0kG-np9nsZFC_0R5X47zxJ4TVG4cClOnzvz_E7yKyy-c-W4z_RZAV_Ewd/s400/Example+of+Bird+Specimens+at+the+Smithsonian.jpg)
An alternative bird specimen at the
Smithsonian![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxgMsxLjYwd9eodmUgL_er1kPk24jsAgh0zxS2AtOXboScpyrI4y3NiRVncHN7FTjc6R1hoyMkhKhgSLh_KpE90A9zOoL_We88Wj9l2pQxJ0UntrqAa91FZZkhKeAVVphho9G_dmzp6-dm/s400/common_cuckoo_600x480.jpg)
Heidi McDowell,
Common Cuckoo![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNhlPgkDIJgweXg1QzX2sG5LbCNuiPk27C4czCt5dye93Wcj0aV1fF-cZNlTcvjpcmq2JIL2BeZiMmObFjmcumFxzPRCI6ELu6gCY7Fdmi8Ug5Q9ZVg-gnY0bVGiIZ_wvzHT9_aH42CedY/s400/squirrel_cuckoo_600x480.jpg)
Heidi McDowell,
Squirrel Cuckoo![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHWpr-CK8qIcncz3s6lUAeUCbcHuqZOQLZo9I0GmmVQwy-mTorXsRZG1gebqx0zePCsQBlc2iBa___KtISp8lXgf_QwyIpcXKVOuHxmgTLxj2jA2XpXl3ErZh1l2HLBNGHKqzhaSENoKdl/s400/Common+Birds+co+Flickr+Fiberartsfanatic.jpg)
Common Bird Specimens on Flickr via Fiberartsfanatic
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Heidi McDowell,
Poorwill![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF1zBebqGtk7J-H4fRt7JKsiywTWJOjXawPIRje6dT2ljfDHhNcK2WwF7eWEPsDWsnvUyNGrgoK4xiP9RGrWep1xFD_2EiVH0CuVTwKyT9ob5P4bE96na4dbvZCEV6aXlShgaSVQfWBsl8/s400/heron_600x480.jpg)
Heidi McDowell,
Heron
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