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    1. Female House Sparrows on Fountain Ledge.

      Meet the Birds of the National Mall

      • Date: July 3, 2014
      • Description: Have you noticed that the Mall is aflutter with birds? Dive into the history of the Smithsonian’s interactions with our avian neighbors.

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    3. How Many Birds Have You Seen Today?

      • Date: January 5, 2012
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: The Christmas Bird Count was begun in 1900 by the Audubon Society. Many Smithsonian staff have participated in it in the decades since then.

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    5. Portrait of Roxie Laybourne

      Sharing A Love of Birds: Roxie Laybourne

      • Date: January 5, 2017
      • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
      • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_arc_308449,size=250,left]Though Roxie Laybourne may be a well-known topic here in the Smithsonian Institution Archives, there is a good reason she is so popular. From good advice to her pioneering career to modern day inspiration, her work offers new insight each time we turn to it. Laybourne’s interest in natural history began long before she began her

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      Fishes and Frogs and Birds, OH MY!

      • Date: May 26, 2010
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="378" caption="Cruriraja cadenati, 6 Oct 1959, Division of Fishes, National Museum of Natural History, USNM 196443. "][/caption] The Department of Vertebrate Zoology at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, just launched nearly 2 million records on the Smithsonian Collections Search Center related to their vertebrate

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    9. Bird head drawing by Robert Ridgway, Record Unit 7167 - Robert Ridgway Papers, circa 1850s-1919, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Neg. No. SIA2014-00594b.

      Mystery Diagnosis and the Case of the Unidentified Bird Shadows

      • Date: February 4, 2014
      • Creator: Kirsten Tyree
      • Description: We need your help idenitifying what happened to these Ridgway bird illustrations that appear to have strange smoke patterns covering the images

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      It’s a (sea) Bird!

      • Date: August 16, 2013
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Enjoy a collection of images documenting pelagic birds from the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program.

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      Unity for International Migratory Bird Day

      • Date: May 10, 2018
      • Creator: Matt Peterson
      • Description: The theme of this year’s International Migratory Bird Day is unity. The Smithsonian has a longstanding history of commitment to the natural world. No figure in the Institution’s history better exemplifies the theme of unity surrounding migratory species than sixth Smithsonian Secretary and ornithologist Alexander Wetmore. He knew the importance of the role that birds play in

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    15. Three bird head drawing sketches. The one in the center is in yellow and it's a bright color.

      Archives Puzzles: Free as a Bird (to Transform, Remix, and Reuse)

      • Date: August 17, 2020
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: This summer, have a little fun with images from our collections that have been designated as open access. Anyone can now download, transform, share, and reuse millions of images as part of Smithsonian Open Access.

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      Almost here … World Migratory Bird Day 2019!

      • Date: May 9, 2019
      • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
      • Description: While only two years old, World Migratory Bird Day is just one of the latest evolutions in conservation awareness. Related celebrations go back more than twenty-six years and draw on over a century of research.

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    19. Office space with one man working at the second desk closest to the camera. Books are on the desks. There is collections storage on the right side.

      Archives Puzzles: Happy (Almost) National Bird Day

      • Date: January 4, 2021
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Have a little fun with images from our collections that have been designated as open access. Anyone can now download, transform, share, and reuse millions of images as part of Smithsonian Open Access.

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    21. Robert Ridgway sits writing at his desk in his office located in the United States National Museum, Record Unit 7440 - American Ornithologists' Union, Records, 1871-1994, Smithsonian Institution Archives. Neg. no. SIA2008-2291.

      International Migratory Bird Day

      • Date: May 5, 2015
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: To celebrate International Migratory Bird Day on May 9th, we will be releasing recently digitized specimen drawings by ornithologist Robert Ridgway (1850-1929.) Ridgway's career with the Smithsonian began in 1864 when he wrote asking for help identifying a bird. As they say, the rest is history. Starting in 1869, Ridgway became curator at the Smithsonian's United States

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    23. Hallager holding a kori bustard. The caption below reads: Sara Hallager, curator of birds at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, is responsible for managing daily avian care, including bird well-being, reproductive programs, conservation programs, exhibitions, and interpretive public programs. She began working at the Zoo as a volunteer in 1984 and as an employee in 1987. #Groundbreaker.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Sara Hallager

      • Date: September 2, 2020
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: At the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, we are determined not to let history repeat itself. From our colleagues at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, who research and track birds in the wild, to our Bird House keepers who care for and breed these animals at the Zoo, we are working together to study, understand and protect common birds

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