of a feather

Jan van Kessel (1626 – 1679) 

mans-world-is-in-his-eye:

Beschouwing der wonderen Gods :.
Amsterdam :J.C. Sepp,[1762-1860].

(via scientificillustration)

(Source: to-asharah-wolfsong, via satr9)

Hooded Warblers
1900–09
Gerald H. Thayer and Gladys Thayer
watercolor, stencil, and oil on wood
30.7 x 25.6 cm
Smithsonian American Art Museum, 

giraffeinatree:

Photograph by Francesco Filippo Pellegrini

This picture was taken at the majestic Iguazu Falls. The flight of this flock of swifts across the huge waterfalls portrays the sense of freedom and wildness that belongs to this fantastic world wonder.

ragingbitchfest:

amoebalanding:

Charley Harper Skimmerscape

I. LOVE. CHARLEY. HARPER.

And I’ve never seen this one. And I love skimmers. Triple win.

The trilogy Audubon’s Aviary: The Complete Flock is a once-in-a-lifetime series (2013–2015) that will explore the evolution of Audubon’s dazzling watercolors in the order in which they were engraved. Visitors to the N-YHS will have the unique opportunity to view these national treasures sequentially and in their entirety for the first time—the same way his original subscribers received the Havell plates. 

The Onondaga Indians of New York credit the arrival of cicadas as having once saved them from famine.

Click for interactive via NYTimes