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He was elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Linnaean Society, and the Royal Society in recognition of his contributions.Audubon’s Birds of America is still considered one the finest examples of book art, ever! On Decema copy of Birds of America was sold at a Sotheby’s auction for $11.5 million, the second highest price for a single printed book.Īudubon’s legacy includes the following and much more (from Wikipedia): During his field research he discovered 25 new species and 12 new subspecies.

Charles Darwin even quoted him three times in his Origin of Species.

All were drawn life size and his original prints were roughly three feet tall.Īudubon’s influence on ornithology and natural history was far-reaching. In contrast to his contemporaries who painted birds in stiff, unnatural positions Audubon drew them in natural positions in their natural habitat, often as if they were in motion while feeding or hunting. The complicated process of printing from the high quality plates cost him over $2,000,000 in today’s money but his drawings/paintings of over 700 North American bird species had such tremendous appeal his work became a huge success.

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It took Audubon over 14 years of doing field observations and drawings plus significantly more time invested in single-handed management and promotion to complete his Birds of America project. I believe this resource is an artistic, historical and scientific treasure so I hope some of my readers take advantage of such a special opportunity.

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At the time Audubon did the painting white Gyrfalcons were called Iceland Falcons or Jer Falcons.Įach download includes Audubon’s original notes on the species. Here’s Audubon’s version of white Gyrfalcons, also available for download. It had falconry gear still attached to its legs (I’m told they aren’t really jesses) and that would have been an eventual death trap in the wild. Very soon after I took this photo my friend Mike Shaw from HawkWatch International trapped the falcon and returned it to its owner. This one was a falconry bird that had escaped from its “owner” several years ago here in Salt Lake City so of course I had to try to get some photos, even in the poor light.Īt the time it was estimated that this bird was worth about $10,000 on the falconry market. One of the most spectacular raptors in the world is the white Gyrfalcon. I’ll provide the link to the downloadable prints at the conclusion of this post. And of course Audubon’s paintings are… delicious.

There’s incredible resolution and detail in those downloads. For example, my kestrel photo above is 900 x 643 pixels but the downloadable version of Audubon’s kestrels is 7705 x 6401 pixels.

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The National Audubon Society has generously provided a link that allows anyone free downloads of 435 Audubon prints from that series and they’re very high resolution. This guy was swooping down on a grasshopper when I took the photo.īut in many ways my version pales in comparison to John James Audubon’s wonderful painting of kestrels from almost 200 years ago from his famous and wildly popular Birds of America series. We can’t see his face or either eye but I’ll pay that price for this look at those spectacular plumage colors and patterns with wings and tail fully spread and even the alulae flared out. This is a view I’ve always loved of both male and female American Kestrels but especially of the male. Plus free, downloadable high resolution Audubon prints.

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