Paideia

Detail of The Canary (1913) by William McGregor Paxton Canary (By Rita Dove ) ---for Michael S. Harper Billie Holiday’s burned v...

Barbie (2008, Black Label) as Tippi Hedren from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds Today, we're celebrating the 50th anniversary of A...

Turkey with candy tail feathers. Yum!!!  It always annoys me how the seasonal decorations jump straight from Halloween to Christmas, ...

The Chicken Mobile delivers!!! Seriously, who would want their dinner delivered in a yellow Cadillac with a chicken's head and tai...

Sculpture of a Feathered Serpent from the Mayan civilization at Chichen Itza, AD 850-1100, on view in LACMA's " Children of the ...

Detail of Cousin Reginald Catches the Thanksgiving Turkey (1917) by Norman Rockwell According to folk tradition, on June 14 in 1789, R...

Elizabeth Bishop with her cat, Tobias, in 1954 Chemin de Fer (By Elizabeth Bishop ) Alone on the railroad track    I walked with p...

Donald Duck deals with anger management issues in Self Control (1938)  It seems like there is a Bird celebration every few months. F...

Poinsettia : Euphorbia pulcherrima  GIC to HAR (By Kenneth Rexroth ) It is late at night, cold and damp The air is filled with toba...

The Madrona Marsh during the Dry Season of early Autumn on a dismal gray day. The urban sprawl of Los Angeles hides many strange and h...

Blue Jay (2007) by Vern Hesketh  Today is National Bluebird of Happiness Day !!! I don't really know why. It's just anothe...

Crested Duck at the Hopkins Wilderness Park in Redondo Beach I recently paid a visit to the Hopkins Wilderness Park in Redondo Bea...

The Raven by Edouard Manet (1875) Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious v...

Today is Bird Day!!! In 1894, Charles Babcock established this day of celebration. The intention is to encourage conservation of the avian ...

Scrooge McDuck, Urban Entrepreneur (Original image by Carl Barks) There's a fascinating article at Discovery News about how birds with...