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Calling all you birders! Not only can birdwatching be done through binoculars or telescopes, by listening for bird sounds or watching public webcams, but it can also be done through browsing the AGGV collection with a naked eye. Can you guess what kind of birds are depicted below?

Calling all you birders! Not only can birdwatching be done through binoculars or telescopes, by listening for bird sounds or watching public webcams, but it can also be done through browsing the AGGV collection with a naked eye. Can you guess what kind of birds are depicted below? Answers are at the bottom.

1. (image above) Hint: Add an “ie” on the end and it becomes Canadian currency

2. Hint: One of the largest flying birds and males only

Ito Sozan (Japanese, b. 1884) colour woodcut, 38.9 x 17.5 cm, Gift of Mr. & Mrs. William Hepler 2010.004.005.

3. Hint: Known for thier excellent eyesite

 

Robert H. Savery (Canadian, b. 1902), watercolour, 46.7 x 62.2 cm, Gift of the Artist. 1976.005.001

 

4. Hint: Native to Arctic regions in North America and Eurasia

 

Alistair Bell (Canadian, 1913 – 1997), etching, 20.6 × 14.6 cm, 37.2 × 26.2 cm, Gift of the Artist, 1982.056.112

5) Hint: Also known as “The Bearded Vulture”

 

Alistair Bell (Canadian, 1913 – 1997), colour engraving, 46.5 × 31.1 cm, Gift of Alan Bell from the Estate of the Artist. 1997.058.074

 

6) Hint: Small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae

 

Hodo Nishimura (Japanese), 1930’s, colour woodcut, 39.9 x 26.2 cm, Gift of Mr. & Mrs. William Hepler. 1992.044.016

 

7) Hint:  Expert swimmers and can dive up to 100 feet deep to catch fish

 

Song Yinke (1902 – 1999), 1979, ink; watercolour, 138 x 68.4 cm, Gift of Brian McElney. 2001.002.015

 

8) Hint: Known as a “pigeon with a good PR agent”.

 

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881 – 1973), 1962, lithograph, 55.1 x 75.8 cm, Gift of David Lemon. 1992.010.001

9) Hint: Tiny but ferocious hunter with a taste for songbirds.

J. Fenwick Lansdowne (Canadian, 1937 – 2008), 1990, 42.5 x 33.8 cm, purchased in Memory of Mrs. Parker. 1993.001.001

Answers:

  1. Loon 2. Peacock 3. Eagle 4. Snowy Owl 5. Lammergeier  6. Sparrowhawk 7. Cormorants 8. Dove 9. Pigmy owl