Bird

Object/Artifact

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St. Joseph Museums

The image shows a small bird with vibrant yellow-green plumage perched on a thin, vertical stick, which is mounted on a wooden base against a plain black background. The bird features a yellow head with darker streaks running along its body, displaying a quintessential wood warbler appearance with its sharp, slightly curved beak and alert posture. The wooden base it’s perched on includes a tag, possibly indicating the species name or specimen details, suggesting that this bird might be part of a scientific or educational display. Its delicate feathers are intricately detailed, with subtle gray and white shades blending into the primary green and yellow colors, and its wings and tail exhibit a more muted, brownish hue. The stick it rests on is slender, almost fragile-looking, enhancing the delicate equilibrium of the composition, which captures the bird’s natural beauty and elegance, while the monochrome backdrop accentuates the vivid colors of the bird, drawing the viewer’s attention directly to its lively stance and vivid tonal contrasts.

The image shows a small bird with vibrant yellow-green plumage perched on a thin, vertical stick, which is mounted on a wooden base against a plain black background. The bird features a yellow head with darker streaks running along its body, displaying a quintessential wood warbler appearance with its sharp, slightly curved beak and alert posture. The wooden base it’s perched on includes a tag, possibly indicating the species name or specimen details, suggesting that this bird might be part of a scientific or educational display. Its delicate feathers are intricately detailed, with subtle gray and white shades blending into the primary green and yellow colors, and its wings and tail exhibit a more muted, brownish hue. The stick it rests on is slender, almost fragile-looking, enhancing the delicate equilibrium of the composition, which captures the bird’s natural beauty and elegance, while the monochrome backdrop accentuates the vivid colors of the bird, drawing the viewer’s attention directly to its lively stance and vivid tonal contrasts.

Name/Title

Bird

Entry/Object ID

1988.1.173

Description

Bird/Black-throated Green Warble/Adult/Dendroica virens/female/no other information/condition fair Sex of Specimen: Female

Collection

NATURAL HISTORY

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

BIRD

Parts

Count

1

Condition

Overall Condition

Poor