The Winter 2022 issue of Audubon Magazine just landed in mailboxes and I’m delighted to have my Field Guide series featured in the magazine’s “Field Notes” section.
Published in the print edition as "Paint By Plumages," my work is beautifully paired with recent scientific research by Richard Prum (Yale University) and Gabriela Venable (Duke University) on hummingbird plumage color. That hummingbirds perceive their own color differently (and more richly) than we humans do is no surprise, but Prum and Venable learned that “the family’s super-saturated plumages out-hued all other birds species…increasing the total known plumage colors by more than half.” Yowsa.
You can also read a variation of the piece online, titled "This Artist’s Paint-Swatch Portraits Reveal the Beauty of Bird Plumage." (Both articles are by Marion Renault.)
