Hirundo Rustica by Sharon Beals

Contemporary
United States

Bird nests, even without knowing which birds constructed them, seem hardly possible. Creations of spider’s web, caterpillar cocoon, plant down, mud, found modern objects, human and animal hair, mosses, lichen, feathers and down, sticks and twigs–all are woven with beak and claw into a bird’s best effort to protect their next generation. Photographer Sharon Beals’s homage to the amazing avian builders. Photographed for her book, Nests: Fifty Nests and the Birds that Built Them. Chronicle Books, April 2011

The nests were photographed in four science collections: The California Academy of Sciences, The Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, The Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, the Cornell Museum of Vertebrates, and the American Museum of Natural History.

Subject Details:
Hirundo rustica 00007
Barn Swallow , in original shipping box (red cigarette box, and japanese newspaper)
Hirundo rustica gutturalis
The California Academy of Sciences
Nest CAS 9770
Asia, China, Heilungkiang Prov., Wutalienchieh
09 Jul 1937
Eggs CAS 9768
Asia; China; Heilungkiang Prov.; Lesser Khingan; Chengchin Station
22 June 1938

Framed Dimensions: 60″ W x 60″ H
Item Number: PM-CN-BEALS-BARN SWALLOW-60

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