Red-footed booby specimens on display in Art of the Diorama, an exhibition at Carnegie Museum of Natural History that explores the evolution of natural dioramas.
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
One of the Four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh
Birds are incredibly important to Carnegie Museum of Natural History. The museum's Section of Birds contains nearly 190,000 specimens of birds. The most important of these are the 555 holotypes and syntypes. The Section of Birds staff also cares for approximately 196 specimens of extinct birds as well as specimens of many rare species collected decades—if not more than a century—ago.
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Red-footed booby specimens on display in Art of the Diorama, an exhibition at Carnegie Museum of Natural History that explores the evolution of natural dioramas.
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If you thought you were having a great hair day, check out the in Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s Bird Hall.
Males Superb Lyrebird attract females with their ornate tails, which can take up to seven years to fully develop.
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“Our nets are like a box of chocolate, you never know what you’re going to get.
Our January morsel: a Ruby-crowned Kinglet.
The only other time we’ve ever caught a Ruby-crowned Kinglet in January was in 1993 when 2 were banded, one which was re-caught 2 more times. Our lovely lady was first banded in late October and re-caught twice in November, last on November 21st.
We’re looking forward to finding more goodies in our nets this year, but we’ll pass on the cordials please.”