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A History of Birdwatching in 100 Objects: A Review

10,000 Birds

1700, is a fake, formed from a plaster cast of a real Dodo head and real Dodo feet combined with chicken wings and Ostrich feathers. The book’s entry on John James Audubon (subsumed interestingly under Number 18: Pig bristle paintbrushes) states that Audubon was financially well off and able to draw and paint birds across the U.S.