- Bird image painted in watercolor and ink on vintage USGS maps
- Laser printed text, on Zerkall German Ingres paper
- Tunnel book structure with gate folded hard covers housed archival folder with slip case
- 7 x 8 x .25 inches, closed
- Signed, unique handmade book
- 2023
- $1,800.00
- To order, please contact the artist.
American Kestrels, North America’s smallest falcon has been declining by an estimated 1.4% per year since 2019, about 53% since 1966, while most birds of prey populations have climbed. In an effort to increase habitat, nesting boxes have been set out across the country and monitored. The birds that showed up did well. But over the years, many boxes emptied, puzzling scientists. Kestrels eat rodents, lizards, as well as insects like grasshoppers. In the summer, juvenile kestrels depend on insects because they’re easy for them to catch. A lack of insect prey could be a major reason causing the bird’s decline. This leads to the question as to why the insect populations are falling. Pesticides? Climate change? In the Anthropocene, one mystery just leads to another.
Where every bird is bold to go
And bees abashless play,
The foreigner before he knocks
Must thrust the tears away.
– Emily Dickinson