Robert Bruce Horsfall Square Birds Collage Tapestry

This natural history bird collage features 54 bird illustrations and paintings by Robert Bruce Horsfall (1869-1948). Horsfall, an American wildlife illustrator and painter, produced avian and mammal artworks for numerous animal and ornithology books. He was internationally known for his wildlife paintings and also provided work for several museums including the American Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian Institute. The individual bird blocks could also be cutout and used in various sewing projects including quilting. The birds represented in this collage, which would delight bird watchers everywhere, are --TOP ROW (Lft to Rt): Baltimore Oriole, Barn Swallow, Bluebird, Blue Jay, Bobolink, Bob White or Quail, Brown Creeper, Brown Thrasher, Cardinal. ROW TWO: Catbird, Cedar Waxwing, Chickadee or Black-Capped Titmouse, Chimney Swift, Chipping Sparrow, Cowbird, Crossbill, Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers, Field Sparrow. ROW THREE: Flicker or Golden-Winged Woodpecker, Goldfinch, Purple Grackle, House Wren, Indigo Bird or Indigo Bunting, Junco or Slate-Coloured Snowbird, Kingbird, Kingfisher, Maryland Yellow Throat. ROW FOUR: Mockingbird, Morning Dove, Nuthatch (white breasted), Orchard Oriole, Oven Bird, Phoebe, Purple Martin, Red-Eyed Vireo, Redheaded Woodpecker. FIFTH ROW Red-Winged Blackbird, Robin, Rose-Breasted Grosbeak, Ruby Throated Hummingbird, Sandpiper, Scarlet Tanager, Snowflake or Snow Bunting, Song Sparrow, Towhee or Ground Robin. SIXTH ROW: Tree Sparrow or Winter Chippy, Tree Swallow, Triplet with Whip-Poor-Will (top) then Nighthawk (middle) and Meadowlark (bottom), Tufted Titmouse, Vesper Sparrow, Wood Pewee, Wood Thrush, Yellow-Billed Cuckoo, Yellow Warbler.