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Ohara Koson (also Ohara Hōson, Ohara Shōson) (Kanazawa 1877 – Tokyo 1945) was a Japanese painter and woodblock print designer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, at the forefront of shinsaku-hanga and shin-hanga art movements. [1] Ohara Koson was famous as a master of kachō-e (bird-and-flower) designs. Throughout a prolific career ...
Geese in Flight, watercolor/pencil on paper: color image: 1923: 19.7 in x 13.8 in (50 cm x 35.1 cm) Scene: Canada geese (2) in flight. Great White Herons, etching: 1923: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA: Benson, adept at capturing light in his paintings, demonstrates that skill in the creation of the etching Great White ...
Bitterns and herons: Great blue heron [2] common from spring to fall marshes and ponds Green heron: common from spring to fall marshes and ponds Black-crowned night heron: common in the spring marshes Least bittern [2] summer marshes Swans, geese and ducks: Canada goose: abundant year round lakeshore, marshes and ponds Wood duck: common from ...
Great Blue Herons are among the largest birds in North America. With a wingspan that can reach over 2m (6.5 feet), only eagles and swans are larger. They are a beautiful sight to see, most ...
The family Ardeidae contains the bitterns, herons and egrets. Herons and egrets are medium to large wading birds with long necks and legs. Bitterns tend to be shorter necked and more wary. Members of Ardeidae fly with their necks retracted, unlike other long-necked birds such as storks, ibises and spoonbills. Great bittern, Botaurus stellaris
Hondecoeter's paintings featured geese (brent goose, Egyptian goose and red-breasted goose), fieldfares, partridges, pigeons, ducks, northern cardinal, magpies and peacocks, but also African grey crowned cranes, Asian sarus cranes, Indonesian yellow-crested cockatoos, an Indonesian purple-naped lory and grey-headed lovebirds from Madagascar.
The distinction between a heron and an egret is rather vague, and depends more on appearance than biology. The word "egret" comes from the French word aigrette that means both "silver heron" and "brush", referring to the long, filamentous feathers that seem to cascade down an egret's back during the breeding season (also called "egrets").
Cranes regularly appear in Chinese arts such as paintings, tapestry, and decorative arts; they are also often depicted carrying the souls of the deceased to heaven. [2] The crane is the second most important bird after the fenghuang, the symbol of the empress, in China. [4]: 108