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🗓️ 30 July 2024
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0:00.0 | This is bird note. |
0:05.0 | Birds were one of the earliest subjects for human artists. A cave painting in France over 30,000 years old |
0:16.8 | shows the unmistakable outline of an owl. It has a large head with ear tufts that appears to be turned all the way around on the bird's body |
0:27.2 | showcasing the range of motion an owl's neck has. |
0:31.6 | Maybe the artist was inspired by these surprising abilities of birds, much like we are at |
0:37.2 | Bird Note, tens of thousands of years later. |
0:44.0 | Cave drawings of birds typically showed perching or flightless birds, |
0:49.0 | maybe because people could get a better look at their shapes |
0:52.0 | compared to birds in the sky. |
0:55.0 | Ancient Egypt was the first place where flying birds appeared consistently in artwork. |
1:01.0 | paintings on Egyptian palaces and tombs feature birds with intricately detailed flight feathers, |
1:07.6 | colors and postures, allowing researchers to identify the species thousands of years later. Clearly these |
1:15.6 | artists knew their birds. Bird artwork has helped people reflect on the wonders of the natural world for a long, long time. |
1:28.0 | It can also let us reconnect with people from long ago through our shared fascination with bird life. |
1:35.0 | For Bird Note, I'm Michael Stein. You're going to be. |
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