Have you ever wanted to make art in the presence of a bird of prey? Thanks to an army of dedicated people who have made it their job to protect threatened and injured birds, dozens of rescued ...

If someone said “falcon,” the next word to come to mind probably wouldn’t be “artist.” But Ferrisburgh, an American kestrel with an injured wing, is headlining art classes in Vermont and ...

Named Ferrisburgh for the town he was rescued in, the bird in question — an American Kestrel, the smallest member of the falcon family — wasn’t always destined to be an artist. Ferrisburgh ...

Ferrisburgh, a kestrel at the Vermont Institute of Natural Science, has begun painting for mental enrichment after losing his ability to fly. Anna Morris An American Kestrel named Ferrisburgh has ...

the American kestrel and the Blackburnian warbler. Provided Share Tyrue “Slang” Jones became “obsessed” with drawing birds as a kid because he’d always see them in the art books his ...

The male kestrel is the smallest falcon in our area. In fact, American kestrels are the smallest ... the boxes on 12- to 14-foot-tall poles. Art Zdancewic, president of the Baird Ornithological ...