Play on Birds

 The following are digital photographs Ima took and then altered. She added headwear to the birds to emphasize a play on words. These are real birds with fake new identities. The names of birds can be a heated issue within the scientific and birding communities. This project serves to add humor to the topic. 

This article addresses some of the issues with bird names that as of 6.2025 has not occurred yet. https://americanornithology.org/american-ornithological-society-will-change-the-english-names-of-bird-species-named-after-people/


"Kermit Thrush"

"Great Blue Baron"

"Red-peppered Woodpecker"

"Ring-$-billed Gull"