Few books are more famous than John James Audubon’s Birds of America. From the moment his birds began to emerge from the printing press in the 1820s, people marveled at their liveliness, as if the images might literally fly off the page in a ruffle of feathers. That liveliness was the product of Audubon’s genius and his love for the “feathered tribe,” but it was also the result of long, hard work. The artist traveled thousands of miles to watch, hunt, and draw his birds, neglecting his wife, children, and dry-goods business in the process. He then took his paintings to England and spent nearly infinite care supervising the preparation and printing of the 435 plates that make up the giant book. The result was a volume of such staggering charisma that it holds a whole fistful of auction records. For many decades until very recently, The Birds of America was by far the most expensive printed book in the world.
to coming here every time i ve got a shift. you go all the way out of the tigers and you re gonna find the outback. the world is a bit all over the place and it s nice to see people have some time off and not think about everything else that is going on. you see people just being kind of carefree and walking around and enjoying their time here. i m studying biology and i want to work in conservation, so having the time to go around and look at the animals, it really makes it worth it. another unexpected positive to come out of lockdown is that the keepers had a little more time to get on with some jobs without people like me getting in the way. right, so we will be going in and i will give a whistle and that is a signal to the penguins that they can come in. whistle charlie!
the place and it s nice to see people have some time off and not think about everything else that is going on. you see people just being kind of carefree and walking around and enjoying their time here. i m studying biology and i want to work in conservation, so having the time to go around and look at the animals, it really makes it worth it. another unexpected positive to come out of lockdown is that the keepers had a little more time to get on with some jobs without people like me getting in the way. right, so we will be going in and i will give a whistle and that is a signal to the penguins that they can come in. whistle charlie! come on. charlie! every year, the zoo has to check the weight of all their animals. so before lockdown, we didn t have these bridges in place so if we wanted to weigh
so having the time to go around and look at the animals, it really makes it worth it. another unexpected positive to come out of lockdown is that the keepers had a little more time to get on with some jobs without people like me getting in the way. right, so we will be going in and i will give a whistle and that is a signal to the penguins that they can come in. whistle charlie! come on. charlie! every year, the zoo has to check the weight of all their animals. so before lockdown, we didn t have these bridges in place so if we wanted to weigh a penguin we would just put them on the scales if we needed to, but with the time that we had during lockdown, my colleague got to make these amazing weigh bridges. yeah, good boy! now, i think i speakfor a lot of people when i say we ve all piled on the lockdown pounds. suzie, how about the penguins?
this is sofia, she volunteering to help fill her time since lockdown put her studies on hold. i ve been volunteering for about a week, this is my third shift so i m really new at this but i ve been finding it really exciting and i am looking forward to coming here every time i ve got a shift. you go all the way out of the tigers and you re gonna find the outback. the world is a bit all over the place and it s nice to see people have some time off and not think about everything else that is going on. you see people just being kind of carefree and walking around and enjoying their time here. i m studying biology and i want to work in conservation, so having the time to go around and look at the animals, it really makes it worth it. another unexpected positive to come out of lockdown is that the keepers had a little more time to get on with some jobs without people like me getting in the way. right, so we will be going in and i will give a whistle and that is a signal to the penguins