American Crow Art Print by John James Audubon

An archival premium Quality art Print of the American Crow by John James Audubon for sale by Brandywine General Store. The artwork was for his ornithology book The Birds of America published between 1827 to 1838, this bird was plate number or picture #156 in the first Havell edition of the book. Audubon features the crow setting in a walnut tree full of nuts, with a hummingbird nest below the crow. Corvus Americanus - Audubon describes the walnut as being a great tree with its lumber being used for furniture and ship building, the boards being able to resist the effects of weather for years, the nuts being very edible but to oily for Mr. Audubon and where ever the walnut tree is found you could count on the ground being of good quality. He says the following about the American Crow " The Crow is an extremely shy bird, having found familiarity with man no way to his advantage. He is also cunning--at least he is so called, because he takes care of himself and his brood. The state of anx