Blue Green Warbler by John James Audubon
An archival premium Quality art Print of the Blue Green Warbler by John James Audubon for sale by Brandywine General Store. The picture features a single male specimen of the small songbird, setting in a Spanish Mulberry Bush which is full or red and pink berries. This little warbler is about the same color as its surroundings. The Spanish Mulberry was described as a herbaceous perennial plant, attaining a height of from four to eight feet, the fruit is eaten by children but is insipid and this example was found in Louisiana. Mr. Audubon drew this print for his great ornithology book, The Birds of America published in the 1830s. This small bird was plate or picture number 49 in the 1st Havell edition. Sylvia Rara - The Blue Green Warbler was described in the book thus "On its passage through the States, it is found in Louisiana, where it appears in the beginning of April. This lateness of its arrival indicates its coming from a great distance, most of the other species appearing severa