"The Lost Bird Project" Passenger Pidgeon

I went to an amazing talk on Monday evening by Laura Erickson and Marie Read at Cornell's Sapsucker Woods Lab of Ornithology .  Though it was dull evening and just starting to rain, I got this pic of the Passenger Pidgeon sculpture,  just outside the entrance to the lab, before going into the talk.  Apparently the sculpture is 'on loan' to the Lab of O - I'm not sure for how long.  You can read about the sculptor and sculpture at the article below.   It is a beautiful sculpture, so smooth and silky one wants to run a hand over it! 
"The Lost Bird Project" - Passenger Pidgeon - Sculptor Todd McGrain - http://www.lostbirdfilm.org/about   About the Film
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/Page.aspx?pid=1478  Take a virtual tour of the Lab of O.

The talk was live-streamed and you can view archived lectures and presentations at:

http://blog.allaboutbirds.org/2014/02/28/our-free-viewable-archive-of-livestreamed-seminars/   


http://www.birdwatchingdaily.com/featured-stories/what-we-most-want-to-know-about-nesting-birds/  
Into the Nest: Intimate Views of the Courting, Parenting, and Family Lives of Familiar Birds Paperback – April 21, 2015

by Laura Erickson  (Author), Marie Read  (Author)