Carefully Arranged Flock of Taxidermy Shore Birds, with Eggs, Antique Albumen Cabinet Card carved in Maine A nice one for hanging

A nice one for hanging near one's favorite reading spot

especially in terms of that green and gold painted scheme

and really pretty iconic feeling

and I love the hard-trying nature of the who thing

but this is the first I've come across since--in Kansas City

Carefully Arranged Flock of Taxidermy Shore Birds, with Eggs, Antique Albumen Cabinet Card carved in Maine A nice one for hangingI'm no advocate for taxidermy, but I do find this antique albumen photo very beautiful, capturing a very carefully arranged ensemble of shore birds, complete with what I take for scattering of eggs. I could forever watch sandpipers and plovers skittering along the beach, so light on their feet and so magical in their synchronization with the rest of their flock; for me this very soft but finely detailed photo captures a sense of that balletic ness and