{"id":8405,"date":"2015-02-01T04:03:23","date_gmt":"2015-02-01T11:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/birdaz.com\/blog\/?p=8405"},"modified":"2015-01-29T10:49:34","modified_gmt":"2015-01-29T17:49:34","slug":"the-beginning-of-a-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/birdaz.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/01\/the-beginning-of-a-career\/","title":{"rendered":"The Beginning of a Career"},"content":{"rendered":"

One hundred years ago today, George Miksch Sutton’s first published drawing, the portrait of a captive\u00a0Greater Roadrunner\u00a0<\/strong>“in an attitude of fright,” appeared in Frank Chapman’s\u00a0Bird-Lore<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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When the bird was startled by an unexpected mouse one night, the<\/p>\n

lower mandible droop[ed], the wings lift[ed], and the tail spread to its fullest extent.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Chapman praised “Master Sutton,” then fifteen years old, as “an observant boy.”<\/p>\n

Little did anyone know then<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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One hundred years ago today, George Miksch Sutton’s first published drawing, the portrait of a captive\u00a0Greater Roadrunner\u00a0“in an attitude of fright,” appeared in Frank Chapman’s\u00a0Bird-Lore. When the bird was startled by an unexpected mouse one night, the lower mandible droop[ed], the wings lift[ed], and the tail spread to its fullest extent. Chapman praised “Master Sutton,” … <\/p>\n

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