Welcome participants in the
............Artist Registry for Ornithological Researchers!

Much of the art you produce could be marketed as Science Art--that is, art, when viewed through a science lens, conveys truths about nature.

Here is an example of Science Art by Vadim Gorbatov:

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..Attack, Out of the Mist, 1995, by Vadim Gorbatov
..© 1995 Vadim Gorbatov Science Art--Birds...

But please note. . .
To ensure that we can readily view the art through a science lens, it requires a caption.

A caption for the Gorbatov painting might read:

"The Russian painter Vadim Gorbatov is both an artist with an exceptional sense of design and under-standing of form, and a field naturalist with astute knowledge of bird behavior. Here, he recreates the dramatic moment a predatory hawk attacks its quarry.

A predatory species, like this Northern Goshawk, must learn to read the vulnerability of a potential prey through its posture, be it injured, weak, or distracted. Here, the bird has swooped into a lek--a traditional mating ground in an open area where Black Grouse have formed a mating aggreation. The two males contending for central positions (where their mating opportunities increase) are too distracted to flee.

Gorbatov not only shows us an extraordinary mating system and an impressive predatory act, he also suggests this avian predator has learned to frequent the lek, and that its success rate has yet to force the grouse to establish a new lek beyond its range."

We will provide guidelines for writing captions.