Audubon Long-Billed Curlew Sandpiper Bird Poster

Audubon Birds - The Rare Long-Billed Curlew John James Audubon created this beautiful long-billed curlew bird illustration, with Charleston's skyline in the distance. The long-billed curlew is a sandpiper, and the drawing is an aquatint engraving with original hand coloring, and published it in the famous original Birds of America books produced in the early 1800s. The Long-Billed Curlew is a beautiful print -- one of Audubon's best bird prints. About the Vintage Audubon Long-Billed Curlew Print This Long-billed curlew illustration is a reproduction of the Long-billed curlew, a fine John James Audubon bird print from Birds of America. TheLong-billed curlew print was originally printed between 1827-1838. It is thought that only 120 complete sets of John James Audubon’s Birds of America still exist today. These bird prints are engraved by hand with aquatint and are further detailed by hand coloring, The American Long-billed curlew is considered one of the best works that was produced in the Birds of America series of bird prints. The sandpipers in this print are walking along the edge of a salt marsh, across the marsh is the skyline of Charleston. About the Bird: The Long-Billed Curlew, a Sandpiper This spectacular sandpiper has a very long bill, which is over a third of its total body length. The sandpiper can be seen loping along short grass prairies, tidal flats, and the edges of lake. It is one of the world's eight curlew species, and the Long-billed Curlew is the largest shorebird in the world.