{"id":69676,"date":"2026-03-23T16:36:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T20:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/?p=69676"},"modified":"2026-03-23T16:36:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T20:36:05","slug":"gallery-birds-borders-art-state-outlines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/gallery-birds-borders-art-state-outlines\/","title":{"rendered":"Gallery: Birds With Borders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped is-style-equal-grid masonry-grid caption-overlay wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1004\" data-id=\"69752\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/American-Goldfinch.jpg\" alt=\"Washington: American Goldfinch\" class=\"wp-image-69752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/American-Goldfinch.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/American-Goldfinch-720x941.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/American-Goldfinch-480x628.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1004\" data-id=\"69753\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Northern-Cardinal.jpg\" alt=\"Illinois: Northern Cardinal\" class=\"wp-image-69753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Northern-Cardinal.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Northern-Cardinal-720x941.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Northern-Cardinal-480x628.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1004\" data-id=\"69754\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/California-Gull.jpg\" alt=\"Utah: California Gull.\" class=\"wp-image-69754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/California-Gull.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/California-Gull-720x941.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/California-Gull-480x628.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1004\" data-id=\"69755\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Purple-Finch.jpg\" alt=\"New Hampshire: Purple Finch\" class=\"wp-image-69755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Purple-Finch.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Purple-Finch-720x941.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Purple-Finch-480x628.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Clockwise from top left: American Goldfinch (Washington); California Gull (Utah); Purple Finch (New Hampshire); Northern Cardinal (Illinois).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"toc-link wp-block-paragraph\">From the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/living-bird-winter-2026-table-of-contents\/\">Spring 2026<\/a> issue of Living Bird magazine. <a href=\"https:\/\/join.birds.cornell.edu\/page\/14522\/donate\/1\">Subscribe now<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group sidebar-alignright order-bottom\"><div class=\"article-list list-style\"><h2 class=\"article-list-header\">More From Living Bird<\/h2><ul><li class=\"article-item\"><div class=\"article-item-container\"><div class=\"article-item-media  content-living-bird-toc\" data-link-to=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/living-bird-spring-2026-table-of-contents\/\"><figure class=\"article-item-media-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/spring2026_fe.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/spring2026_fe-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/spring2026_fe-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/spring2026_fe-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/spring2026_fe-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/spring2026_fe.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"\" alt=\"Living Bird Spring 2026\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"article-item-body\"><a class=\"article-item-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/living-bird-spring-2026-table-of-contents\/\"><span class=\"article-item-header\">Living Bird Spring 2026\u2014Table of Contents<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"article-item\"><div class=\"article-item-container\"><div class=\"article-item-media  content-living-bird-toc\" data-link-to=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/living-bird-summer-2026-table-of-contents\/\"><figure class=\"article-item-media-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-latest.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-latest.png 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-latest-240x180.png 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-latest-480x360.png 480w\" sizes=\"\" alt=\"Living Bird-latest issue\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"article-item-body\"><a class=\"article-item-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/living-bird-summer-2026-table-of-contents\/\"><span class=\"article-item-header\">Living Bird Magazine\u2014Latest Issue<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"article-item\"><div class=\"article-item-container\"><div class=\"article-item-media  content-article\" data-link-to=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/living-bird-magazine-archives\/\"><figure class=\"article-item-media-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-acrhive.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-acrhive.png 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-acrhive-240x180.png 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-acrhive-480x360.png 480w\" sizes=\"\" alt=\"Living Bird archives\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"article-item-body\"><a class=\"article-item-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/living-bird-magazine-archives\/\"><span class=\"article-item-header\">Living Bird Magazine Archives<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When illustrator C.F. 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