Children's Warbler

About this work

This image shows two small yellow-green birds perched on a branch with green leaves and yellow flowers. One bird is sitting still, while the other is mid-song with its beak open. The branch has long seed pods hanging below, and the whole scene looks carefully drawn with soft colors. The text at the bottom calls the bird a *Children’s Warbler* and names the plant *Cassia occidentalis*, also called wild Spanish coffee. This kind of detailed nature work was common in the early 1800s. If you like this kind of precise nature art, look up engraving to see how artists created these sharp, layered images.