How many of you out there have dressed as a bird for Halloween? Many, I’m sure! But there is obviously so much more that can be done in the realm of bird costuming, and Dr. Lisa Buckley has taken bird inspired cosplay to its logical extreme. In her day job she is a vertebrate paleontologist in British Columbia but on the side she has created Bird Glamour, eye makeup inspired by a whole host of birds. She’s a singularly appropriate person to chat with on Halloween and she joins me to talk about how birds inspire a very unique form of art.
Also, the ear-splitting White Bellbird and your bird costumes, included below!
Thanks to Turismo de Lisboa for sponsoring this episode.
The costumes mentioned in the program can be found below.
Teresa Dendy’s homemade Black-chinned Hummingbird
Acadia Kocker as a skeptical female Superb Bird-of-Paradise
Severin Uebbing as the dancing male Superb Bird-of-Paradise
Nathaniel Sharp and his girlfriend as birder and Snowy Owl
Sarah Toner’s Streamer-tailed Tyrant coat
Sharon Stiteler’s impressive Turkey Vulture.
Jeff Tell’s children as a Blue Jay and a Northern Cardinal