The doodle in place of the standard Google logo on Tuesday is inspired by the paintings of the famous French-American ornithologist, painter and hunterJohn James Audubon.

The doodle celebrating Audubon ‘s birthday has, like many other Google doodles, a pattern of the Google logo visible. In the latest doodle, the Google logo is made up of the branches of the trees the birds in the painting are perched.

Who is John James Audubon ?

Audubon was born in Saint-Domingue (now Haiti), then a French colony, on April 26, 1785 to a French sea captain and plantation owner and his French mistress. He spent his childhoods in France and immigrated to the United States at the age of 18. He had an enthusiastic interest in birds and drawing from his childhood on.

He began his study of American birds soon after his arrival in the US while also dabbling in the series of unsuccessful business ventures. He was also briefly jailed for bankruptcy. Meanwhile his interest for drawing birds continuously grew and he published the first volume of his illustrations title The Birds of America in 1827. The book was well received and Audubon had established himself as an ornithologist of importance. His other works are Ornithological Biography, A Synopsis of the Birds of North America and Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America.

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