A Red-Tailed Hawk, White Storks and a Critically Endangered Honeyeater, Painted on Walls (12 Photos)

October 11, 2026

By Vidar

Birds you can spot without binoculars

Twelve birds perch on houses, gables, walls and bare ground, from Belgium and Minnesota to Australia. No hide, no early alarm, no field guide required.

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🐤 “Helmeted Honeyeater” — By Jimmy Dvate in Richmond, Australia 🇦🇺

A helmeted honeyeater perches among yellow flowers on a narrow red-brick wall. Jimmy Dvate’s portfolio lists the mural in Richmond, Victoria.

💡 Conservation Fact: It is Victoria’s bird emblem, but Zoos Victoria describes the helmeted honeyeater as critically endangered.

📂 Artwork File · Sourced factsHelmeted HoneyeaterJimmy Dvate · 2025 · Richmond, MelbourneGift to a kindergartenBird on golden wattleBased on Bob Winters photo1Jimmy Dvate called it his first project of 2025 and a gift for his daughter’s kindergarten, based on a photo by Bob Winters.Jimmy Dvate, Instagram2The helmeted honeyeater is Victoria’s state bird; the Victorian Government lists the common heath, not wattle, as the state flower.vic.gov.au202520 JanArtist posts the finished wall202521 JanStreet Art Cities “created” date202526 JanFlickr photo202527 JanStreet Art Australia post202617 AprStreet Art Cities: last seenRead the full file →

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🌸 Petal Bird — By Hannah Bullen-Ryner in the UK 🇬🇧

A small bird made of leaves, seeds and petals sits in a ring of purple petals on bare ground. Bullen-Ryner works only with locally found natural materials and no permanent fixings, so the weather usually gets the last word.

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🦅 Bald Eagle — By Blesea in Cherbourg, France 🇫🇷

Blesea wrapped a bald eagle’s head around a concrete block, so the yellow beak turns the corner. The man standing on top shows how big it is. Blesea is a Cherbourg painter, and Tendance Ouest has covered his earlier work on old wartime blockhauses around the town.

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🐦 Robin and Tulips — By MIKA in Bergerac, France 🇫🇷

A European robin opens its beak beside pink tulips and a small birdhouse, on a wall painted the same orange as its chest. MIKA painted it in Bergerac.

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🪺 Mural de les Cigonyes — By Oriol Arumí in Lleida, Spain 🇪🇸

Two white storks stand over their chick in a nest painted high on a residential building. Lleida.com reported that the residents’ and traders’ association of Noguerola, Estació and Segre commissioned it for Avinguda del Segre 16.

💡 Nerd Fact: Arumí picked storks because they are a recurring subject in Lleida and a protected species, and he meant the mural as a tribute to them.

📂 Artwork File · Sourced factsMural de les CigonyesOriol Arumí · 2021 · Avinguda del Segre 16, LleidaCommissioned by neighboursTwo storks, two chicksAvinguda del Segre 161According to Segre, Arumí chose storks because they are a recurring subject in Lleida and a protected species, and meant the mural as their tribute.Segre2Arumí said the wall had been “looking at me with longing for ten years” before he finally painted it.Oriol Arumí on Instagram20211 MarSegre: presented, in progress202112 MarArtist’s photo, camera date202113 MarSegre: inaugurated202227 AprStreet Art Cities listing20259 NovCommons photoRead the full file →

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🦜 Parrot — By Curtis Hylton in Bristol, England 🇬🇧

A giant yellow and orange parrot spreads over the side of Jans Barbers on East Street. Hylton painted it for Upfest 2022.

💡 Nerd Fact: Hylton was already an Upfest regular: Inspiring City notes that he painted murals for the festival in 2020 and 2021 too.

📂 Artwork File · Sourced factsParrotCurtis Hylton · 2022 · East Street, BristolUpfest 2022Jan’s Barber wallFeathers made of petals1It was one of the big Upfest 2022 walls finished before the festival weekend of 28 and 29 May 2022.Inspiring City2For Upfest Presents 2024, Ricky Also painted “Better Things” across the same wall of Jan’s Barbers, according to Inspiring City.Inspiring City202222 MayFlickr photo202224 MayFlickr photo202229 MayInspiring City report202231 MayFlickr photo20222 NovFlickr photo202425 AugPainted over by Ricky Also20261 FebRicky Also’s wallRead the full file →

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🐓 “The Lucky Rooster” — By Jan Is De Man in Frassinello Monferrato, Italy 🇮🇹

Jan Is De Man gave a rooster the whole yellow gable of a house in Frassinello Monferrato. Wake-up calls not included.

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🕊️ “Pigeons Always Fly Home” — By Adele Renault in Stavelot, Belgium 🇧🇪

Adele Renault turned an entire house into one pigeon. The beak and eye take the gable, iridescent feathers run down to the ground, and a small window sits right in the bird’s face. The local cultural center places it at the old Stavelot railway station on Avenue André Grégoire.

💡 Pigeon Fact: Pigeon fanciers once commissioned portraits of their best birds, and the cultural center writes that Renault brings that old tradition back.

📂 Artwork File · Sourced factsPigeons Always Fly HomeAdèle Renault · 2022 · Avenue André Grégoire, StavelotPainted 7–13 March 2022Work 0 of Voie-x d’ArtistesFor Stavelot cultural centre1Adèle Renault painted the gable of no. 23 Avenue André Grégoire between 7 and 13 March 2022, at the invitation of the cultural centre.La DH2The cultural centre says her work revives the old tradition of pigeon portraits once commissioned by pigeon fanciers.Centre culturel Stavelot-Trois-Ponts202213 MarArtist’s photo, file dated202215 MarLa Meuse report202216 MarLa DH report202217 MarArdenne Web report202319 AprTrail press kitRead the full file →

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🦉 “Owl” — By Tech Moon in Bristol, England 🇬🇧

A magenta owl stares out between gray swirls, and the woman posing in front barely reaches its chin. Art UK lists it simply as “Owl”, painted around 2022 for Upfest on Clift House Road. Photo by Paul Zappa.

📂 Artwork File · Sourced factsOwlTech Moon · 2022 · Clift House Road, BristolPainted for Upfest 2022About 7 × 8 m (Art UK)Catalogued by Art UK1Inspiring City called it the latest piece to look out over Coronation Road, a magenta owl peering through what look like old house mouldings.Inspiring City2Art UK catalogues it as “Owl”, c.2022, created for Bristol Upfest, with an estimated size of 7 by 8 metres.Art UK202229 MayInspiring City Upfest report20223 JulFlickr photoRead the full file →

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🦅 Red-Tailed Hawk — By Taylor Berman in Hastings, Minnesota, USA 🇺🇸

A red-tailed hawk spreads its wings across a turquoise building on Sibley Street. Berman’s mural notes add prairie clover, lupine and black-eyed Susans around it.

💡 Sound Fact: The “eagle” scream you hear in movies is often this hawk. The Missouri Department of Conservation explains that Hollywood editors prefer the red-tail’s stronger call.

📂 Artwork File · Sourced factsRed-Tailed HawkTaylor Berman · 2024 · Hastings, MinnesotaSigned Taylor Berman 2024Hawk amid prairie flowersCity grant (Star Gazette)1Berman added prairie clover, lupine, black-eyed Susans and squirrel and rabbit tracks to show how plant, predator and prey are connected.Taylor Berman2The City’s Community Investment Fund reportedly gave $6,705 for the mural at 209 Sibley St., matched by Barb Hollenbeck.Hastings Journal202420 MarCity grant for the mural20245 AugArtist’s photos uploaded20261 MayKDWA photoRead the full file →

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🦉 Owl and Poppy — By CAL in Lyon, France 🇫🇷

CAL drew a tiny owl inside a patch of missing plaster, and a real red poppy grows right next to it. The Lyon artist is best known locally for small drawings that turn street furniture into something else. This is the smallest bird in the post, and the easiest to walk past.

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🐦 Seagull — By Banksy in Lowestoft, England 🇬🇧

Banksy’s seagull dives down the side of a house toward a real skip, and the insulation scraps inside pass for chips. The BBC reported that Banksy claimed it in August 2021 as part of his “A Great British Spraycation” video.

📂 Artwork File · Sourced factsSeagullBanksy · 2021 · Lowestoft, EnglandGreat British SpraycationReal skip of “chips”Katwijk Way, Lowestoft1Banksy claimed the east coast pieces by releasing an Instagram video titled “A Great British Spraycation”, the BBC reported.BBC News2The top section was cut from the wall in April 2023 and the bottom part in May, according to the Lowestoft Journal.Lowestoft Journal20217 AugGeograph photo202113 AugBanksy’s video202110 SepCouncil: screened20222 FebChips being taken202312 JanSkip removed20236 AprCut out overnight20238 JunWall being rebuilt202427 FebOffered for saleRead the full file →