The ornithological artist drawing 1,000 birds by hand – all for an app that wants you off your phone

Keith Hansen, an ornithological artist in Bolinas on California's northern coast, is hand-painting a thousand watercolor birds for the Flock app — a tool with a subversive mission. Per The Guardian, Flock's goal is to convince users to abandon their screens and explore the real world of birding instead. There's an elegant irony in an app designed to get people off apps, brought to life one brushstroke at a time.

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