birdswithlegs.online

Real birds.
Unreal projects.

A small lab of bird-flavored experiments at the intersection of ornithology, comedy, and artificial intelligence. The birds are real (eBird, Macaulay, Wikipedia). The projects mostly aren’t serious. We promise not to use “disrupt” as a verb.

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Investigations in progress

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The Bird Files

The Bird Files

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A parody of Cornell's All About Birds.

Real species data from the eBird API, restaged as deadpan field notes from mundane human life and 1940s film noir. Every bird gets two AI-generated cover stories.

eBird APIAI GatewayNoirParody
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With Legs and Butts

With Legs and Butts

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Birds, but with anatomical surprises.

An AI image editor sees one questionable reference and is told to apply it to every recently observed bird near Cornell. Drag the divider on each card to compare original to abomination.

eBird APIAI GatewayImage-to-imageComparison slider
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