For those who live in or near Washington D.C., I hope you were able to see The Singing and the Silence: Birds in Contemporary Art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. (there's still a few days - Through Feb 22nd.)
For the rest of us, visit http://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/archive/2014/birds/ to see a really wonderful show of birds in contemporary art.
Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, And never stops at all,
Emily Dickinson