George Miksch Sutton

George Miksch Sutton (May 16, 1898, Bethany, Nebraska – December 7, 1982) was an American ornithologist and bird artist.

He published numerous technical papers in ornithology as well as more popular works illustrated with his own art.

[1] In 1935, he was part of the team of Arthur Augustus Allen during an expedition to the Singer Tract in Louisiana to make sketches of ivory-billed woodpecker.

[2] He did extensive field work in the Arctic (including Iceland), Oklahoma, Labrador, and Mexico.

[3] The George M. Sutton Avian Research Center in Bartlesville, Oklahoma was named after him.