As an aspect of my idea for a master's thesis, I am looking for every example of birds and deer in art, especially when displaced, like an icon, wabi-sabi like. I think squirrels count, too. And
flying fish (perhaps). Maybe I am really talking about Olde Illustrations of Animals in unfamiliar settings.
Jenny Hart

Shane Cotton
Blackbird is conscious
http://www.periphery.co.uk/fruitloop/stills/Resources/newmagpies01a.jpeg
http://www.periphery.co.uk/fruitloop/stills/Resources/leaving067a.jpeg
http://www.periphery.co.uk/fruitloop/stills/Resources/fight180a.jpeg
Folklore
Martina Friis/HDK Student 02
Squirrels have entered the lexicon as well in this WabiSabi trend of thread and loneliness