Created when the artist was still in his late teens, Thoughts of Birds is a lively image from the very first Cape Dorset Print Collection. In this almost totemic image, the birds flow from each other on a sea of blue ink, some standing while others spread their wings to begin flight. Despite the more fluid, abstract nature of some of the figures, there are some elements that stand out in similarity to his other works. The gentle curves and swoop of the wings in his birds is something that can be seen throughout his career.

References: For images of all six Mungitok prints in the 1959 collection see Christine Lalonde and Leslie Boyd Ryan, Uuturautiit: Cape Dorset 1959-2009, (Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 2009), p. 29.