The Little Nuthatch

New field guide painting, the Warblers of Merritt Island Part 2: Featuring: American Redstart Bay-breasted Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Blue-winged Warbler Cape May Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Common Yellowthroat Golden-winged Warbler Hooded Warbler Magnolia Warbler Nashville Warbler Prairie Warbler Ruby-crowned Kinglet Tennessee Warbler Wilson's Warbler Worm Eating Warbler This painting does not stand alone, there were too many warblers so I did two paintings. Here is Part 1, done quite some time ago: Prints are made, I will have them this weekend at The Big Crafty in Asheville, NC and will add them to the shop...

So in the beginning of June I mentioned the challenges I was taking on for June... to go outside everyday for at least 30 minutes, and also find as many species of birds as possible in my county. It was fun, and I am kind of glad June is over because it's hot outside and I am staying home today!! For the bird challenge I found 52 birds. All last week I saw not a single new species until yesterday, when I saw an adorable little Carolina Chickadee. When I heard it's song I immediately knew it was not something...

Tropical Storm Debby is putting a damper on my daily outside time. It is rainy, humid, and very dreary. More like stay inside with soup and a movie weather. But there is some magic to be found springing up with all this rain...

Finished another field guide painting in my Merritt Island, Florida birding series. This one has the woodpeckers, owls, goatsuckers, and some other odd ones... getting to the end of the list and it can be a bit hard to decide which set to put some of these birds in.   Features: Barn Owl Barred Owl Belted Kingfisher Black-billed Cuckoo Common Nighthawk Chuck Will's Widow Downy Woodpecker Eastern Screech Owl Great Horned Owl Ground Dove Hairy Woodpecker Mourning Dove Northern Bobwhite Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Red-headed Woodpecker Rock Pigeon Short-eared Owl Smooth-billed Ani Whip-poor-will Wild Turkey Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Yellow-billed...

Happy first day of Summer! What a great Spring it was. I hope that Summer will be great too. I've been having so much fun outside, but I dread the upcoming heat and mosquitoes. I have held strong in spending 30 minutes outside every day this month. Here are a few photos from this last week and a half. Pileated Woodpecker's   Tri-colored Heron   This gorgeous Barred Owl made my day, and see the little Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher next to it in this photo? That little bird was making a huge fuss when the Owl landed on that tree, but...