The Little Nuthatch

Here are a smattering of photos I've taken here and there of birds in the backyard. Female Red-winged Blackbirds, we had a large flock one late afternoon. Brown-headed Nuthatch... There is a couple that appears to be preparing a nest in an old dead tree. You know when they are there as they vigorously peck away at it! Yellow Bellied Sapsucker Carolina Chickadee Cedar Waxwing White-eyed Vireo

A quick look at some of my favorite artists from Japan! Nejito, creative and whimsical: Kirino, sweet, simple watercolors: Tama, cute and creepy, detailed watercolor work:

I love the Hunger Games and as excitement for the upcoming movie increases (I hope it's good!!) I thought I'd try drawing a Mockingjay, the fictional bird from The Hunger Games that is a cross between a Mockingbird and a Jabberjay (also not a real bird). It was sort of fun to draw with the book covers being the only reference, you can kind of think what might a Mockingbird/Jay hybrid look like? This is what a came up with... I'm curious to see what they look like in the movie, I will probably paint a more "accurate" one then.

  The beauty of Merritt Island never fails! I can not tire of it. This week there was a new addition, a very large colony of Avocets. I love them, they are such elegant birds. And then ducks, so many the water seems to be COVERED in feathers from their preening!

The owls are finished! These are Owls of North America...  Barred Owl Barn Owl Boreal Owl Burrowing Owl Eastern Screech Owl Elf Owl Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Flammulated Owl Great Gray Owl Great Horned Owl Hawk Owl Long-eared Owl Northern Pygmy Owl Northern Saw-Whet Owl Short-eared Owl Snowy Owl Western Screech Owl Whiskered Screech Owl