Blackburnian Warbler Transparent Watercolor and Time-lapse Video
How something so bright can hide so well is amazing. They are spectacularly beautiful birds.
How something so bright can hide so well is amazing. They are spectacularly beautiful birds.
Another nickname for shrikes is “butcherbirds.” They often impale their prey on plant spikes, like those of a Hawthorn tree or, occasionally, on barbed wire fences.
Well, he did seem to know a lot about the bird, but it was obvious to me that this one was in in terrible distress. I pleaded with him that we HAD to help the poor injured bird.
On some days in the fall it seems like we’re almost tripping over Bay-breasted, Blackpolls and “Baypolls,”
Though Wilson’s Warblers only travel through Mid-Michigan for a few weeks every year, I look forward to seeing them every spring and fall.
At a quick glance an Ovenbird might look a little more like a thrush than a warbler.
The more I thought about it, the more I realized that most birds are worthy of many paintings…
This gorgeous woodpecker, the Common Flameback (Dinopium javanense), is from Southeast Asia and Western India.
After recently completing a Blue-headed Vireo painting, I thought it would be fun to do a Yellow-throated Vireo. This is a bird I hear ten times more than I see. Three seasons of the year, I get to spend a … Continued
Blue-headed Vireos are one of my all-time favorite birds. They seem like little teddy bears.