Dark-eyed Junco Transparent Watercolor and Time-lapse Video
The colors of Dark-eyed Junco are not exactly thrilling when compared to something like a Painted Bunting, but they are spectacularly beautiful in their simplicity.
The colors of Dark-eyed Junco are not exactly thrilling when compared to something like a Painted Bunting, but they are spectacularly beautiful in their simplicity.
Yellow-rumped Warblers are easy to find here in Michigan during migration, but this is my first time painting one.
Who doesn’t like Magnolia Warblers?!
I based this painting on photos taken at the Marsh Boardwalk at Point Pelee National Park in Ontario.
I always love seeing American Redstarts. I got the photo references for this painting in northwest Ohio, on our annual spring migration birding trip.
While birding in northwest Ohio last May on a windy, frigid morning, we came across a mixed flock of Barn Swallows and Tree Swallows searching the limestone cobbles of a breakwall for insects to eat. I had never seen that … Continued
I took reference photos of these barn swallows on the Marsh Boardwalk at Point Pelee National Park in Ontario. The swallows kept landing on this particular stick, and they were pretty much oblivious to my standing very close with the camera. … Continued
I sure love Brown Creepers! I love the musical, super-high, piccolo-like calls that help alert you to their presence. Without that call they’d be extremely easy to overlook. They are small and cryptically colored, blending right in with the tree … Continued
Northern Parulas are great little birds. I tend to see these warblers high in the trees. One of the ways to identify them is a yellow-olive patch on their backs, which is pretty useless when you are staring at their … Continued
Bay-breasted Warblers are adorable little birds. We occasionally get them on our spring bird outings. However, in mid-May this year they seemed to be everywhere at Magee Marsh in Ohio. In the fall we see many more in our yard … Continued