This is the second Loggerhead Shrike of the year. The worm dangling from his mouth makes him slightly less adorable than the other bird.
Loggerhead Shrike
pen drawing
Cuckoo
So much is made of the cuckoo’s habit of hiding eggs in other bird’s nests that I know very little about adult cuckoos. As it turns out, many species in the cuckoo family actually do raise their own young. So not all of them are “nest parasites.”
Great Egret
Yet another Great Egret. This makes five. I absolutely love this one, with the tail feathers blowing around, a big halo of white.
Baby Robin
I like how angry he looks, and those crazy eyebrow feathers. I’m not thrilled about the hand, but it’s not really the focus of this drawing.
Collared Scops Owl
Cutie bird. This is not a chick. He is full grown. They are just that small and squat.
Common Snipe
I’m not sure I got the beak right on this one. They look longer in other pictures. He’s a shore bird, a thick-bodied wader.
California Towhee
One of those “LBJs.” I just now learned that term. It’s birder speak for a “little brown job.”
Yes, I drew nearly a full year of birds and I just now learned that term. I love looking at birds, but I’m not a “birder.” I like to hike with friends and dogs and children – not ideal conditions for spying birds.
Black Capped Petrel
I didn’t do as many birds in flight as I did close up portraits. But the brush tip pens were great for feathers.
Bush Stone Curlew
Big eyes on this one. He looks suspicious, or perhaps wary. He doesn’t trust me.
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