Greater Yellowlegs Just Now

 

Happy Hour Today

Friday fun with an Osprey perched on the eagle nest tree.

 

Here's a Good One

  Bald Eagle chasing a young Osprey at the beach.Wow!

Happy Hour at the Beach Today

 

California Quail!

 

Osprey!

Found!

I just found this forgotten pen & ink from high school, Screech Owl. I remember we made it into prints that I sold around the neighborhood...to buy music albums at the mall!  About 1976 or '77 (Talking Heads!)

Song Sparrows

Babies all over the beach, sort of.

Killdeer Today

 

A Dozen Nighthawks

 Finally!

Youngster

 A fledgling American Kestrel male down at the beach yesterday, learning how to perch!

Squaaawk!

 Our friendly Great Blue Heron always lets out a squawk resonating through the trees upon departure from a favorite limb.

"Hi Kate!"

 

Painting Days

The latest etching was an experiment, the moose in our back yard 11 years ago. First on buff paper, it was it was headed for the burn pile because it folded up like an accordion when I painted it. So I printed another edition on heavier white paper and painted that one. The water is acrylic paint. Then Saturday I rescued the buff one,  ironed it flat a dozen times and added colored pencils and pastels. ( I actually used that iron for clothes a few times, Good Will $4.99) It worked! Next - Pair of Bald Eagles, also in our yard.