26 October 08
22 October 08
Audubon's Yellowrumped Warbler
Pffit, it says.
21 October 08
American Crow
It has been very windy today; not much in the way of birds to sketch. But the afternoon flocks of crows were fun…
20 October 08
Cormorant and Pelican
I had a fantastic time in San Francisco yesterday, making sure I took myself to the water to sketch (I did this after I dropped Numenius off for his class ).
Fort Mason was hopping. I saw eared and western grebes, western gulls, and this double-crested cormorant and American brown pelican….
17 October 08
Golden Eagle
Lunchtime at the Raptor Center, again. this bird was eating and was being thoroughly harassed by wasps. I may take some wasp traps over there…
Still having a very hard time with raptor bills. I’m making this poor creature look more like an albatross than an eagle…
16 October 08
Black-crowned Night-Heron
A lunchtime-at-the-Arboretum bird. We were looking for a fox sparrow (no luck) but found this natty fellow and a Hutton’s vireo…
15 October 08
Western Bluebird
Lots are Western bluebirds are around, focusing still on the hole in the phone-pole. There’s a flurry of activity every morning. Then they move off somewhere until the next morning.
14 October 08
California Quail
I went out along the levee at lunchtime, looking for a reported varied thrush. I didn’t find it but was delighted by a covey of about 20 California quail, nervously beetling along the fence.
13 October 08
Senegal Parrot
I don’t think I’ve ever been at a meeting presided over by a parrot before. We’re working on the Green Summit for our region. Yoda here had lots to say about it…
12 October 08
They're Back, and Just as Hard to Draw as They Were Last Year
I don’t know why I have such a hard time with these guys. White-crowned sparrows are large, they work busily near the front and back doors, and I have a hard time with them.
Looks like it’s back to Sparrow School for me. Luckily, there’s just such a thing coming up in Stockton…