After reading Harmony Art Mom's Attracting Birds to Your Yard post, I was feeling sorry for myself. I will never have a yard that looks like that while living in the desert. Then today I saw a new bird on our ash tree. The kids gathered around and we decided, based on markings and habitat, it was a Gila Woodpecker.
I drew it tonight...well, not the bird we saw but the Gila Woodpecker in the Field Guide to the Birds of North America by the National Geographic Society (page 265 in my copy).
I love the concept of "nature study" but realistically, the field guide is as close as I get...
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Wow! That's all I can say....it is wonderful. You really should draw every day and see how it makes you feel.
About your comment over on my blog:
We have lived in our house for over 20 years and I should post what it looked like before we started. Can you say blackberry bushes and star thistle? It was not very pretty. We are lucky to have lots of trees but the rest is all hard work and perseverance.....a huge fence to keep all the deer out.
Your bird is wonderful...thanks for sharing with me and letting me know that I inspired you, it made my morning.
Barb
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/harmonyartmom
We don't see many birds where we are. Big city life doesn't foster too many exciting finds. We tend to just draw things from field guides too.
It has made my children much more aware of the birds we do see. Most of which are just a boring brown grey color. We haven't really been able to identify. We have a few ideas but nothing conclusive yet.
Great drawing! You really are talented.
You are such a great artist!
We are trying to attract birds in our yard too.... humming birds specifically. I love them.
We have lots of yard work to do! lol Next year! *Ü*
Lisawa
PS. I’m trying to fix Christians schedule. I will do that soon and a post on day 1.... The rest will wait till Saturday.
Hope you are having a great week...
You're quite an artist! I am definitely jealous. The best thing I can say about my drawing is that the kids can usually tell what it's supposed to be. ;)
I supposed if I practiced...
I am taking a break from folding my mound and saw your sweet comment on the board. :+) I will have to post another updated picture of Caspian. He is hilarious. He was actually attacking me as I folded. Jumping up to catch the shirts. LOL He is truly a nuthead.
I feel for you as far as nature study/walks go. We are in the "burbs" and there is only so much nature to view. LOL
Warmly,
Kate
(Looking for excuses NOT to fold...) LOL
You have a real gift for art! What a wonderful model for your children to imitate as they see you using your talent!
That reminds me...must go fill the bird feeder. It's been empty tooooo long!
Thanks for sharing - very inspiring!
: )
Tami
That's a great picture! We haven't seen any Gila Woodpeckers. We do see lots of hummingbirds though. And we had an American Kestrel visit one day.
I like Comstock's Handbook of Nature Study but unfortunately it doesn't help much here in the Sonoran Desert. Not a single cactus in the entire book. (And what is the deal with this humidity?! I had no idea it could get humid in the desert. It should start cooling down soon, shouldn't it?)
Christy (aka Cricket at TWTM)
You are such an artist! At first I thought you posted a pic from the book. But Ms. Lee - you can draw! I can't wait to show Einstein. He's been drawing bird the last couple days, too.
Amazing! You draw wonderfully! Hope you week is going well.
Kerri
I keep a nature journal, but sometimes, I would "cheat" and copy from the field guide too. My drawings are nothing close to what you have here though! Such a gift.
Flo-
who thinks that spotting a bird and drawing one from the field guide is nature study in itself (lol)
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