7 a.m.

It's getting colder outside, and every winter I wonder how gulls can stand hanging out in Lake Michigan in the freezing water. This is an older photograph from a few years ago at Oak Street Beach. It was just below freezing, but he didn't seem to mind.

Bird count:

Northern Goshawk - Accipiter gentilis

Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus

carry-boo

It's about time I post something other than a bird. So today is dedicated to one of my favorite mammals, caribou!

Bird count:

2 American Redstarts - Setophaga ruticilla

Black-throated Blue Warbler - Dendroica caerulescens

Whip-poor-will - Caprimulgus vociferus

Mallard duckling - Anas platyrhynchos

Corvus corax

One of my favorite animals ever; ravens! They have one of the largest brains in proportion to body size of all birds. On top is a commissioned watercolor on tea-stained paper and underneath, another page from my sketchbook.

Back to working on my finals...maybe after supper.

distractions

This month has been full of distractions; the art sale, new tv shows, birds, the pressing need for sleep, and bunches of other things. 

Here's another one. I needed a short break from my attempted all-nighter working on my animation final due in less than a week. Hence my post. A quick drawing from my sketchbook of a peregrine falcon mount in the museum. I was working on a final drawing project of tiny bird skeletons (will be posted later) and got distracted by that pair of eyes staring at me from the end of the counter. 

Bird count (from Wednesday)

Ring-billed Gull - Larus delawarensis

Lincoln Sparrow - Zonotrichia lincolnii

purple candy mountain

Just a little pastel drawing I did this summer on some leftover stained paper. The giant purple blob in the middle didn't seem to work with anything until I turned the paper around and saw the mountain!

Bird count:

2 American Redstarts - Setophaga ruticilla

Black & White Warbler - Mniotilta varia

Mourning Warbler - Geothlypis philadelphia

Chestnut-sided Warbler - Dendroica pensylvanica