19 November 07
Rhinoceros Auklet
A quick chance at lunch today to see and sketch this marbled murrelet. rhinoceros auklet. It had more dark under the belly than is shown here and I knew I’d come back and add some in later when I added water to my ink sketch (right).
Marbled murrelet is an endangered species. One was brought in dead the other day. It’s great to see one alive and swimming… The second bird was brought in dead too. The bird I drew is, in fact, a rhinoceros auklet, faking me out with its unremarkable winter plumage… and the fact I was seeing it so close up.
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