12 November 08
A Trip to Maine
I went away last Wednesday to visit family. Not much time to bird (or sketch) but it was fun to see the blue jays, cardinals, chickadees, and white-throated sparrows at my mother’s. It was even more fun to see a snipe flying through downtown Portland, being chased by a gull — I had no time to whip out the sketchbook for that one, though.
My eight-year-old nephew, in addition to a precocious interest in cooking, has started drawing birds. He wants to know what falcon Horus is based on. (I thought probably Peregrine, but who knows? If you have an idea, please leave it in the comments…) Here is his Horus-falcon along with an armadillo and rattlesnake. I think he’s hankering for the deserts; they got a lot of rain in Maine this summer.
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Hooray! Another budding bird artist.