Birds

Coloured pencil drawing of a large grey and blue bird bending down its neck to preen.

Great Blue Valentine

Coloured pencil drawing of a small black and white bird with a red patch on the back of his head, perched on an upright branch.

Downy Male

Goldenrod Blue

Property Line

The Evening Post

Junco in January

Wintering Loon

Coloured pencil drawing of a large grey and blue bird in a hunched sitting position.

Great Blue Heron at Dawn

coloured pencil drawing of a grey and buff-coloured bird with a black cap perched on a branch among cattails.

Coloured pencil drawing of a blue bird with a white chest and blue chestband, perched on a mossy branch.

coloured pencil drawing of two grey and buff-coloured birds with black caps against a background of grey foliage.

Coloured pencil drawing of a medium-sized grey and blue heron perched on a branch.

Night Heron at Dawn

The three drawings below are based on photos I took of a blackbird nest in 2023 — from egg to nestling. In reality, there were four successful hatches!

For the drawings below, I am grateful to the photographer Harry Collins, whose photos I used as a reference with licence.