The Art of the Bird

March 23, 2025 - Gray-hooded Bush Tanager (Cnemoscopus rubrirostris) Found in the Andes from parts of Venezuela through Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and probably Bolivia, these tanagers live in and around mountain forests. They eat invertebrates, as well as seeds and other plant foods, foraging in pairs or small groups, often with warblers, cone bills, and other tanager species. Little is known about their nesting behavior but birds in breeding condition have been found in July and August.

June 21, 2026 - Tamaulipas Crow (Corvus imparatus) Found in northeastern Mexico and extreme southern Texas in the United States, these crows live in open woodlands and cultivated and urban areas. They are omnivorous and though the details of their diet are not fully known, they have been recorded eating seeds, berries, the eggs and nestlings of doves, food scraps from garbage dumps, insects, and carrion. Pairs build stick nests lined with plant fibers where females incubate clutches of four or five eggs alone.

tristan albatross... absolutely serving i love albatrosses so much. when i saw the documentary about plastic littering their hunting grounds and the babies accidentally eating and choking on the plastic... it broke my heart and i think finding that out really started my love & passion for birds and environmental conservation <3

one of my old bird drawings

Birds among flowering branches against clouds (details), Ming dynasty tapestry, 17th century

Magpie :)))

boyfriend's quail photos have reached perhaps a lifetime peak today

People have been asking for owls, and I'm finally delivering. I've been watching the National Trust Arlington Court nestbox cam, and I've fallen in love with these silly apples. Reference photo was taken at Bempton Cliffs by my Dad.

(avian august is hosted by @/cookiedoves)

Grey heron in watercolour and ink!

Here's my art for the Camouflage card in the Flight module of Nature, an upcoming board game by NorthStar Games! This card features a well-hidden Great Eared Nightjar (Lyncornis macrotis) among the leaf litter, while a wild jungle cat (Felis chaus) stalks behind, trying to find it.

Steller's Jay

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April 15, 2023 - Black-cheeked Warbler (Basileuterus melanogenys) These warblers are found in highland forests in parts of Costa Rica and Panama. They feed mostly on insects and spiders, along with some berries, often foraging near the ground in the undergrowth in pairs and small groups and joining mixed-species flocks. Females probably build the nests, possibly accompanied by males. They construct oven-shaped structures from bamboo leaves, ferns, roots, and plant fibers in banks or on the ground.