The Art of the Bird

The fourth week of #birdartweekly featuring #birdsofAustralia this July is Pink Cockatoo. This #birdartchallenge is hosted by @migratorymay and @nt.lukas

July 2, 2026 - White-tailed Ant Thrush or White-tailed Rufous Thrush (Neocossyphus poensis) Found across parts of western and central Africa, these thrushes live in and around forests, often near water. They mostly eat small insects and their larvae, along with other invertebrates, and rarely small frogs and berries, foraging on or near the ground. Usually following army ant swarms, they join mixed-species flocks and often act aggressively toward other birds following the ants. While little is known about their nesting behavior, adults in breeding condition and young birds have been found between April and November depending on the area of their range.

Goldfinch, greater spotted woodpecker, Blackbird

[prints]

pigeon! Watercolor pencil on paper

SciArt by Joseph Smit for Ibis (1884). View more in the Biodiversity Heritage Library (@biodivlibrary) with thanks to the Research Library of the American Museum of Natural History (@amnhnyc) for digitizing.

Crow. My neighborhood guardian (I’m not even joking)

I painted a duck. It is the size of like... Half my open palm? It's around 7x7cm.

Trumpeter study

Cacti birds

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Hummingbird mugs, dishes, and lil friends.

bird drawings