Chickadee Friend

Excited to share the new logo I created for The International Crane Foundation's "I Give a Whoop" campaign. What a super fun project! Loved working on this guy. Cranes are the coolest.

Excited to share my friend Adrienne's new pro-bird social media account! Follow When There Were Birds and learn some fantastic ways to help out birds. (I did the logo😄)

Northern Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)

Northern parulas are back in Downeast, Maine! Heard at least 3 singing in my yard this morning. Just as I'm finishing up painting a pair. Warbler season is the best.

Long-wattled Umbrellabird (Cephalopterus penduliger) "The Long-wattled Umbrellabird inhabits lowland forests and humid foothills of rugged mountains like the ones of Calima El Darién. Surveys indicate that deforestation and hunting may be taking a toll, leaving the species vulnerable." ~ María Paula Rubiano A. Audubon Magazine.

Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja) "The biggest eagle in Bolivia is also one of the largest raptors on the planet. The Harpy Eagle persists in tiny populations in intact humid forests in Amazonian and Andean foothills like Loma Santa, where the birds perch and hunt within the canopy, rarely flying above it." ~ María Paula Rubiano A. Audubon Magazine.

Yellow-headed Amazon (Amazona oratrix) Latin American bird number three for this year's spring issue of Audubon Magazine.

"The endangered Black-and-chestnut Eagle, also known as Isidor’s Eagle, hunts small mammals and birds in the steep mountains of the new preserve. Habitat loss in the Andean cloud forests combined with ongoing persecution by poultry farmers have driven the population to as few as 1,400 individuals today." ~ María Paula Rubiano A. “5 Projects Transforming the Prospects for Birds and People in Latin America”

It's not often I get a chance to draw some fun tropical birds. Huge thanks to National Audubon for the excellent assignment. The great green macaw (Ara ambiguus) is the first of 5 birds I illustrated for the article titled, "5 Projects Transforming the Prospects for Birds and People in Latin America", by By María Paula Rubiano A. in the latest spring issue. "The raucous calls of critically endangered Great Green Macaws carry throughout COCOMASUR’s lowland forests. The parrots can be spotted from Honduras to western Ecuador. Increasing ecotourism to and connectivity among forests may help shield them from the illegal cage bird trade and habitat loss" ~ Audubon Magazine

New warblers poster in the works...

They're baaaack. (Woodcocks in Maine)

Dusky Crimsonwing (Cryptospiza jacksoni) A recent watercolor commission. It's always fun getting to paint a bird species from afar. This estrildid finch is native to the montane forests of the Albertine Rift in east-central Africa. And I have to admit, red and black is my favorite color combo to rock, too.

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Ruffed grouse, aka partridge, aka mountain pheasant, aka wood chicken, aka pine hen, aka the drummer (Bonada umbellus).

December already. The evening grosbeaks are here. Making up for their absence last winter, and emptying the bird feeders. Here's some details and sketches from this month's page in The Forest Revealed. Also, huge thank you to Northern Woodlands Magazine for including the December pages from the book in the new issue! Posters of each month and signed copies of the book are available in my ETSY SHOP. (FYI, if you order the book through Etsy, it comes with a coloring sheet, a bookmark and a pocket magnifying glass)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! 2025 Couldn't decided on a color scheme, so here's four.

This collection includes all twelve months, each centered around a tree or stump native to the region, and showcases dozens of species, birds, mammals, fungi, and plants, carefully numbered with names listed at the bottom of each poster for easy reference.