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2026.06.15 : Mushroom Girl

I will definitely start making these on paper. Not digital, not sketchbook, but real, individual sheets of paper. I know I can do it!

Lewis’s Woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis), family Picidae, order Piciformes, Oregon, USA

Evening dress, c. 1890-95 by Van Kern

This dress is made of silk, decorated with chemical lace.

Wilson’s Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor), female, family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes, WA, USA

Female phalaropes are more colorful than males, and the females court the males.

The drably colored males tend the eggs, nest, and chicks.

Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus), male, family Icteridae, order Passeriformes, western WA, USA

Vermillion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus obscurus), male, family Tyrannidae, order Passeriformes, Tucson, AZ, USA

Black-capped Tanager (Stilpnia heinei), male, family Thraupidae, order Passeriformes, Colombia

White-collared Manakin (Manacus candei), male displaying, family Pipridae, order Passeriformes, Costa Rica

Himalayan Monal (Lophophorus impejanus), male, family Phasianidae, order Galliformes, northern India

Grey-winged Trumpeters (Psophia crepitans), drinky drink, family Psophiidae, order Gruiformes, Suriname

Red Bird-of-Paradise (Paradisaea rubra), males displaying, family Paradisaeidae, order Passeriformes, Raja Ampat, New Guinea