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Birdwatchingby `ursulav

Anthro / Traditional Media / Painting & Airbrushing

I fell sort of sideways into birdwatching as a hobby--it started innocently enough. We moved to a place with a fabulous deck, and lots of wooded area, and the neighbors all had feeders, so on a whim, I put up a bird feeder, and lo! The birds came! And then I put up a suet feeder, and different birds came! And some of them were AMAZING! And then I heard you can get even more birds with nyger seed, so I put that up, and finches came! And then I put a feeder on the ground and the doves and the cardinals and the juncoes and the white-crowned sparrows came! And then I had run out of feeder options, unless I wanted to put up a hummingbird or oriole feeder (and don't think I'm not tempted) but lo! There were cameras and lifelists, and lots of similiar minded people who are thrilled to see birds and talk about birds and without quite knowing how, I found myself at the Great Dismal Swamp, armed with binoculars extolling the virtues of the prothonotory warbler to my patient and baffled husband. And then I realized, I've become a birder. It just happened.

What also happened is a nagging sensation that the birds find me amusing. I kinda sympathize with the mouse here. Sometimes, you're fumbling with the guidebooks, juggling binoculars, trying to count wingbars or head stripes, and you just know the birds are laughing at you.

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~MarkShifrin Mar 4, 2010

"it started innocently enough"... LOL... humm... how else could it start? In a dark dungeon in an abandoned castle near a cemetery, there have meet some of the most vicious crime lords and just... very evil people, to discuss...
WATCHING BIRDS!!

~oOLittleOneOo Jul 23, 2009 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

I love all of your mouse drawings! And I always a feeling nature is laughing at us,especially squirrels when I attempt to climb trees. ^.^; That mouse looks so baffled and annoyed.

~MR-AwEsOmE01 Jun 8, 2009

Awesome!

~TaraLB Jan 9, 2009 Photographer

Or, in my case, the dear little bird hides said wing-bars, head stripes etc and refuses to be identified. I think it must be boring to look like every other member of your species every single day of your life. Hmmm.....birdie dress-up....must go find sketch pad....

~rockie7777 Jul 12, 2007

Cruising through your stuff this morning (4 a.m.) I came across Birdwatching. It being very early in the morning, and having been up for 2 hours already with an insufficient amount of coffee, I read it as Birdwitching and was confused. Then thought how appropriate a title to see at your site on something equally charming and slightly to the left. Hope I see that some day, if you haven't already done it. BTW, the print of Foreign Legion Penguin my daughter gave me for mother's day is hanging where everyone who enteres can see it. I'm infatuated with your work. Thanks.