Just returned from five days in Algonquin. I finally cracked open the Moleskine watercolour sketchbook that’s been gathering dust above my desk since I bought it last year. A good way to kill a lazy afternoon at the campsite.
Archive for July, 2010
Posted on Jul - 26 - 2010
Not a Dickcissel Sketch
Because after two hours of hanging around, he never showed himself. Nice birding location, though — lots of breeding activity for being so late in the season, and nothing around but open fields and rows of windmills stretched across the horizon. A Black-billed Cuckoo was a nice find — I haven’t seen one in a [ Read More ]
Posted on Jul - 25 - 2010
Sparrows and Bluebirds
Some sketches from last weekend: Savannah Sparrows in the fields at Grass Lake. The fields had been mowed and baled, so the Bobolinks had already departed (boo), but a family of Eastern Bluebirds kept me entertained. The four fully fledged young scrambled up and down the round bales, snapping at insects or snuggling up together [ Read More ]
