My mother was a bird-watcher long before I was. 
She painted the Sanderlings on Nantucket, the Yellow-headed BlackCowbird either on Nantucket, from memory, or when we lived in Calgary, Alberta, where you are more likely to see this western species. I may have seen them then, 35 years ago, but I did not have eyes for birds then (although the long-tailed Black-billed Magpies were memorable). So I saw my first last year in New Mexico.
Two paintings
4 responses to “Two paintings”
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What a talented mother. Her sanderlings are very charming. I first saw Yellowheaded blackbirds when I hitchhiked across Canada (bad child!) in 1971 – my first time going west of New Jersey. It was such a thrill to see “common” birds that were exotic, even unknown, to me. I had thought red-winged blackbirds were the most colorful blackbirds imaginable – and suddenly those big chunky Yellowheads were everywhere in the fields! It was a revelation. Do you have more paintings?
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Love the paintings – you’re lucky to have a parent who was so interested in nature.
But I think you mean yellow-headed blackbird.-
Oops. I seem to make that mistake a lot.
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Thanks for catching it.
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