February

Everyone disses February but it's become one of my very best months. There's real time to work on projects and to see important things such as our Snowies and backyard flocks- and when you get a snowy afternoon like this- well- It's the skiing month, the dunes are snow hills and the marsh tundra. And all the holidays! Valentine's, Winter vacation, Chinese New Year, and more. Now on Saturday, it's a good day to post. It's snowing again- a light fine fast one. I've been so involved with these birds I haven't been able to put my mind to posting- but here you can see why on one of the leaves of this project seen above. I have five of these going for my Nature Folio plus a new painting, with its main subject the blue bird flock of a few weeks ago. With birds- well any living thing really- it's all about angles of things as they move. A feather marking changes shape  constantly as the bird hops around.

A hawk has found us. It first showed up a couple of weeks ago- I think I blogged about it. I've seen it take a few passes through our sanctuary here several times since. You can see it on the bottom right corner in the photo.

Bird log- Today- Hawk.
Pair of hairies.
Pair of downies. One very graciously came right up to the window, as has a robin who's letting me see his exact eye ring.