Bird a Day

Now, less of an everyday thing, and more of a whenever-I-get-around-to-it thing.

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2017 desktop calendars and bird coloring books now available in my Etsy store! Great gifts for all those bird lovers in your life.

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The bird calendars are now available in my Etsy shop. Head over and take a look!

The colors came out looking really nice. :)

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Steller’s Jay

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Gray Catbird

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Northern Mockingbird

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I’m working on a 2016 calendar! With birds, naturally. This is a Wood Thrush for October.

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It’s been way too long since I updated, so here’s some new birds!

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Some cut paper birds I’ve been working on - a Carolina Wren and a Northern Mockingbird.

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Reblogged!

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A rhyme about crows:

One is good,

Two is bad,

Three is wealth,

Four is heath,

Five is sickness,

Six is death

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Piece from my art blog that's relevant here.

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A flower for Eli by Emily Dahl. Www.emily-dahl.com

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(Breaking my self-imposed rules to post this because it's important!)

This is a flower I drew for the Blooms of Nigeria blog run by Rebecca Bradley and Janna Morton, in support of the missing Nigerian girls. All the artists were asked to draw a flower for one of the girls whose names were released to the public. You guys should check it out! There's some beautiful work there by so many talented artists!

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New handmade book about extinct parrots! I’ve been working on this one for a while.

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My general art tumblr!

This is what all those sad little extinct parrot drawings were made to fit.

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Carolina Parakeet

declared extinct in 1939

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Cuban Red Macaw

extinct circa 1885

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Glaucous Macaw

last recorded in the 1870s

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Mascarene Parrot

last account of a live bird was 1834

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Paradise Parrot

last confirmed sighting was 1927

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Seychelles Parakeet

extinct by 1906

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Hey!

I'm very excited to show you guys the final product for those memory matching game cards I've been posting. This little set includes a handmade box (new favorite thing to do? possibly) with dividers, a pack of 24 cards, and a booklet with information about the bird species. I'm not entirely happy with the booklet, so I think I'll go back and redesign it when I have time, but I had a ton of fun with the box and the cards.

I'm trying to figure out an efficient way to make more copies of this to sell. Any interest in that kind of thing?