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The Sparrows of Winter 2017-2018. Since I am behind sharing my progress here on tumblr, here is a catch up of my project. I am drawing birds and I have completed a series on Sparrows. These are Sparrows I saw this winter and I have compiled them into a poster.
I have been trying to see the local Harlequin Duck for a while. There are only one or two that come to the Bay Area in winter and that isn’t necessarily every year. I wasn’t sure I would make it given that we are closing in on Spring and he hangs out far enough away from shore you really need a scope to find him. I managed to spot him by sitting down getting comfortable and zooming my camera into the cement break water barrier at the harbor then slowly going back and forth looking for it. One day I will get a scope. For a lot of birds, especially sea birds, you really need a scope. They will almost never be within binocular distance.
Harlequin Ducks are arctic birds spending their time in Canada for breeding and summer. They winter along the north shores of North America. Their choice habitat is wave crashed rocks. Their food source is best found in these locations.
The audio recording allaboutbirds.org has of Harlequin Ducks sounds like a litter of puppies! I hope I get to see another of these birds with better views so I can see more of its behaviors.
The past few days of #inktoberendangered
Full write ups on all here: https://caseyg.com/blog/
They still need a lot of help to not go extinct. 2018 almost saw them disappear from the wild.
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/is-this-the-year-the-florida-grasshopper-sparrow-goes-extinct/
California Tiger Salamander
Kirtland’s Warbler, after support from the ESA they are almost off the Endangered Species List! Let’s keep it going!
Day 3 of Inktober
Atlantic Sturgeon, calling on a need to protect our water ways.
Audubon Petition to support water ways.
I want to bring attention to the Endangered Species Act. It is a 45 year old law that is being called into question and is being changed by the current federal legislators. Some changes have occurred through the House Committee of Natural Resources. Then the Supreme Court will hear a case beginning October 1st which, will set precedent for what kind of reach the ESA has to protect land for endangered animals. We need to be paying attention and getting involved, these will have lasting effects.
To bring attention and start discussion I plan to spend Inktober, a drawing exercise started by Jake Parker, drawing some of the lesser known and under loved species that find themselves on the Endangered Species Act. I know it seems hard to imagine saving some of these species but, each does play a role in the cycle of their environments and I believe it is best if we can find a way to help them survive.
I would love it if more artists participate to help bring the awareness. This is definitely a problem that needs more minds on it; I think in the end the answer for the ESA and our planet's species is going to come from a community push of citizen scientists, which can be anyone!
Reshare if you want to participate and get more people involved! Thank you for your support.
