#palomarin

[elexploradordecalifornia-blog]

Bog, Palomarin Trail

[c-americana]

[nicolesarto]

Palomarin Trail hike to Alamere Falls in Point Reyes, CA

[kaitlin-murphy]

In the fall of 2014, I worked as a banding intern at Point Reyes Bird Observatory, also known as Palomarin Field Station and overseen by Point Blue Conservation Science. Somehow while juggling a full-time banding schedule, studying for the bander’s certification exam, and hunting for my next job, I taught myself how to work with opaque watercolors and painted this poster for the banding lab/visitor’s center. It features all the species who breed further north and migrate to Palomarin in decent numbers for the winter (with the exceptions of Sharp-shinned Hawk, which breed in smaller numbers than are seen during migration and winter; and Wrentit, who are year-round residents, unique to the Pacific coast, and are just so g.d. charming that I couldn’t resist including). I am grateful to Steve N.G. Howell for his advice, encouragement and inexorable standards of accuracy – to which I surely failed.  Original dimensions 22x30" on cold-press watercolor paper. SOLD!

[thecloseconjunction]

i didn't admit it when we saw this guy but it was my first time encountering a banana slug. almost stepped on one later on.