At this rate, the Bird Jar is morphing into a life-long project, I'm afraid. But maybe that's not such a bad thing. Here is a little female Lesser Goldfinch in Sharpie black ink on sketch paper. I thought it interesting, as I was hunting for photos to draw in Randy's volumous photo archives, that the females seemed to always have the most interesting poses, upside down and every which way on the flowers, whereas the males, which are alot more stunning with their bright yellow bellies, green backs, and black caps, seemed to always be just sitting there. These birds are pretty common around here, but I still get excited when I see them in our yard, plucking the seeds out of our yellow wildflowers in the spring.
And, just to show that I AM making some progress on my Bridled Titmouse project, here is an update. Still have a ways to go before this is complete. Randy says this photo is from Ramsey Canyon in the Huachuca Mountains in Sierra Vista - a place we would love to some day call "home."
