mechanical pencil on sketch paper, 5x7
I knew exactly which poses I wanted to capture of this bird when I drew it out of my bird jar. We saw these guys strutting their stuff in North Carolina a couple of summers ago. Not sure if they were showing off/flirting, or threatening/defending turf! It appears that these birds are alot more common over there on the east coast than they are here. In North Carolina, they were everywhere, around the parking lots, in the parks, hanging out at the edges of the woods, making all kinds of radical music, just another part of the background noise and scenery there. Whereas if you were to hear of one being spotted here in central Arizona, it would be reason for you to play hooky from work and make a special pilgrimmage with your binos and telephoto lens, just so you could add them to your list. They do get one or two pretty regularly at one of our favorite places, Boyce Thompson Arboretum, near Globe, and it is always a score to get to see it.
I sketched this out in bed last night while watching House Hunters, and was thinking I'd apply myself more to it today, but I have a full schedule lined up so this is probably all I will do on this for now. Maybe. We'll see.
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