#bird paintings

[the-weakest-twink]

A lil blackbird (acrylic + thickener on canvas)

[uwmspeccoll]

A Cheerful-Sparrow Feathursday

Among the most cheerful birds in our neighborhood are the common House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) and the Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis). I wake up every morning with the House Sparrows on my porch telling me to chirrup! And as I walk to work, the Juncos flitting about close to the ground, with their white tail bars and their tiny chipping calls, just starts the day off right.

Both are sparrows, but the House Sparrow, a year-long resident here, is an Old World sparrow (family Passeridae), introduced into North America in the 1850s.The Junco is an indigenous New World sparrow (family Passerellidae). They breed much further north in summer, and while they do winter in our region, in Milwaukee I tend to see them only in spring and fall as they move through. For me, they are harbingers of the changing seasons.

The images shown here are from a 1930 painting by American nature artist Walter Alois Weber reproduced in Bird Portraits in Color by the American physician and ornithologist Thomas Sadler Roberts and published by the University of Minnesota Press in the 1934. The volume includes 92 color plates by five wildlife artists illustrating 295 North American species. 

The two birds in the upper left of this plate are male breeding adult and fall immature male Juncos; in the upper right are male and female House Sparrows; at bottom on the ground are female breeding adult and juvenile Juncos.

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-- MAX, Head, Special Collections

[internationalemeteorologie]

Aleksandra Bujnowska

Mr. Sowa. 2021

[kamakru]

BIRB STICKERS - STAMP STYLE

I made some bird stamp stickers for SakuraCon! I'm excited to debut these at my favorite local show. I'll be on the main floor at booth #1027

[catherinetcjd]

Cat and Bird Paintings: 4 Recolors of Maxis/NL's "A-Stroke" Canvas

...I thought I'd put these up on my blog a loong time ago. Gah! Apparently I made them way back in 2017?

Anyway... I hope you can find a use for them in your game.

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[lunarrabbitsart]

some more birds. been doing a lot of them the last few days.

[terracegallery]

Colorful Parrot on Blue

Bright and colorful parrot bird on blue watercolor background by beachy beach artist Sharon Cummings. Fresh and beautiful for any home or office space! GET IT HERE!

[mcromwell]

"Nihilist Heron" 12"x16" acrylic, conté crayon, wax pastel on reclaimed support

Herons have captured my attention lately. I love their feathers and shapes.

[mushbeast]

dark eyed junco + black capped chickadee ˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ two of my favourite backyard visitors

[emmbrr]

✷ blue jay ✷

[piratedllama-art]

Quarters only, please [x <- prints here]

(done in procreate)

[uwmspeccoll]

A Catbird/Towhee Feathursday

The Catbirds have been meowing under our windows of late, but the Towhees have been fairly inconspicuous this summer. There are a variety of catbird and towhee species around the globe, but in our neck of the woods we have the Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) and the Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus). The Catbird is in the family Mimidae along with Mockingbirds and Thrashers, while the Towhee is a sparrow in the large Passerellidae family of New World Sparrows.

We present these brilliant chromolithographs of the Gray Catbird and the Eastern Towhee (referred to here as the Towhee Bunting) from Nests and Eggs of Birds of the United States by Thomas G. Gentry and published by J. A. Wagenseller of Philadelphia in 1882, which includes chromolithographs of around 50 paintings of North American birds, eggs, and nests by the American naturalist painter Edwin Sheppard. Eastern Towhees typically nest on or near the ground, which Sheppard depicts here.

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[internationalemeteorologie]

Lindsey Carr

Thieving scally. 2021

[ex0skeletal-undead]

Untitled 8x10 acrylic on canvas painting by Protoguy

[thecollectibles]

Color studies by MZ

[lunarrabbitsart]

Birds :)

From left to right, a Blue Jay, a Rock Dove/Common Pigeon, and a Rose-Breasted Grosbeak.