• Saturday, November 14th, 2009
The birding community has been buzzing about this one this week, and regular reports to ONTBIRDS have been tracking his every move. Thankfully he stuck around until the weekend, and today I drove up to Brampton for a look at this rarity — only the second ever record for Ontario. Phainopeplas are tropical relatives of the waxwings that range across Mexico and the extreme southwestern U.S., so he’s a long way from home.
I love the crest on this guy.
Category: Field Sketches
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Congratulations on the rarity Jo, beautiful sketches as always.
Wow! How cool…. Glad you were able to see him. Your sketches are beautiful…
Congrats, always like checking out your artwork, but to find a bird that doesn’t even make it as far north as my home state of Colorado – in Ontario, you are very lucky to have such accomidating species.
I was catching up on your blog and saw the post on the Kepler search, very good write up, I think it is cool as well, but I’ll keep checking back for the birds!
These are amazing! You are very advanced! I can’t believe how your able to freeze a pose of a bird in your head the way you do and then get it down on paper with such detail. I can draw well but I need a photo or stuffed bird and I have to keep referring back to the photo or stuffed bird. This is true talent! I wish I could do this! Keep up the great work!