August DAB-Day theme: Local Birds
For August I asked submitters to Draw-a-Bird Day to focus on their own local birds. We’ve enjoyed the months when there has been a DAB-Day theme–Ukrainian birds, extinct birds, and American democracy, to name a few.
I’m thinking DAB-Day should always have a theme. Whaddya think? And do you have theme suggestions? Let me know.
Judith lives in North Carolina. She writes, “This is a photo of a very ordinary bird, the house finch, which I see all the time in our neighborhood, but I loved being able to capture it flying towards me.” Ecusta Pond is in Transylvania County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Pat lives in Washington, DC. She often sees indigo buntings at Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens, where she participates in the Tuesday-morning bird-watching walks.
Carolyn lives in Washington, DC. Though Carolyn shows this chickadee with a nut, she reports that she had to take down her bird feeder because of too many aggressive birds.
Anne is spending the summer in Massachusetts. The black-capped chickadee is the state bird of Massachusetts and Maine.
Tara was born in and still lives in the District of Columbia. The wood thrush is the “state” bird of the District of Columbia.
Susan, who lives in Kansas, writes, “We have been enjoying watching the kites round here. They are so graceful. I love the close-up so you see the red eye—but the real fun is their flight.”
Jim, who lives in California, passed on this tidbit about the snowy plover: “The small, gray-feathered, white-bellied shorebirds that spend summers nesting on the sandy beaches of Orange County are masters of camouflage. Their nests, made of seashells, blend seamlessly into the shore during a breeding season that aligns with another great animal migration—that of millions of beachgoers, with their heavy feet, sandy-nosed dogs, and trash, which draws the attention of the plover’s local predators: the crow, the raven and the raptor.”
Tom lives in Washington, DC. Since early spring Tom has been watching a pair of ospreys on the Anacostia River, as they hatched and fed their three nestlings, now fledged.
Marian lives in Washington, DC. The wood thrush is the “state” bird of the District of Columbia, whose residents are taxed but not represented in Congress, even though DC has a larger population than either Vermont or Wyoming.
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Marian,
I always enjoy DAB day.
Thanks for sharing!
David
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Great series!
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Thanks so much for sharing these! I enjoy these each and every month and appreciate not only the art, but the information about the species.
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