Artists were invited to submit work showing shore birds for April Draw-a-Bird Day. What a delight to see all of these water birds. Both Judith Davis and Tara Hamilton chose the piping plover as their shore bird.
Judith Davis: Piping Plover. Painted wood carving. Judith writes, “Piping plovers, small and delicate, are my favorite small shorebirds, and they nested on Cape Cod where I saw the chicks every year.”Judith Davis: Piping Plover on Cape Cod. Photography. Tara Hamilton: Piping Plover. Watercolor.Susan Burdick: Killdeer. Digital colored pencil and watercolor (Adobe Fresco). Susan says, “I remember the call of the killdeer with great fondness from the time we lived in the country.”Tom Eichenberger: Pelican. Acrilyc.Donna Breslin: Surf’s Up. Sandpipers. Acrylic on canvas board.Pat Stocks: Swan. Pastel.Jim Eichenberger: Painted Stork. Watercolor, tempura, and pencil. [The painted stork is found in tropical Asia. Jim painted this from one of the photographs I sent him of painted storks I saw in Sri Lanka. MW]Carolyn Rondthaler. Black-Necked Stilt. Watercolor.Marian Wiseman: American Oystercatcher. Watercolor.
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