The theme for June 2026 Draw-a-Bird Day is songbirds. I learned that songbirds are the largest suborder of passerines: There are 4,000+ species of songbirds, ranging in size from the tiny golden-crowned kinglet to the raven.
Songbirds really struck a chord with everyone, and we have 15 birds for June. Ironically, even though there are 4,000+ species of songbirds, we have two birds that have double submissions. I think this shows that DAB-Day people are in sync.
Special greetings to Beth Miller, who submitted two bird photographs for her DAB-Day debut. Welcome, Beth!
Judith Davis: Black-Throated Blue Warbler, Singing. Photography.Eileen Leahy: Black-Throated Blue Warbler. Soft pastel on unsanded toned paper.Tom Eichenberger: Nightengale. Acrylic on paper.Tom Eichenberger: Song-and-Dance Birds. Colored pencil.Tara Hamilton: Red-Legged Honeycreeper. Watercolor.Beth Miller: Eastern Towhee. Photography.Beth Miller: Baltimore Oriole. Photography. [State bird of Maryland.]Anne Shields: Baltimore Oriole. Pastel. [State bird of Maryland.]Anne Shields: Lilac-Breasted Roller. Pastel. [National bird of South Africa.] [Note: Anne painted this bird for November 2022 DAB-Day, before she had ever seen a lilac-breasted roller. Now she is in Africa and saw this bird in person, in Zimbabwe. She had already sent me her Baltimore oriole for June DAB-Day, but she asked if this could be an extra songbird this month because of her exciting sighting. And yes, it’s a songbird!]J.H. Kinley: Eastern Bluebird. Watercolor. [State bird of New York and Missouri.]Anne Wharam Thomas: House Finch. Watercolor.Carolyn Rondthaler: Female Scarlet Tanager. Watercolor.Martha Larkin and Mara Pashaj: Songbird chorus. Colored pencil.Jim Eichenberger: I’iwi or Hawaiian Honeycreeper. Tempera.Marian Wiseman: Brown Thrasher. Paper collage and gouache. [State bird of Georgia.]
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these are awesome. Love, Judith
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I love these! Thank you, artists, for sharing your work here.
from each tiny breast
pours forth from tiny lungs notes
soul’s heavenly songs
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Wow – these are awesome!! Well done everyone!!
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