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Watercolor and Pastel Artists at CHAW

November Draw-a-Bird Day

Here is the handsome bird art submitted this month.

November 10, 2025 · 1 Comment

Migratory birds is June DAB-Day theme

I have always been mystified by bird migration and thought one day I would look into it. That was today. Actually, I thought one day I would learn all about … Continue reading

June 9, 2025 · 5 Comments

February DAB-Day features state birds of states where US Presidents were born

The third Monday of every February is Presidents’ Day, and blog follower Marc Shotten suggested that the theme for this February Draw-a-Bird Day be the state birds of US presidents. … Continue reading

February 9, 2025 · 1 Comment

Draw-a-Bird Day for September: Cosmopolitan Birds

I always thought “cosmopolitan” meant urban (or even urbane), but I learned it means something different in nature. In the world of “biogeography,” a cosmopolitan animal is one that lives … Continue reading

September 10, 2024 · 1 Comment

Birds of Costa Rica featured in July DAB-Day

The Draw-a-Bird Day theme this month is the birds of Costa Rica. Wikipedia informs us that Costa Rica, which is smaller than the state of West Virginia, has the greatest … Continue reading

July 9, 2024 · 8 Comments

April DAB-Day theme: Shore Birds

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 … Continue reading

April 9, 2024 · Leave a comment

National birds–some quite exotic, all wonderful–fly in for November Draw-a-Bird Day

Artists have had great fun this month with the theme “national birds.” Wikipedia conveniently provided us a list of them. I noticed 13 countries have an eagle as their national … Continue reading

November 9, 2023 · 6 Comments

September DAB-Day: Hawaiian Birds

As a tribute to Maui and the terrible fire that the people (and birds) there went through in August, we chose Hawaiian birds as the theme for this month’s Draw-a-Bird … Continue reading

September 9, 2023 · 2 Comments

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 … Continue reading

August 9, 2023 · 3 Comments

Birds fly high in July!

We have been publishing Draw-a-Bird Day art since September 2016! Meaning seven years, every month. I don’t have an easy way to count the birds without going through every blog … Continue reading

July 9, 2023 · 1 Comment