Category Archives: Stupid Critter Tricks

I Prefer The Alligators

Posted on May 2, 2015 by

 

Posted in Adventure!, Animals, Art, Artists, bad poetry, Diversions, entomology, Environment, landscapes, natural history, Nature, painting, Pastel, plein air, Stupid Critter Tricks | Tagged , , , , , | 12 Comments

Sketch of the Day: Rest and Roll, Royal Horses

Posted on September 29, 2014 by
Posted in Art, Copenhagen, Culture, Denmark, Drawing, field sketching, Horses, Livestock, mammals, Sketching, Stupid Critter Tricks, Urban Nature, urban sketching | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Orchids and Flycatchers, revisited

Posted on December 13, 2013 by

Drawing from videos: very useful if you don’t have live birds in your studio. While painting a pair of rusty-margined flycatchers, I was troubled by a weird head position in the field sketch. What looked okay in the drawing looked … Continue reading →

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Friday Fauna-Jungle Escape Pod

Posted on October 4, 2013 by

The cat caught a mouse between my bare feet this week. She’d lain siege for days listening to it scrabble and gnaw behind the kitchen baseboards. While I stood at the sink and washed dishes, I felt a light breeze … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure!, Art, bird art, birds, Culture, Diversions, Drawing, Environment, Exhibits, garden, mammals, natural history, Nature, Oklahoma, rainforest, self-indulgence, Sketching, Stupid Critter Tricks, tropics, Wildlife | 9 Comments

Your Natural History Moment

Posted on July 23, 2013 by

When I planted native passion flower on the back fence, it was part of my hardy-tropicals garden scheme. But instead of fabulous flowers I got an outbreak of glorious butterflies- gulf fritillaries. The butterflies are so beautiful I’ve forgiven their … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Diversions, Drawing, entomology, Environment, garden, natural history, Nature, nature journaling, Oklahoma, Science, Sketching, Stupid Critter Tricks, Wildlife | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Friday- Feathers or Figures? Feathers.

Posted on June 21, 2013 by

In a recent post about chestnut-headed oropendolas, I promised to get back to you with better (published) information, and after some searching found The Nesting Habits of Wagler’s Oropendola (Zarhynchus wagleri) On Barro Colorado Island, from the Bulletin of the … Continue reading →

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Friday Feathers- The Lady Oropendola Weaving Collective

Posted on June 7, 2013 by

A flock of chestnut headed oropendolas, oriole relatives common to the Canal Zone of Panama, are establishing a colony in a bare-branched tree near our cabina on the hill. There are seven of them and they’ve just gotten started as … Continue reading →

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