First, the weather was crazy–25C and sunny, so sunny that if I hadn’t put on sunblock I’m sure I would have burned. This is very strange for the second week of October.
We hit Burnaby Lake and Colony Farm, but did extended tours of each and saw plenty of birds and other assorted critters, including a snake and coyote (alas, we could not get shots of either in time).
Here are a few shots of the million (well, 500+) I took.
Another birb was bopping around in the wall garden outside my window this morning, so I grabbed some shots, once again through a closed window to not disturb it.
According to the Merlin app, this is a Hermit Thrush, the first time I’ve seen one (at least knowingly). Spiffy!
A goose, with opinions.
I spent way more time than I should have trying to figure out what to do with the water. A simple, flat colour? Add ripples? Make it look semi-realistic? Bright? Dark? Medium? Hot pink?
In the end, I settled for a slightly layered look using darker blues and a flat paint brush.
When a robin shows up and just starts hanging out in the wall garden outside our condo, I’m gonna take its picture.
Specifically, a male mallard at Reifel Bird Sanctuary. More photos soon™.
If I had tried to capture the feet of this magnificent birb in full detail, this drawing would have taken me 500 million hours. I also would have had nightmares about them for just as long.
A female cowbird, just like the title says.
We went to Centennial Beach, the Boundary Bay Dyke Trail and Serpentine Fen in an all-out birdingpalooza.
I took a lot of lousy shots. But a few turned out pretty nice. Here’s one of a gull just landing on the river at Serpentine Fen.
I tried to come up with a clever title and failed. This is, in fact, a Steller’s jay.
The robin in the reference photo for this was standing in tall grass (for a robin), hiding its feet. I thought about filling them in, but in the end just cropped off the bottom of the drawing. I felt a little Liefeld at the time.
Pigeon line art. Coo, coo.
