Birdwatching at the shed

 

I posted another version of this on our Sketching in Nature blog, an international group of nature artists you may enjoy, but wanted to include it here as well, with tweaks!

Joseph spotted these White-crowned Sparrows at the shed, out in the alley, and I was delighted that they came back later and let me sketch them!  I keep a variety of bird books for ID, and our binoculars are always handy, so I was able to see them quite well...

Here are no end of images of the white crowned sparrow from Google...

I'm used to chipping sparrows and house sparrows so it's been fun seeing these different ones, like the White Throated Sparrow on Easter I sketched here.

You can see a photo comparison of these two on Marie Winn's blog, here.

I keep getting tiny, unfinished sketches of our hummingbirds, though!  They move FAST.  The female is a much more frequent visitor, and since it's shady I don't see the male's gorgeous red throat patch, but I keep trying...


I am REALLY enjoying the big French doors at the shed!  And so is Joseph, it's been a great place for him to recuperate from surgery...