Happy to say that these are all done and I do think that I'll be doing it again next year except I may use colored pencils and a larger format, but time will tell.
Day 22 - Bohemian Waxing
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Day 23 - Black Headed Gull
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Day 24 - Ornate Hawk Eagle
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Day 25 - Mandarin Duck
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Special thanks to Sabrina at My Miscellany for the inspiring photo on this post from her blog.
Day 26 - Emu
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Day 27 - Blue Penguin (Little Penguin)
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Day 28 - Galah
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Day 29 - Artist's Choice
I chose the Southern Red Bishop because it looks like it's dressed up for Halloween.
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Day 30 - Allen's Hummingbird
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Day 31 - Spotted Owl
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Of all these last 10 I think it's most likely that I've seen a black-headed gull IRL. I believe that the galah is a parrot a little larger than a cockatiel and hails from Australia also. They, like the cockatiels can become nuisance birds when they flock together. If I were younger, I might want one, but we're too advanced in age to care for a parrot now only because the parrot is likely to outlive us. I've heard that if you buy a parrot now, some breeders make you provide information on who will take care of the parrot when you're no longer here. When my sister passed away, we rehomed 3 cockatiels fairly quickly, but it took a little longer to find a home for her African grey (which I would have kept, but we had a few cockatiels of our own at the time and no room for a bigger parrot).
We've (I've) been hearing an owl nearby at night both when I'm going to sleep and early in the morning. It's not a spotted owl. I believe it's an eastern screech owl. I tried to use my Merlin app on my phone to identify it by sound but it wasn't picking up inside the house and I didn't feel like going outside, so I did some googling to listen to owl sounds of New Jersey and narrowed it down that way.
The moderator of this challenge Andrea Holmes has offered a sticker and postcard to anyone who completed the whole challenge so I did add my info. She said it may take a while to get them all out because of all the participation. But I don't mind one way or the other. She also is asking for ideas for birds for next year and I'll have to give that some thought. I don't know what's been done in the past so I may investigate that a little first. But there sure are enough to choose from!
You did so well with this series!
ReplyDeleteI love the black-headed gulls. Quite common here, and more dainty than the herring gulls, which are what we have most of . I had to look the blue penguin up - I thought I knew all the penguins there were! And then as soon as I saw Australia , I realised it was what used to be known as the fairy penguin. We had waxwings here about ten years ago in an exceptionally cold winter and it was a delight to see them. I always admire your dedication and perseverance in completing an ongoing challenge like this. So rewarding to end up with a set of beautiful birds. I still occasionally check the lake in the park where the mandarins used to be, but haven't seen them there for several years now :-(.
ReplyDeleteAmazing. I like Mr. Emu because he's somewhat comical.
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