RussB
Going for Gold
Thankyou as ever for your humbling comments, people. Phil, you did , indeed, see colour my man. I chucked a dark blue coloured pencil in my bag in case I chanced upoon a much desired bird - male Blue and White Flycatcher (Colleen, think Black-throated Blue Warbler but shaped as a flycatcher!) Again, I dipped on 'em, so the excercise wasn't entirely wasted. After sketching this gem, I learned of a male nearby! Talk about losing a tenner and finding a quid!
Weird selection here: Wryneck pretending to be a branch and Greenshank down one of those Chinese holes. A rapid sketch to charm our Chinese guide - in foreign lands it has to be action, not words!
To quote Darrell Clegg, Cornwall recorder and all round top lad ' god made all birds in one go, and then he made pipits and wagtails' or something like that.
In tribute, here's Forest Wag ( magical creatures - the head remains still while the body shakes!) and stonking male Citrine Wag (Prothonatary warbler-yellow, Colleen!) Such a striking bird had us scratching our heads re race, but I reckon it has to be very worn 'citreola' male. I've put this in especially for Mr. Andrews who says monochrome is unacceptable for such a bird! He's right, but you have to do what you can with the tools at hand!
More to come
Cheers, Russ
Weird selection here: Wryneck pretending to be a branch and Greenshank down one of those Chinese holes. A rapid sketch to charm our Chinese guide - in foreign lands it has to be action, not words!
To quote Darrell Clegg, Cornwall recorder and all round top lad ' god made all birds in one go, and then he made pipits and wagtails' or something like that.
In tribute, here's Forest Wag ( magical creatures - the head remains still while the body shakes!) and stonking male Citrine Wag (Prothonatary warbler-yellow, Colleen!) Such a striking bird had us scratching our heads re race, but I reckon it has to be very worn 'citreola' male. I've put this in especially for Mr. Andrews who says monochrome is unacceptable for such a bird! He's right, but you have to do what you can with the tools at hand!
More to come
Cheers, Russ