Whoa, whoa, whoa!! I've been telling myself that it's time to stop this thread for awhile now and am always looking for the right numerical milestone, i.e. 100,000 views or some such thing.
Yesterday I thought maybe I ought to end with 125,000 and I thought I would. Then a bunch of new views snuck in and brought it over 125,000. Still it seems like a good number to set as The End, even if I'm a bit over.
It's almost four years since I started here and I can't tell you how exciting it was to see such excellent and often quite prolific work all in styles that made wildlife art seem alive! As I said in my first post I came with a real bias against what I found to be so much dull wildlife art. This forum was a lifesaver and an inspiration.
Of course FB calls to so many, just not to me. So I'm not sure what I'll do for my online outlet - continue my blog I'm sure and perhaps start another thread here if I can think of some new angle on it. I know it will be hard not to start a new one tomorrow. But I'll persevere for a bit anyway. Thanks to all who have visited the thread and been so appreciative. I'm sure I'll be around to comment on your own works.
In any case here's my parting work for this thread, a touched up version of yesterday's Mink, Louisiana Waterthrush and Wood Duck and a new one, using Caran d'Ache Neocolor II crayons again of a Wood Thrush in Hercules Club. Hope you enjoy it. It seems indicative of spring though in fact those berries don't appear until September or so.