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  1. Solitary Sandpiper at Morris Arboretum

    Solitary Sandpiper at Morris Arboretum

    A 7x10 inch watercolor based on photos and sketches of Solitary Sandpipers seen at Morris Arboretum in Philadelphia this week.
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    • solitary sandpiper watercolor
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Art & Graphics
  2. Grey-breasted Mountain Toucan

    Grey-breasted Mountain Toucan

    Grey-breasted Mountain Toucan (Andigena hypoglauca) - Watercolor. Used on Grey-breasted Mountain Toucan's article on wikipedia.
    • ririhugs
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    • toucan watercolor
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Art & Graphics
  3. Yellow-browed Toucanet

    Yellow-browed Toucanet

    Yellow-browed Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus huallagae) - Watercolor. Used on Yellow-browed Toucanet's article on Wikipedia. This species is the most-endangered toucan in the world, restricted only in two tiny localities in north Peru cloud forests.
    • ririhugs
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    • toucan watercolor
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Art & Graphics
  4. Spot-crowned Barbet (Capito maculicoronatus)

    Spot-crowned Barbet (Capito maculicoronatus)

    Watercolor. Used for Spot-crowned Barbet article on Wikipedia.
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    • barbet capito watercolor
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Art & Graphics
  5. Slaty-headed Longbill watercolor

    Slaty-headed Longbill watercolor

    I decided today to paint an upland forest bird in its natural habitat in Victorian era style painting, like does William T Cooper. So I chose this species, rarely illustrated, shown surrounded by moss and orchids in its native New Guinea cloud forests.
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    • new guinea slaty-headed longbill watercolor
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Art & Graphics
  6. Ramphocelus Tanagers

    Ramphocelus Tanagers

    Ramphocelus Tanagers, males ony (it's hard to find females pictures for all the species). For the Masked Crimson Tanager I chose an individual with low extent of red on the flanks. 1 - Crimson-collared Tanager (Ramphocelus sanguinolentus), 2 - Masked Crimson Tanager (Ramphocelus nigrogularis)...
    • ririhugs
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    • ramphocelus tanagers watercolor
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Art & Graphics
  7. Olive-backed Forest Robin

    Olive-backed Forest Robin

    The Olive-backed Forest Robin is a recently discovered (2008) bird native to Gabonese forests.
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    • olive-backed forest robin stiphrornis erythrothorax pyrrholaemus watercolor
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Art & Graphics
  8. Tufted Puffin

    Tufted Puffin

    Tufted Puffin head watercolor
    • ririhugs
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    • tufted puffin watercolor
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Art & Graphics
  9. Scaly Ground-Roller

    Scaly Ground-Roller

    Scaly Ground-Roller watercolor.
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    • scaly ground-roller watercolor
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Art & Graphics
  10. Yellow-rumped Warbler

    Yellow-rumped Warbler

    7.5x11 inches. Watercolor on Arches cold press 140# paper. I've been seeing and sketching Yellow-rumped warblers for the last week to 10 days as they make their way through on their northerly migration. Mainly I've stared and them and done field sketches. I hope that this is the year I finally...
    • solitaryVSong
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    • artwork setophaga coronata watercolor yellow-rumped warbler
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Art & Graphics
  11. First Wood Ducks of 2011 - watercolor

    First Wood Ducks of 2011 - watercolor

    11x15 inch watercolor on Arches cold press paper. Based on field sketches and photos of some of the first Wood Ducks of spring seen at Valley Green along the Wissahickon in Philadelphia, PA, March, 2011.
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    • philadelphia watercolor wissahickon wood duck
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Art & Graphics
  12. Yellow-rumped Warbler Studies

    Yellow-rumped Warbler Studies

    14x17 inches. Watercolor on Strathmore Bristol paper. Based on photos and field sketches of Yellow-rumped Warblers seen around Cape May, NJ in November, 2010.
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    • cape may watercolor yellow-rumped warbler
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Art & Graphics
  13. Immature Green Heron at Tinicum

    Immature Green Heron at Tinicum

    Watercolor on Arches 140# paper. 12x16 inches. One in a series of watercolors of an immature Green Heron we saw in August, 2009 at Tinicum(John Heinz NWR) in Philadelphia.
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    • green heron tinicum watercolor
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Art & Graphics
  14. Eastern Bluebird at Morris Arboretum

    Eastern Bluebird at Morris Arboretum

    7x10 inches. Watercolor on Arches 140# Rough paper. Based on photos of some Eastern Bluebirds taken at Morris Arboretum in Philadelphia in spring of 2010. A commission.
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    • eastern bluebird morris arboretum watercolor
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    • Category: Art & Graphics
  15. Wood Ducks, Morris Arboretum Wetlands, Summer 2010

    Wood Ducks, Morris Arboretum Wetlands, Summer 2010

    7x10 inches. Watercolor on Arches 140# rough paper. The Morris Arboretum Wetlands Wood Duck couple had a least 10 ducklings this summer. This includes the mother and some of the nearly grown children hiding in the shade. When you see them they rarely take flight but instead move slowly and...
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    • morris arboretum wetland watercolor wood duck
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    • Category: Art & Graphics
  16. Solitary Sandpiper and Lesser Yellowlegs in Water Lilies

    Solitary Sandpiper and Lesser Yellowlegs in Water Lilies

    9x12 inches.Watercolor on Arches 300# cold press paper. Seen at Crane Creek State Park in Ohio in September, 2009. These birds absolutely disappeared in the background mud. In fact I was very confused in IDing what I thought was just one bird. First it looked like a Solitary, then it had yellow...
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    • crane creek state park lesser yellowlegs solitary sandpiper watercolor
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    • Category: Art & Graphics
  17. Glossy Ibis

    Glossy Ibis

    121x14 inches. Watercolor on Strathmore paper. Based on photos and field sketches of Glossy Ibis seen in and around Cape May, NJ in 2010.
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    • cape may glossy ibis watercolor
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Art & Graphics
  18. Herons at Heislerville WMA

    Herons at Heislerville WMA

    11x14 inches. Watercolor. Based on herons seen at Heislerville WMA in New Jersey. These are just a few of the many herons there.
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    • black-crowned night heron great blue heron heislerville wma watercolor
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Art & Graphics
  19. Snow Geese at Brigantine

    Snow Geese at Brigantine

    12x9 inches. Watercolor
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    • brigantine snow geese watercolor
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Art & Graphics
  20. Lesser Yellowlegs at Magee Marsh

    Lesser Yellowlegs at Magee Marsh

    11x14 watercolor.
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    • lesser yellowlegs magee marsh watercolor
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Art & Graphics
  21. Lesser Yellowlegs and Solitary Sandpiper at Magee Marsh

    Lesser Yellowlegs and Solitary Sandpiper at Magee Marsh

    7x10 inches. Watercolor on archival paper.
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    • lesser yellowlegs magee marsh solitary sandpiper watercolor
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Art & Graphics
  22. Sandhill Cranes Strolling Main Dike Road at Horicon Marsh

    Sandhill Cranes Strolling Main Dike Road at Horicon Marsh

    7x10 inches. Watercolor on archival paper.
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    • horicon marsh sandhill crane watercolor
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Art & Graphics
  23. Young Green Heron at Tinicum

    Young Green Heron at Tinicum

    7x10 inches. Watercolor on archival paper.
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    • green heron tinicum watercolor
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Art & Graphics
  24. Palm Warbler at Oakdale

    Palm Warbler at Oakdale

    11x14 inches. Watercolor on archival paper. 2008.
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    • oakdale nature preserve palm warbler watercolor
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Art & Graphics
  25. American Redstart on Nest

    American Redstart on Nest

    11x14 inches. Watercolor on archival paper. 2008.
    • solitaryVSong
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    • american redstart watercolor
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Art & Graphics
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