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Message: <blockquote data-quote="solitaryVSong" data-source="post: 1540075" data-attributes="member: 77930">I, and my wife Jerene, have spent part of each  of the last three Sundays at Morris Arboretum in Philadelphia. It's only a few miles away from us and usually has a variety of birds. More importantly it's got a lot of open space in the wetlands area so it's easy to set up a scope and try some fieldsketches.I'm including some from today. They include a number of Wood Ducks, including adult females, juveniles and one duckling. Also a Great Blue Heron that landed on the top of a 30 foot tall dead tree. And finally one Ruby-throated Hummingbird. The watercolor pencil sketches are from the backyard last week. They include a Ruby-throated Hummingbird that just wouldn't sit still, and a Sunflower. The Hummingbird didn't really turn out that well but I'm sure all the practice I can get with hummingbirds will pay off eventually.</blockquote>