Gláucia Mir | artist » birds

blue jays on tree tops

glaucia — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:16:11 +0000

Another one of the bird series.

8″x10″ pen and colored pencils on bristol paper

a bird series

glaucia — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:55:38 +0000

I’m starting on a new series.
Birds.
If you’ve talked to me in the last couple months, you know how excited I am about birds. It’s my newest hobby. Watching and photographing birds. Reading about backyard birding, feeding birds, and identifying birds.
So I figured, why not draw birds as well. I certainly have accumulated enough pictures to use as reference…
So, this is my first attempt. I hope to do several more. This is in keeping with my goals for the year, of making more art, and having some themes or related bodies of work.

“Titmouse on Ice”
approx. 8″x10″ pen and colored pencil on bristol paper

birds’ treat

glaucia — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:56:46 +0000

On thanksgiving day, I put more fod out for the birds.

We have 2 suet feeders on our huge maple, and they were empty, so I decided the birds needed a treat on thanksgiving as well.

Within 10 minutes of the food being out there, I spotted over 10 different species of birds. I am still in shock at the variety.

blue jays
sparrows
european starlings
robins
nuthatchs
downy woodpecker
red-bellied woodpecker
titmouses

Most of them, I had seen in our yard before, but there were several that I still can’t identify.

The big highlight of the day was a vibrant nothern cardinal which was eating on the ground, under the little tree house. He was there for several minutes, and I couldn’t believe my eyes. Now, if I could only get him on camera…