Judith
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Challenging; fun to try to capture their movements. I think it will help put more life and character of each animal in our drawings. Thanks for posting these fun videos
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Beautiful how you let the watercolors flow & left some white of the page in spots
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@Kimi Congratulations on being newly retired! I like your idea of enjoying the planning while anticipating retirement, and every day new-- thanks for the inspiration!
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@Judith A comment on my comment: I looked up Yellow Warblers and Cowbirds, and the ones that recognize a Cowbird egg do not actually push the egg out, but cover it with plant material and may lay they own eggs on top. As I remember from the course, a theory as to why Yellow Warblers do this and other warblers don't, is that they have shared a range with the Cowbird for longer than many other warblers and so have evolved this ability.
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I find the idea of making a sort of personal field guide very appealing, like in the journal that showed the pages of ferns. A field guide as a trip journal is also a cool idea. I am still figuring out what I would like my journal to be and these examples were great. Why do we like to draw and journal birds and plants and landscapes? Maybe it is a way to experience a thing more fully, or a different way to experience a thing. I am in my last year of my job before retirement, and am looking forward to new directions, which I think something like nature journaling could bring.
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I wasn't able to type my comments in with my drawing above (not sure what I did wrong)- but I enjoyed doing this drawing. One of the things I enjoyed was that I did not think about work or other daily cares; sometimes I thought about nothing and sometimes I thought about Yellow Warblers- how they have that very plain yellow face, their song, and remembered from another Cornell course that they are one of the only warblers that can recognize Cowbird eggs in their nests and sometimes push them out to protect their young. Interesting birds. I guess that is one of the things that is so different than taking a photograph- it is a slower more meandering experience of the bird.
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