American Robin
By: Pat Coate
A special post this week – I am VERY excited to be able to show some of the terrific artwork of my niece, Maddie, who is an awesome young birder. She has started a collection of sketches of birds she has seen – and is up to 15 so far. Here are her first two.
Red-winged Blackbird
Eagle eye Maddie spotted a female hummingbird tonight, which we got to enjoy watching together.
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I am a naturalist, field biologist and nature photographer from the Western New York area. I have started exploring nature writing through this blog and it truly has been fun sharing my numerous adventures with everyone. Thanks to the many other authors that help me with my post and they will be sharing some of their nature explorations.
I have always had a latent interest in birds and photography and have been lucky enough to find time to explore these interests over the last few years. I am very thankful to the Cattaraugus County Bird Club for getting me started, sharing their wealth of knowledge and for their wonderful programs. And many thanks to Tom for letting me share some of my adventures and photos on the Monarch Nature Blog.
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Nothing tickles me more than to see this child’s artwork this morning. Well done, Maddie! I can see, if I try a little harder, maybe I can do it, too!
8 September 2011 at 5:34 am
Love it . . . ! Good Job Maddie!
8 September 2011 at 8:03 am
I think the smile on Maddie’s face right now may be there forever! She is very excited to see her artwork and that others liked it. Thanks for sharing!
8 September 2011 at 8:29 pm
What a great notebook! Here’s to many more entries.
10 September 2011 at 9:54 pm