Tag: Birds
Posted on April 12, 2019
by Christine
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Was I seeing correctly? Was that a pelican on the water? A few days ago, on a spur, I drove out to Rock Run Rookery by myself. I’ve been there once before with ornithologists on a bird outing. It’s fun to listen to bird…
Category: art, Artwork, Birds, Chicago, nature, sketchbook, watercolor painting, watercolor sketching, wildlifeTags: #WorldWatercolorGroup, american white pelican, art, Artwork, Birds, nature, painting, pelican, rock run rookery, watercolors, wildlife
Posted on January 21, 2019
by Christine
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A Red-breasted nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) came by to say, “Hello.” In return I fed him suet. I quietly sat contemplating his woes. They are many, for while he ate his breakfast it was a mere 8°F. He ate alone and used the pine tree…
Category: art, Artwork, Birds, nature, sketch book, sketchbook, watercolor painting, watercolor sketching, wildlifeTags: art, Artwork, Birds, nature, nuthatch, red-breasted nuthatch, sketch, sketchbook, watercolor, winter
Posted on January 28, 2018
by Christine
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If you’re lucky enough to live in an area where you have both downy and hairy woodpeckers, you may be hiking in the woods and see one of them. They look identical except for the fact that one is small and one is large….
Category: art, Artwork, Birds, downy woodpecker, nature, sketch book, sketchbook, watercolor sketching, wildlifeTags: art, Artwork, birding, Birds, downy woodpecker, hairy woodpecker, hiking, how to tell between a downy and a hairy woodpecker, journal, nature, painting, sketch, sketchbook, watercolor, woodpecker
Posted on November 9, 2011
by Christine
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Uncertainty is certain in life. At some point, no matter how much you have prepared, things happen. Sometimes these things can sweep your off your feet and knock you down. It happens to all of us. Don’t worry. The most beautiful words I’ve read are,…
Category: art, Artwork, Birds, cardinal, Free Download, God, nature, watercolor painting, wildlifeTags: art, Artwork, bird art, Birds, Christine Kane Art, ckane, female cardinal, free artwork, free download, God, help in trouble, help me, male cardinal, psalm, scripture, scripture painting, trust in God, watercolor birds, watercolor cardinal, wildlife art
Posted on May 8, 2011
by Christine
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Spring at Centennial Park Spring…new beginnings…tender…fresh…new life. Those are just a few words that come to mind when I think of spring. A few days ago I had the chance to experience those feelings at Centennial Park in Orland Park, IL. A…
Category: art, Artwork, Birds, cardinal, Chicago, hiking, Landscape, nature, Nature Sketching, sketchbook, watercolor sketching, wildlifeTags: art, Artwork, Birds, centennial park orland, Chicago, Christine Kane Art, ckane, hiking, killdeer, nature, nature painting, nature sketch, palm warbler, sketchbook, sketching nature, spring, watercolor sketch
Posted on April 10, 2010
by Christine
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Oh boy do I love spring when the birds return! It’s so exciting to see a bird you have never seen before or one that you haven’t seen in nearly a year! Well, that’s what happened when I visited Turtlehead Lake in region 8…
Category: Birds, hiking, nature, wildlife, yellow rumped warblerTags: Birds, Cook County Forest Preserves, eastern meadowlark, hiking, migrating birds, ruby crowned kinglet, spring, turtlehead lake, yellow rumped warbler
Posted on March 20, 2010
by Christine
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Spring…hello…spring? Where did you go? Yesterday was 65°F and mostly sunny, just beautiful. But when I woke up this morning, I was greeted with a snow storm! Yes, the temperature has dropped over 30 degrees and brought with it a northern storm. What a teaser….
Category: art, Artwork, Birds, nature, Nature Sketching, sketchbook, storm, weather, wildlifeTags: bird feeder, bird feeder sketch, Birds, red-wing blackbird, red-wing blackbird sketch, snow, snow in spring, spring, squirrel buster feeder
Posted on February 4, 2010
by Christine
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Just a few bird pictures from my hike last weekend, here we have a tiny little chickadee and an incoming downy woodpecker. Now that’s odd. It’s not everyday you find a bagel in a tree. Someone left this bird treat on a branch for easy…
Category: Birds, Chicago, chickadee, downy woodpecker, hiking, nature, white-breasted nuthatch, wildlifeTags: bagel in tree, Birds, chickadee, Cook County Forest Preserves, downy woodpecker, hiking, white breasted nuthatch
Posted on December 22, 2009
by Christine
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Last weekend while hiking, I came upon some benches that had walnuts on them. I did not put them there. Feeding the wildlife is prohibited in the Cook County Forest Preserves, it’s a definite no-no. But boy did I get to see some up close…
Category: Birds, chickadee, downy woodpecker, hiking, nature, white-breasted nuthatch, wildlifeTags: Birds, birds feeding on walnuts, chickadee, Cook County Forest Preserves, downy woodpecker, hiking, song birds, white breasted nuthatch, woodland birds
Posted on April 21, 2009
by Christine
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Am I crazy? No! There are many things we miss when we decide not to hike because it is yucky outside: 1. Wildlife is abundant. 2. Humans are not abundant (perhaps the reason for wildlife abundance). 3. The smell of the earth. Yum! 4. The pattering sound…
Category: Chicago, nature, weather, wildlifeTags: Birds, chorus frogs, Cook County Forest Preserves, frogs, hiking, hiking in the rain, spears woods, spring peepers
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