Jan 28, 2015

AvesInArt Challenge - 4 days to go

January 28th. My bird for today is the yellow-shafted Northern Flicker, related to woodpeckers, and an occasional winter visitor to feeders in New England.  The western subspecies of this bird has red-shafted wing and tail feathers!!
NORTHERN (Yellow-shafted) FLICKER, Colaptes auratus.
Pencil with colored pencil highlights. January 28, 2015, Hamden, Connecticut, USA.
Jorge spent some time with the goldfinches during the snowstorm yesterday, and chose this image for his bird of the day.

AMERICAN GOLDFINCH, Spinus tristis.
January 2015, Willington, Connecticut, USA.

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