Halfway through our Challenge!

Another day to do my bird drawing indoors - and another museum specimen. This time it's a wing, rather than the entire bird. This type of preparation is good for showing feather detail - such as the showy white patch the mockingbird flashes as it flies.

Northern Mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos. Ink wash and sharpie marker.
January 15, 2015, UConn Biological Research Collection, Storrs, Connecticut.

We saw the male House Finch a few days ago, and now here's the female - one of those LBJ's (little brown jobs) that can be confusing to beginning birders.

House Finch (female), Haemorhous mexicanus.
January 2015, Connecticut, USA.