I sketched out the hummingbirds and laid them out, tomorrow I will transfer them to watercolor paper and start painting soon!

I recently saw a fox squirrel at Tosohatchee State Reserve. My friends and I were all “WHAT IS THAT??” because none of us had ever seen one. It is larger and seemingly longer than a regular squirrel, it kept standing up and I was thinking meerket/prairie dog?? But apparently it is a fox squirrel. I get excited to see rare animals like bobcats, but it’s even more exciting to see an animal I’ve never even heard of!

Another pleasant surprise is hiking along and finding a patch of wild blackberries. Yummy!

This is the most amazing chocolate bunny I’ve ever gotten.

It’s a fairy bunny! I’m never going to be able to eat this thing!!

Happy Easter. I couldn’t get a post out on the actual day, it was too busy. I took a walk around my parents before dinner, not many flowers or mushrooms or anything of that sort, but lots of birds. There were tons of Pine Warblers and some Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, I also spotted a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. I never would have seen these birds without my binoculars, and it’s out of reach for my camera, but it sure is a world of wonder up there in the trees! They are curious creatures to watch.

There is a Carolina Wren’s nest in my parents garage. There are lots of eggs! They nest nearby every year, hopefully it will be a successful year for them.

Just playing around tonight with my prismacolor markers and my copic multiliner. Doesn’t look quite right, but it was fun and took just about 20 minutes.

I knew there was a Barred Owl family with owlet at Mead Gardens, today I finally went and saw them. That is Papa Owl in photo above. The owlet is already as big as the adults, although that is with a considerable amount of fluff. Owls are so cool, and this made my day!

Mead Gardens is a beautiful location. There are a lot of birds, bugs, and flowers. I saw some of the migrating birds, since they are too hard to photograph I drew a picture of some of the warblers I saw today:

Hello to Spring!

I am on vacation in the North Carolina mountains, where they are just getting the first signs of Spring.