#chipping sparrow
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Emberizidae
Blue Mountain National Recreation Area, MT
May 13, 2016
Robert Niese
These charming birds are relatively abundant and widespread throughout North America and are a quite underappreciated bird. Here in the west, they are generally only found in or around coniferous forests and pineland savannas, whereas their eastern cousins are a much more urban or suburban bird. Their song is a loud trill which, often to the chagrin of field ornithologists, varies substantially among individuals and can easily be confused with the trills of Dark-eyed Juncos, towhees, and many species of warblers.
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“Utunu”, African Wild Dog commission. Utunu kindly provided reference photos, many thanks!! 5″x7″ Oil on panel.
“Eurasian Tree Sparrow”, commission. I think I subconsciously painted a very fluffy warm bird orb (borb) of a sparrow because it was pretty cold out when I was working on this! Many thanks to my client for letting me get excited with some moss. 5″x7″ Oil on panel.
“Chipping Sparrow”… my first time painting with a palette knife (in the background only). It was fun, like painting with creamy frosting. Really expensive frosting. 5″x7″ Oil on panel.
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