Holly 🦆 Birdy Nature Journal
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Drawing one bird a day in 2025 | Hermit_thrush13 on IG | Bird biologist who also does art! The bird in my banner is a Kererū and it’s the borbiest borb I’ve ever seen irl 😁 Buy my birds on stuff: https://www.redbubble.com/people/LadyElizabeth/explore?asc=
October 10: “Bold Facial Pattern” and “Herb” Three cheers for Canada with Canada Warbler and Canada Mayflower! Sharing some October Art I’m making as part of #BirdtoberClub2026 and #Witchtober2026 over on instagram. I’m combining prompts from both challenges. Time for some witchy #birds!
October 9: “Rails, Crakes, Coots” and “Bat” What American Coots Do In The Shadows 🧛 … Sharing some October Art I’m making as part of #BirdtoberClub2026 and #Witchtober2026 over on instagram. I’m combining prompts from both challenges. Time for some witchy #birds!
October 8: “Nemesis” and “Mushroom” I picked Kentucky Warbler (a nemesis bird for me) and Omphalotus illudens. Sharing some October Art I’m making as part of #BirdtoberClub2026 and #Witchtober2026 over on instagram. I’m combining prompts from both challenges. Time for some witchy #birds!
October 7: “Urban” and “Key” I picked a Peregrine Falcon for today - they nest on rocky cliffs, but also skyscrapers! … Sharing some October Art I’m making as part of #BirdtoberClub2026 and #Witchtober2026 over on instagram. I’m combining prompts from both challenges. Time for some witchy #birds!
October 6: “Intelligent” and “Amulet” Great Horned Owls are considered “wise” - that’s counts, right? Sharing some October Art I’m making as part of #BirdtoberClub2026 and #Witchtober2026 over on instagram. I’m combining prompts from both challenges. Time for some witchy #birds!
October 5m “Musical“ and “Bone” … Sharing some October Art I’m making as part of #BirdtoberClub2026 and #Witchtober2026 over on instagram. I’m combining prompts from both challenges. Time for some witchy #birds!
October 4: “fruit-eater” and “moon” Sharing some October Art I’m making as part of #BirdtoberClub2026 and #Witchtober2026 over on instagram. I’m combining prompts from both challenges. Time for some witchy #birds!
October 3: “Raven” and “Dive” Sharing some October Art I’m making as part of #BirdtoberClub2026 and #Witchtober2026 over on instagram. I’m combining prompts from both challenges. Time for some witchy #birds!
October 2: “Shades of Gray” and “Card” I made a Secretarybird tarot card to fill today’s prompts! Sharing some October Art I’m making as part of #BirdtoberClub2026 and #Witchtober2026 over on instagram. I’m combining prompts from both challenges. Time for some witchy #birds!
I’m back! Gonna share some October art prompts I’m making as part of #BirdtoberClub2026 and #Witchtober2026 over on instagram. I’m combining prompts from both challenges. Get ready for some witchy #birds! October 1 - todays prompts are Aerial Insectivore and Candle, so I drew a Common Nighthawk 💜
I’m back with a quick Little Spotted Kiwi! Not going to add dates anymore since I’ve not been able to keep up daily, but this was a lovely return to drawing these #birds!
I will post more birds soon! I was starting to get a bit burnt out since these birds take around 1-3 hrs each, so I’m going to reduce my posting frequency to keep the creativity alive 💜
March 19: Tīeke (North Island Saddleback) Another species that we saw only on Tiritiri Matangi. They were everywhere: flitting around the flax flowers, under the forest canopy, all while calling out with their chattery song that sounds like laughter. Very cool #birds!
March 18: Tītitipounamu (Rifleman) This little wren is truly tiny - we were lucky to spot three of them on our trip, but all buzzed around so quickly I didn’t have time to snap a photo! #birds
March 17: Kererū (New Zealand Pigeon) The largest and silliest pigeons I’ve ever seen. These #birds are chicken-sized and will scare the living daylights out of you when they take flight 😂
March 16: Toutouwai (North Island Robin) These #birds have super long legs and they’re more curious than anything! We had one hop right up to and between our feet as we sat on a bench in the forest on Tiritiri Matangi, off the coast of Auckland.
March 14: Pīwakawaka (New Zealand Fantail) This little bird is endemic to New Zealand. We delighted in seeing them when we were there- just a few hours off the plane and we got to see an adult feeding three recently fledged chicks 🥹 #birds
Week two for March! Still succeeding with drawing one bird a day…even if they might be finished after midnight some nights 😅 #birds
March 13: Green-throated Carib Another species found in Puerto Rico! I’d like another look at one someday- my one sighting was so much faster than I wanted it to be. #birds
March 12: Rufous Hummingbird Long day for me, but I still had just enough time for this little western dude #birds
March 11: Puerto Rican Emerald What a joy to see this tropical hummingbird species! They have such fun names, too - emerald, starthroat, mountain-gem - I think we could stand to have prettier hummingbird names up north #birds
March 10: Anna’s Hummingbird Their magenta gorget is stunning in person! All my favorite reddish pinks, shining with iridescence. #birds
March 9: Costa’s Hummingbird The bright purples of these #birds’ gorgets are…GORGEOUS 💜 Saw my first ones in Tucson and I remember being completely wowed 🥹
Oops, and here’s the first week of March all together! I’ve got prints of all of the #birds I’ve drawn this year (and more!) on my Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/LadyE...
March 8: Ruby-throated Hummingbird New week, new batch of #birds! Starting with the only hummingbird native to the Northeast US 🙌
March 7: Curve-billed Thrasher A common sight in Tucson, AZ where I saw them for the first time. I love the sounds of the desert! 🌵🏜️ #birds
March 6: Townsend’s Solitaire I’ve only ever seen one of these before, in Zion NP. Hope to see more someday! We’re nearing the first full week of March- I’ve got one more bird for this batch, and then I’ll have to decide what my theme will be for next week! #birds
March 5: Pearly-eyed Thrasher Native to Puerto Rico. These thrashers are super common! I saw tons on a trip a few years ago for the AOS conference and they never failed to charm me 😊 #birds
