Jeope!

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Drastic geezigner and bird-nerder from the hinterlands of Middle Canada. HELL YEAH NUTHATCHES and HELL NO A.I.

It’s International Owl Awareness Day, a day I wasn’t aware of despite my constant awareness of owls. Here’s a Procreate portrait I sketched a while back of Rusty, a local captive/educational long-eared owl. Owls rule! #birds

A black and white digital sketch of a long eared owl. The bird is seen from the side, wide-eyed and bill open.

It’s International Owl Awareness Day, a day I wasn’t aware of despite my constant awareness of owls. Here’s a Procreate portrait I sketched a while back of Rusty, a local captive/educational long-eared owl. Owls rule! #birds

A black and white digital sketch of a long eared owl. The bird is seen from the side, wide-eyed and bill open.

A noisy family of blue jays were about the neighbourhood this morning, and I caught mom/dad showing the two kiddos just how edible our raspberries are. Corvids, man (*shakes fist*).

We’ve visited this stretch of Lake Winnipeg shoreline in summer for more than a decade, and a bald eagle can almost always be found on this lofty nearby perch. #birds

A silhouetted bald eagle, viewed from a distance, perches on a bare branch of a large deciduous tree. White and light grey clouds with a hint of blue sky fill the background.

Wetlands are magic. Immediately following a light shower, I watched a momma goldeneye protect her six-duckling brood and terrorize every other bird on this pond. A poor ring-necked duck couple especially bore her brunt. Worth the mosquitoes!

A vibrant rainbow fires into a green forest behind a marsh.

I rode my bike again to the Duck Pond, which is pumping out new ducks left and right, and living up to its name. Here two wood duck ducklings reflect, in a green reflecting pool. #birds

A pair of older wood duck ducklings swim in sync through a lovely GREEN reflecting pool, that is green for all the right reasons, and not from radical left SUTBERFUGE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!!!!

An evening grosbeak caricature, sketched in pen and coloured in Procreate during a recent DrawMob gathering with friends. I love the colour scheme of these birds – I wish I saw them more often! #birds

A pen drawing of a thick-billed songbird, coloured digitally in yellows and oranges.