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Casey Girard

@riverthrushstudio.bsky.social

Illustrator, Birder, Non-binary, Autistic. Retail and wholesale available. Nature & Outdoors is for Everyone!

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Casey Girard@riverthrushstudio.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Here's a sketchpage of birds not in Western North Carolina, but Western North America. While I lived in California I saw California Quails numerous times. They live in a range of places, deserts to scrubland to oak woodlands. Their call is given the mnemonic of ‘cuidado’ or ‘Chicago’. #birds

A page of sketches in a rich brown pencil lines of California Quails. There are 8 birds drawn, three along the top are smaller than the rest. The larger 6 are generally sized correctly together and have color, done with loose pencil sketch, using dark brown, blue grey, light yellow, and light umber. The top three birds are running from right to left, each in a different stage of a run. The first largest bird is standing facing forward, its head breaks between the running birds, it is male. Below him is a female, walking to the left in profile. Along the left edge are three juvenile birds, their feet vanish behind each other as they are moving in space down the page, the top bird is a borb facing forward and slightly right, the middle bird is in profile walking to the right, and the last in bending to forage facing right. The words Callipepla californica are written in italics above the female and juveniles.
Casey Girard@riverthrushstudio.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Raven's have so much expression in their behaviors it is hard to choose one pose for a sticker, which would you choose from here? The 3 largest birds here are a Raven that captured and killed a rabbit. It used passing traffic to soften the body for eating. It was wild to watch. #Birds

A page of drawings of Common Ravens. Some of the birds are only done with a rich brown pencil line and three of the birds have color added. There are 7 birds across the page. The top three birds are all drawn slightly smaller. The top left corner has two birds perched next to each other on a rock. Both birds are in profile looking left, one with its back to the left and one with its belly. These birds are line only. To the right of them is a flying Raven, going to the right. It is filled in with black color except for its feet being slightly visible. Below them are two birds each on the ground. The bird on the left is walking forward with its bill open one foot raised and its wings open slightly. It has color added. The bird to the right is in profile as it looks back to the left, drawn only with line. Below these birds are two more. The bird on the left is only line, in profile looking down at a rabbit body under its feet. The last bird on the right is drawn smaller, it is perched on a large fence post in profile looking back to the left.
Casey Girard@riverthrushstudio.bsky.social · last yr.

Having a framed Pileated Woodpecker at my event was nice. I was told many stories. I especially love hearing from folks that don’t consider themselves birders, but will be doing an outdoor activity, see these birds and find the wonder in being w/ wildlife. Thank you for sharing your stories. #Birds

Casey Girard@riverthrushstudio.bsky.social · last yr.

A month of travel finished yesterday; I got to visit coastal California. It was nice to spend time with shorebirds. They were already plentiful. There are always some shorebirds along California coasts, but most do migrate to breeding locations. One of the species present was the Marbled Godwit.

A sketchpage of Marbled Godwits. These are long legged, long billed shorebirds with a warm feather hue overall with barring throughout their wing and back feathers and some edging down into the breast. The bill shape is straight with a very slight upturn and it is pink from the top shifting to a dark grey near the tip. The breast is mostly clear with warm or light feathers. There are four birds drawn. The top left corner bird is in flight, wings downwards, going left to right. The next bird is standing facing forward angled towards the left. Its bill rests just over its breast. The next bird is mostly in profile looking left. It has one foot rising but still under water, and it is slightly opening its bill. The final bird is wading from left to right with the body and head in full profile. The name Limosa fedoa is on the left side between the two birds. There are also four dots along the left edge showing the spot colors.