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September 8, 2019Myriam (Myr's Bytes)

Draw a Bird Day – Flowers and feathers

Happy Draw-a-Bird Day! I drew this hummingbird (based on a Golden-tailed Sapphire) with birds of paradise flowers back in February, when Edmonton had a week of -30 degree Celcius weather. Walking outside didn’t feel good, but the light for drawing was lovely: bright and crisp. I fudged the beak lines and my white gel pen […]

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June 8, 2016May 27, 2017Myriam (Myr's Bytes)

Draw a Bird Day June 2016

In March of this year, Deborah at Circadian Reflections posted some beautiful photos of hummingbirds she took in Santa Cruz. One photo in particular looked like excellent inspiration for a watercolour painting, so I asked her if she was thinking of painting it. She did paint it and posted it for last month’s Draw A […]

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March 29, 2016May 27, 2017Myriam (Myr's Bytes)

Phoenix area hummingbirds

Male Anna’s Hummingbird. Gilbert Water Ranch, Gilbert, Arizona. December 2015. I saw a few hummingbirds when I went to Arizona last December. And when I looked through my photos, they were all male Anna’s hummingbirds. Male Anna’s have fancy magenta feathers on both their crown and throat. The colour is not a pigment, but a […]

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