The Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo) has a short-distance migration in the late autumn and winter, occupying low, flat ground with scattered woodland. Painting of the Common Buzzard in winter landscape. Watercolour painting, size A4.
Great Tit (Parus major) eating different food. Great Tits are primarily insectivorous in the summer, feeding with insects, but they can use many food source like seeds, meal. I painted three Great Tits to illustrate their feeding behavior. Watercolour painting, size … Continue reading
Here I illustrated the Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) feeding with hairy caterpillars (Aporia crataegi), which are distasteful to many birds. Cuckoo is an insectivore, eating mainly insects and their larvae. Hairy caterpillars, which are rejected by most birds, are eaten by the … Continue reading
Watercolour painting illustrating a Barred Warbler feeding on Elderberry before the migration. Size A4
There are two main types of nestling. One is the downy precocial chick like the Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix) and the other the naked altricial nestling, the typical song-bird nestling like Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla). The precocial or nidifugous chick is active soon … Continue reading