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Monday, January 20, 2020
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Are these things you've seen lately? :/ The bear is really nice. Happy new week.
ReplyDeleteThanks :) No, both are impressions from photographs. The bear is a brown bear/grizzly, which I've never seen in the wild. The feather is from a swan, which I've seen in the wild, but only in Ireland.
DeleteAh - I had wondered what kind of feather it was. I was thinking turkey, but it didn't look quite right.
ReplyDeleteBig bear! Glad it's not in your backyard.
Yes, those brown bears can get hefty in their winter-weight!
DeleteLovely, both. You caught the power of the bear and the delicate airiness of the feather. I was going to guess great horned owl breast feather. And speaking of swans...
ReplyDeleteOn our monthly raptor survey yesterday, we saw a flock of (trumpeter, we think) swans resting in a field. The grey immatures caught our eye; only when we put our binocs up did we see the white adults against the white snow (all two inches of it - still an abnormally dry winter here). Both the more common tundra and an apparently growing trumpeter population can be found in southern Idaho in the winter.
Cheers,
Chris from Boise
I hope you get some decent snowfall before Spring!
DeleteI wish you were here to identify all the birds - I'm terrible at bird IDs unless they are hanging out at my feeder.
Phew - hugely relieved to know that the bear wasn't up close and personal while you painted him!!
ReplyDeleteNo, I've had black bears literally on the other side of my window, but no brown bears here. I'd love to see brown bears and polar bears in the wild, but not *too* close. Wouldn't want to make them nervous ;)
DeleteI love your Griz!!!!! And the feather is so delicate by comparison.
ReplyDeleteThanks! :)
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