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Bird Whisperer Project
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Each month, artists create a piece of art using the same reference photo, and post with #BirdWhisperer on last Wednesday of month. See pinned post for current bird! No NFTs or AI

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The European Crested Tit is the only small songbird in northern Europe with a distinct crest. #birds
December 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Calling all bird loving artists! This month's bird is the European Crested Tit. 🤎 Draw! Paint! Sculpt! We hope you'll join us. Posting day is Dec 31st.

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The European Crested Tit is the only small songbird in northern Europe with a distinct crest. Its pointed crest is speckled with black, white and grey. The rest of the head is also these shades, with a black cheek stripe, extending laterally to a thin black collar reaching up the neck, and a black arc around each ear. The eye is very dark and the beak is black.The upper parts are brown, quite uniform. The lower parts are tawny with the flanks more coloured. The legs are grey-blue. Our bird is seen in profile, crest extended, facing to the viewers right. It’s standing on a cluster of flower branches that have browned. They have a layer of snow on them. The background is wintery white.
December 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Calling all bird loving artists! This month's bird is the Spotted Owlet. 🤎 Draw! Paint! Sculpt! We hope you'll join us. Posting day is Nov 26th.

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The spotted owlet (Athene brama) is a small owl which breeds in tropical Asia from North Pakistan to Southeast Asia. The upperparts are grey-brown, heavily spotted with white. The underparts are white, streaked with brown. The facial disc is pale and the iris is yellow. There is a white neckband and supercilium. Sexes are similar. (from Wikipedia) Our reference photo has the owl perched in a tree, where two branches diverge. Body is in side profile, breast facing our left, and their head is turned to face us. In the background are more large tree limbs
November 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Spooky or cute? I say cute! 🖤 #birds
October 4, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Calling all bird loving artists! This month's bird is the Turkey Vulture! 🩷 Draw! Paint! Sculpt! We hope you'll join us. Posting day is Oct 29th.

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Regal Turkey Vulture perched on a tree branch, seen in side profile. The branch extends into the background and branches off in opposite directions. Description from Wikipedia: The body feathers are mostly brownish-black, more black around the head and neck, but the flight feathers on the wings appear to be silvery-gray beneath, contrasting with the darker wing linings. The adult's head is small in proportion to its body and is red in color with few to no feathers. It also has a relatively short, hooked, ivory-colored beak.
October 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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My father loved birds. His copy of Birds of Georgia is filled with scrap bookmarks for birds he’d ID’d. He also kept a very old pencil drawing of mine, created when I was a teenager, framed on the wall.

We are laying him to rest today. I’ll return here next week.
Pencil drawing of cardinals from when I was a teenager and a well worn book, Birds of Georgia.
September 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Our reference photo features a female but here’s a look at a male Green Woodpecker for those who might be interested.
September 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Have a listen! 🎶
September 4, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Calling all bird loving artists! This month's bird is the Green Woodpecker! 💚 Draw! Paint! Sculpt! We hope you'll join us. Posting day is Sept 24th.

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The European green woodpecker (Picus viridis) is a large, green bird with a bright red crown, paler white/yellowish underparts, and moustachial stripe which has a red centre in males but is all black in females. Our bird is a female, seen in profile, perched a small tree, mid-climb. Tree is on our left, bird is on our right. Background of the photo is full of blurred lush greens of the forest.
September 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Calling all bird loving artists! This month's bird is the Pompadour Cotinga. ❤️ Draw! Paint! Sculpt! We hope you'll join us. Posting day is August 27th.

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The Pompadour Cotinga is a striking burgundy red bird with white wings from South America. Our reference has the bird standing on a branch facing the viewers right, in 3/4 profile. The background is muted yellows and greens.
August 2, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Sulphur-crested Cockatoos in the wild. #birds
July 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Sulphur-crested Cockatoos mate for life 🤍
July 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Calling all bird loving artists! This month's bird is the Sulphur-crested Cockatoo. 💛 Draw! Paint! Sculpt! We hope you'll join us. Posting day is July 30th.

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Large white cockatoo found in wooded habitats in Australia, New Guinea, and some of the islands of Indonesia. It has a distinctive yellow crest. Our bird is sitting on a tree branch, seen from behind. The birds head is turned to the right so we see it in profile with the yellow crest partially extended.
July 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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FYI, I’ve decided to block this account for AI.
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June 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Look at these beautiful birds! #birds
June 4, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Calling all bird loving artists! This month's bird is the Spotted Munia. 🤎 Draw! Paint! Sculpt! We hope you'll join us. Posting day is June 25th.

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The Spotted Munia is a finch from Asia. The adult is brown above and has a dark conical bill. The breast has mosaic like white spots that come together into a white belly. Our bird is facing the viewer with its head turned to the right in profile. It’s sitting on a palm-like plant surrounded by other palm leaves all around it.
June 1, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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I do!! This piece is called The Wish Collector 🤍
Digital fantasy painting of a young woman and her three feathered dragons, mountains in the background
May 22, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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May 2, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Calling all bird loving artists! This month's bird is the Talamanca Hummingbird. 💚 Draw! Paint! Sculpt! We hope you'll join us. Posting day is May 28th.

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Deep emerald green hummingbird in profile with wings outstretched. It’s standing on the end of a broken stump or branch that is covered in moss
May 1, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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I think you tap on Labels
Screenshot of BlueSky posting on iPhone
April 12, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Calling all bird loving artists! This month's bird is the Giant Kingfisher. 🤎 Draw! Paint! Sculpt! We hope you'll join us. Posting day is April 30th.

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The Giant Kingfisher is the largest of its kind in Africa. Ours sits on a branch, facing to our left. These birds have a shaggy crest (flattened back in our photo), a large black bill and fine white spots on black upperparts. Our bird is a female: she has a white-spotted black breast band and a chestnut belly.
April 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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The Cowbird puff up song 🤎
March 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Calling all bird loving artists! This month's bird is the Brown-headed Cowbird. 🤎 Draw! Paint! Sculpt! We hope you'll join us. Posting day is March 26th.

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Brown-headed Cowbird seen in profile, head raised, looking defiant. He’s perched on a large mossy vine. The entire scene is lush, very Pacific Northwest but the photo was taken in Georgia by ME. This image is cropped. Full image is available in the link.
March 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Strathmore has released their 2025 lineup of Free Workshops. In August there will be Drawing Birds of the World in Colored Pencil. #birdart #birds #art

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Color Pencil drawing of a Hoopoe by Claire Milligan
February 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Calling all bird loving artists! This month's bird is the Rock Dove or Common Pigeon. 🤍 Draw! Paint! Sculpt! We hope you'll join us. Posting day is February 26th.

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Beautiful black and white patterned bird standing between two large limbs of of a tree
February 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM