Natural Beauty: Birds


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I missed yesterday’s prompt of ‘bones’, due to time constraints and some weird phenomenon happening to time itself, but with Hallo Valentine’s swiftly approaching I may be able to claw some time back and use that theme for then. We shall see. Time will tell. Hopefully.

On the subject of claws, today’s theme is ‘birds’, so I went for a quick hummingbird. I’ve never seen one in the UK, but when I visited Canada once, there were thousands of them. Well, I counted four, but there could have been thousands. This one wasn’t one I saw in Canada, just an image of one I found on an internet search. Another quick painting – just over an hour.

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17 responses to “Natural Beauty: Birds”

  1. Espirational avatar

    Hummingbirds are fun. We have a feeder — they are only here April – October, but they are so much fun to watch. They are very territorial. Nice painting!

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      Thank you… the ones I saw were quite hypnotic!

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  2. Jodi avatar

    BEAUTIFUL Tom!

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      😀 Thank you again, Jodi.

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  3. anotherday2paradise avatar

    Really lovely, Tom. 😃

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      Thanks, Sylvia. Do you see hummingbirds in your garden?

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      1. anotherday2paradise avatar

        No we haven’t seen any, and have been debating whether to put up a feeder even though it’s against the community rules to feed the wildlife. Stupid rule! 😕

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        1. Tom Merriman avatar

          You’ll have to pop up some extremely discreet feeders and tell your visitors to keep quiet about it… it’s the only way! 😀

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  4. Soul Gifts avatar
    Soul Gifts

    I Love hummingbirds with a big “L”

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      I do as well, Raili. Fascinating creatures.

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  5. Diane Henders avatar

    I love it! I wish I had your talent for watercolour, Tom! 🙂

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      I wish I had more talent, Diane… still, practice makes perfect! Thanks, Diane.

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  6. prenin avatar

    Excellent piece Tom! 🙂

    I’ve never seen a humming bird – just smelt a few!!! 😉

    God Bless!

    Prenin.

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      Haha! Saw what you did there, Prenin! 😀

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  7. europasicewolf avatar

    Lovely humming birds Tom 🙂 You’re becoming very skilled at this artwork!

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      That’s my intention, Icewolf. Well, that and having fun! 😀

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      1. europasicewolf avatar

        An admirable combination! 🙂

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