Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Brown Shrike


Seeing Elva's sketches of the Loggerhead Shrike reminded me of sketches I made a few years back of a Brown Shrike, a very rare bird in Ireland, in fact the first and so far last record. Any Shrike in Ireland is rare , this species is from Asia so it had really got lost.

6 comments:

  1. Phil, it is SO interesting to see these birds in Ireland--your sketches are beautiful, thank you for sharing.

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  2. these sketches are very interesting, and your birds are very lovely

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  3. Love your sketches, Phil, especially the ones to which you've added color.

    xoxo

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  4. Nice job of drawing your rare shrike.

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  5. Phil, these are wonderful!!! Great to see Ireland's version.

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