Draw a Bird Day Roundup for February 2016

Once again we have a beautiful banner designed by Nina for our roundup.  And plenty of wonderful birds.

Pixolog, an interesting art blog, happened to feature a group of amazing paper birds by Johan Scherft on the 8th, and sent along their link to share.
https://pixolog.wordpress.com/2016/02/08/ultra-realistic-birds-from-paper-by-johan-scherft/

Owls are always welcome, and Nina showed us how to draw one:
https://methodtwomadness.wordpress.com/2016/02/08/how-to-draw-an-owl/

Jodi at Life In Between gave new meaning to the word parliament with her colorful creations.
http://lifeinbetween.me/2016/02/08/a-parliament-of-owls/

Two cardinals made an appearance.  Carol at Carol’s Creative Papers treated us to equal representation for the females of the species (https://carolscreativepapers.wordpress.com/2016/02/08/draw-a-bird-day-february-2016/) and Myriam at Mry’s Bytes drew not only a cardinal, but a yellow-headed blackbird (http://myrsbytes.com/2016/02/08/draw-a-bird-day-the-cardinal-and-the-martian-eyeball/)

More red:  A vermilian flycatcher from Deborah at Cicadian Reflections (https://circadianreflections.wordpress.com/2016/02/06/vermilion-flycatcher-male-in-watercolor-1/?c=4627#comment-4627), a rose-breasted grosbeak from Snehal Kank (https://snehalkank.wordpress.com/2016/02/08/bird-day-rose-breasted-grosbeak/), and European robins from Lance at Weisser Watercolors (https://weisserwatercolours.com/2016/02/09/belated-draw-a-bird-day/).

Charlie O Doodlewashed an “F” for flamingo as part of his February journey through the alphabet.
https://wordpress.com/read/post/id/95177578/11793

And Laura at Create Art Everyday continued her “100 Faces Challenge” with a peacock face surrounded by feathers.
http://createarteveryday.com/2016/02/08/draw-a-bird-day-february-41-100-face-challenge/

Beverly dyer at The Art Prescription posted a bluebird with a poem.
http://artprescription.com/2016/02/08/draw-a-bird-day-february-8-2016/

But black and white makes for a beautiful bird painting too. Josh at Too Much White Paper shows us how with his chiffchaff.
https://artrelatedblog.wordpress.com/2016/02/08/draw-a-bird-day-2/

February seems to inspire a longing for the sea.  There were a number of seabirds posted.  Teresa at One Good Thing drew black necked stilt (https://teresarobeson.wordpress.com/2016/02/08/birdday-on-wordpress/), Susan Feniak painted a pelican (https://susanfeniakart.wordpress.com/2016/02/08/draw-a-bird-day-4/), Kestral Art linked us to a page of cormorants (https://kestrelart.wordpress.com/living-dinosaurs/), and Judith Garnett contributed a kingfisher (https://judithgarnett.wordpress.com/2016/02/08/kingfisher-oil-on-canvas-board-8-x-10-inches/).

Sarah at First Night Design created a lovely birdcage blossom clock.
https://firstnightdesign.wordpress.com/2016/02/08/first-night-design-birdcage-blossom-clock-sold/

And then we have those birds that have flown in from the land of Imagination:  Jill’s Art Journal found a Dipsy Doodle (https://artjillkuhn.wordpress.com/2016/02/08/a-dipsy-doodle-bird/), and Sharon Mann Illustrations created a unique collage bird (https://mondaytuesdaywednesday.wordpress.com/2016/02/07/draw-a-bird-day-february-8/)

We also had some Early Birds, who posted the end of January:  a pheasant from Rebecca Evans Create (https://wordpress.com/read/post/id/82624701/1339), and snowbirds from JM Landin at Red Newt Gallery (https://rednewtgallery.wordpress.com/2016/01/25/snowbird-shape-shifters/).

Oh, and I did starlings.
https://methodtwomadness.wordpress.com/2016/02/08/starlings-draw-a-bird-day/

The usual thanks to A-Wing and A-Way for the original Draw-a-Bird Day inspiration and continuing posts on all things avian.

I hope I didn’t leave anyone out…if I did, accept my apologies and put your link in the comments and I’ll edit you in!