Front Range Convention (Avocets) migration Original: size Acrylic on Birchwood

Original: size Acrylic on Birchwood Box

including purple

I then added the race name below each bird to help myself and others remember the plumage pattern of each race

I painted this partly to remind myself not to miss the fall aspens there

Front Range Convention (Avocets) migration Original: size Acrylic on BirchwoodI have loved these tall, delicate shorebirds with their long, slightly upturned bills ever since I observed my first one on a CSU ornithology class field trip back in the 1970's. Now, every spring, I make sure to repeatedly visit the lakes and ponds where these beautiful shorebirds arrive on their return migration to nesting grounds further north and east of my home. Original: 22 x11 in in Acrylic on canvas by Susan E. Quinlan Available as an archival