Belted Kingfisher ~ "The Best Of Times" ~ "Songbirds & Friends" ~ Watercolor Hummingbirds Brings personality and warmth to

Brings personality and warmth to kitchens

and the whole day tilts toward good

This white ibis watercolor painting captures something I rarely see in bird art — curiosity directed at the viewer

collection — a body of work that explores the grand waterbirds whose movement and stillness stop you in your tracks

Belted Kingfisher ~ "The Best Of Times" ~ "Songbirds & Friends" ~ Watercolor Hummingbirds Brings personality and warmth toA Belted Kingfisher still at the river's edge is one of my favorite things to come upon that shaggy crest, the heavy bill, the way it sits utterly focused on the water before dropping like a stone after a fish. I have stood and watched one for the better part of a morning, and the time never felt wasted. Those are the best of times. This is a single bird portrait, the kingfisher given the whole stage. I wanted nothing competing with that profile, just