Roseate Spoonbill — The Dream Makers Size:20x30 This nuthatch watercolor painting captures

This nuthatch watercolor painting captures a young nuthatch fresh out of the nest — all fluff and attitude

body facing forward

Great blue herons carry themselves with a quiet authority I never tire of painting

There's trust in that coordination

Roseate Spoonbill — The Dream Makers Size:20x30 This nuthatch watercolor painting capturesThis roseate spoonbill print captures the most dramatically colorful wading bird in North America. Roseate spoonbills are pink not the soft blush of a flamingo but a vivid, almost tropical range from shell to deep rose. That color comes from carotenoid pigments in the crustaceans they eat, and it intensifies with age: the oldest birds wear the brightest plumage. Their flat, spatulate bill sweeps through shallow water in wide arcs, and in flight theyre