Entry 13
Wednesday 18th May 2022
2:34pm
I was just able to identify two “new” birds that I haven’t seen before or been able to identify before. The first bird is what my mum has been calling the “whipper snipper” bird because it sorta sounds like a whipper snipper, but the bird in actuality is called a Restless Flycatcher. It’s a black and white bird similar to the Willie Wagtail, but it’s slightly larger and doesn’t wag it’s tail like the Wagtail does.
The second bird I saw was the Eastern Spinebill. It’s a honeyeater that can hover in place like a hummingbird, which I actually saw it do not too long before I started writing this entry. It has really cool feather colours/patterns on its throat so I’m going to draw it (and a bunch of other birds too.
Image description: Pencil drawing of an Eastern Spinebill's head. It has a long, curved beak and brown, black, white and orange feathers. It has red eyes. Text reads: "Black area here is the wing."
Since I’m here drawing birds, I think I’m going to do another few pages of just me drawing birds. I’m going to draw birds I haven’t drawn before that I’ve been dying to draw, like the Little Corellas, and also the King Parrots.
Image description: Pen drawing of a Little Corella cockatoo's head. It is an entirely white bird with a grey beak, and some hints of pink around its face. Top right text reads: "The grey around the eyes is a patch of featherless skin." Bottom left text reads: "This particular Corella has fluffed up the feathers near its beak, somewhat concealing it."
Image description: Pencil drawing of two King Parrots. The first bird, which is labelled as a male, has a red head and belly, with green feathers on its back and wings. The second bird, which is labelled as female, only had red on its underside. Text reads: "All juvenile King Parrots look like the females until they get older, and the males start getting their adult plumage."
Image description: Five pencil drawings of different species of birds. The top left bird is a Magpie sitting on a wire. It has mostly black feathers, with white on the back of its neck. The top right bird is a Pied Butcherbird on a branch, and it has a black head and wings, with white on the underside. The bird in the middle is a Crow, which is completely black. The bottom left bird is a Pied Currawong, which is mostly black except for some white on its bottom. The bottom right bird is a Magpie-lark with white on its face and underside, and black on its wings and chest.