Board Walkin'
EXHIBITED in "Shorebirds" Invitational Exhibition at 2023 Winter Wonderland Holiday Market, WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH MUSEUM OF HISTORY, Wrightsville Beach, NC
2023
Acrylic on canvas
Board Walkin' shows a juvenile killdeer taking an independent stroll, possibly its first, across the boardwalk on a brilliant spring day.
Killdeer are members of the Plover family, yet are the shorebirds most likely to be found away from water. In Wilmington I see these birds nest on open ground with an inch or less of vegetation, like lawns and golf courses. Killdeer scrape a shallow depression in the earth, lay their eggs, then add debris to create their nests. Several years ago I was fooled by a Killdeer's 'broken-wing' act, in which it flutters along the ground in a show of injury, luring intruders away from its nest.
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Dimensions 12" x 12"
2023
Acrylic on canvas
Board Walkin' shows a juvenile killdeer taking an independent stroll, possibly its first, across the boardwalk on a brilliant spring day.
Killdeer are members of the Plover family, yet are the shorebirds most likely to be found away from water. In Wilmington I see these birds nest on open ground with an inch or less of vegetation, like lawns and golf courses. Killdeer scrape a shallow depression in the earth, lay their eggs, then add debris to create their nests. Several years ago I was fooled by a Killdeer's 'broken-wing' act, in which it flutters along the ground in a show of injury, luring intruders away from its nest.
POR
PRINTS AVAILABLE
Dimensions 12" x 12"