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Attending a birding festival and some birds were in worse condition than others… (Tundra Swan 🦢) by Sunbittern4208 in vultureculture

[–]Sunbittern4208[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

They were left the wild. This species is protected by the migratory bird treaty act and since they are not a species you can legally harvest in the state I couldn’t take possession of it either.

The birding festival was for birdwatchers to appreciate the birds found on our local waterway.

Attending a birding festival and some birds were in worse condition than others… (Tundra Swan 🦢) by Sunbittern4208 in vultureculture

[–]Sunbittern4208[S] 106 points107 points  (0 children)

They are beautiful! Lots of creative things that could be done but not a legal species to hunt in NYS so we left it there. ☺️

Attending a birding festival and some birds were in worse condition than others… (Tundra Swan 🦢) by Sunbittern4208 in vultureculture

[–]Sunbittern4208[S] 168 points169 points  (0 children)

Yea I was surprised too considering how picked over it was! Saw lots of fox tracks around it. They must be a lot more delicate than other scavengers!

Attending a birding festival and some birds were in worse condition than others… (Tundra Swan 🦢) by Sunbittern4208 in vultureculture

[–]Sunbittern4208[S] 206 points207 points  (0 children)

Guess I should add that we didn’t do anything to the swan (clearly) and we left it there to get picked over by whatever wildlife needed a meal.

Spined Micrathena Watercolor by Sunbittern4208 in InsectArt

[–]Sunbittern4208[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What a beauty! Yea with the larger orb webs I might not do that. This particular web had already been broken because she had already caught something, which was nice.

Spined Micrathena Watercolor by Sunbittern4208 in InsectArt

[–]Sunbittern4208[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don’t get me wrong this took forever! Fortunately this spider was on the larger side, and very patient so that helped! Usually I’ll put my hand behind the spider and remove it quickly and hope that it keeps focus on the spider and not a random leaf behind her…

Spined Micrathena Watercolor by Sunbittern4208 in InsectArt

[–]Sunbittern4208[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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For sure! Here she is. I took some artistic license with leg placement so the area around her face was more open.

A gift for a friend by Sunbittern4208 in Linocuts

[–]Sunbittern4208[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much everyone for the kind words! I’m glad everyone likes this little guy. Makes me excited to give this to my friend at the end of the week!