Drawing 10,000 Birds: A very, very very big quest!

My dream is to meet and paint 10,000 species of birds over my lifetime. This page documents my progress towards that goal, and serves as a gallery of all of my bird art since I started this quest.

1. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (2014)

2. Wild Turkey (2014)

3. Semipalmated Sandpiper (2014)

4. Bald Eagle (2015)

5. Fox Sparrow (2014)

6. Savannah Sparrow (2014)

7. Ruby-crowned Kinglet (2014)

8. American Crow (2014)

9. Killdeer (2014)

10. American Kestrel (2020)

11. Wood Thrush (2014)

12. Baltimore Oriole (2020)

13. Great Crested Flycatcher (2014)

14. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (2020)

15. Yellow Warbler (2018)

16. Chestnut-sided Warbler (2014)

17. Northern Parula (2014)

18. Gray Catbird (2013)

19. Blackburnian Warbler (2018)

20. Horned Grebe (2014)

21. Black-capped Chickadee (2022)

22. Least Bittern (2014)

23. Spotted Sandpiper (2014)

24. Common Yellowthroat (2014)

24. Black-and-white Warbler (2018)

26. Scarlet Tanager (2014)

27. Worm-eating Warbler (2014)

28. Chimney Swift (2014)

29. Red-eyed Vireo (2014)

30. Lawrence's Warbler (2014)

31. Yellow-billed Cuckoo (2014)

32. House Finch (2014)

33. Turkey Vulture (2016)

34. Canada Goose (2017)

35. Eastern Phoebe (2014)

36. Osprey (2013)

37. Marsh Wren (2014)

38. Virginia Rail (2014)

39. Black-crowned Night-heron (2014)

40. White-eyed Vireo (2014)

41. Rock Pigeon (2014)

42. Mourning Dove (2014)

43. Yellow-shafted Northern Flicker (2014)

44. Eastern Wood Pe-wee (2014)

45. Red-winged Blackbird (2014)

46. American Oystercatcher (2014)

47. Common Raven (2020)

48. Belted Kingfisher (2016)

49. Black-bellied Plover (2014)

50. Semipalmated Plover (2014)

51. Ruby-throated Hummingbird (2016)

52. Common Tern (2014)

53. Snowy Owl (2018)

54. Red-breasted Nuthatch (2014)

55. House Wren (2014)

56. Whimbrel (2014)

57. Saltmarsh Sparrow (2014)

58. Least Tern (2014)

59. Ruddy Turnstone (2014)

60. Willet (2014)

61. Eastern Kingbird (2014)

62. Double-crested Cormorant (2021)

63. Sanderling (2019)

64. Green Heron (2014)

65. Cliff Swallow (2014)

66. Great Blue Heron (2015)

67. Tree Swallow (2015)

68. Ring-billed Gull (2014)

69. Herring Gull (2015)

70. Great Black-backed Gull (2015)

71. Horned Lark (2015)

72. Laughing Gull (2015)

73. Common Grackle (2015)

74. Wood Duck (2014)

75. Ring-necked Pheasant (2015)

76. Downy Woodpecker (2023)

77. Hairy Woodpecker (2015)

78. Pileated Woodpecker (2020)

79. Blue Jay (2015)

80. White-throated Sparrow (2022)

81. Dark-eyed Junco (2015)

82. Mute Swan (2016)

83. Red-bellied Woodpecker (2015)

84. White-breasted Nuthatch (2015)

85. Tufted Titmouse (2015)

86. American Black Duck (2015)

87. Bufflehead (2022)

88. Northern Harrier (2021)

89. Great Horned Owl (2020)

90. American Robin (2015)

91. Orange-crowned Warbler (2023)

92. American Tree Sparrow (2015)

93. Clay-colored Sparrow (2015)

94. Song Sparrow (2022)

95. Northern Cardinal (2020)

96. Carolina Wren (2022)

97. European Starling (2015)

98. House Sparrow (2015)

99. Northern Mockingbird (2022)

100. Mallard (2015)

101. Hooded Merganser (2022)

102. Ring-necked Duck (2015)

103. Gadwall (2015)

104. Red-tailed Hawk (2020)

105. Cooper's Hawk (2020)

106. Red-shouldered Hawk (2015)

107. Eastern Screech Owl (2023)

108. Common Goldeneye (2015)

109. Common Merganser (2015)

110. Great Cormorant (2015)

111. American Woodcock (2021)

112. Barred Owl (2015)

113. Snow Goose (2013)

114. Canvasback (2019)

115. Redhead (2015)

116. Lesser Scaup (2021)

117. Greater Scaup (2021)

118. Fish Crow (2022)

119. Brown Creeper (2015)

120. Golden-crowned Kinglet (2015)

121. Northern Shoveler (2015)

122. Eastern Bluebird (2022)

123. Rusty Blackbird (2015)

124. Brown-headed Cowbird (2015)

125. American Goldfinch (2019)

126. Green-winged Teal (2015)

127. Black Vulture (2015)

128. American Wigeon (2015)

129. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (2015)

130. Blue-winged Teal (2015)

131. Red-throated Loon (2015)

132. White-winged Crossbill (2016)

133. Winter Wren (2018)

134. Brant (2016)

135. Red-breasted Merganser (2018)

136. Field Sparrow (2016)

138. Greater Yellowlegs (2018)

139. Wilson's Snipe

143. Pine Warbler (2021)

145. Northern Rough-winged Swallow (2015)

147. Yellow-rumped Warbler (2023)

151. Broad-winged Hawk (2021)

152. Eastern Towhee (2023)

153. Blue-headed Vireo (2023)

156. Barn Swallow (2015)

155. American Bittern (2013)

158. Ovenbird (2020)

159. Blue-winged Warbler (2018)

160. Common Loon (2021)

163. Black-throated Blue Warbler (2017)

166. American Redstart (2018)

167. Black-throated Green Warbler (2016)

168. Magnolia Warbler (2020)

169. Great Egret (2021)

171. Canada Warbler (2021)

172. Indigo Bunting (2022)

173. Bobolink (2023)

174. Tennessee Warbler (2020)

179. Snowy Egret (2023)

184. Cedar Waxwing (2020)

186. Sandhill Crane (2015)

187. King Rail (2016)

193. Ruffed Grouse (2021)

194. Prairie warbler (2022)

197. Piping Plover (2021)

202. Cory's Shearwater (2016)

206. Northern Gannet (2016)

209. Common Nighthawk (2020)

210. Wilson's Warbler (2016)

211. Sharp-shinned Hawk (2016)

212. Lincoln's Sparrow (2016

2015. Northern Pintail (2015)

218. Ruddy Duck (2015)

219. Long-tailed Duck (2018)

220. Red-headed Woodpecker (2019)

229. Rough-legged Hawk (2015)

230. Short-eared Owl (2023)

334. Nashville Warbler (2020)

236. Merlin (2020)

240. Parasitic Jaeger (2015)

245. Common Gallinule (2015)

248. Little Blue Heron (2014)

249. Glossy Ibis (2015)

250. Boat-tailed Grackle (2015)

251. Brown Pelican (2014)

256. Brown-headed Nuthatch (2016)

257. Eurasian Wigeon (2015)

258. Northern Saw-whet Owl (2021)

261. Mottled Duck (2015)

262. Wood Stork (2015)

263. Anhinga (2022)

264. Sora (2023)

265. Loggerhead Shrike (2015)

266. Black-bellied Whistling-duck (2018)

267. Crested Caracara (2017)

268. Eurasian Collared-dove (2015)

269. Red-cockaded Woodpecker (2016)

272. Florida Scrub-jay (2017)

273. Roseate Spoonbill (2020)

274. American White Pelican (2015)

279. Whooping Crane (2021)

281. Purple Gallinule (2018)

285. Black Rail (2019)

286. Black Skimmer (2021)

287. American Avocet (2016)

288. Painted Bunting (2016)

289. Sandwich Tern (2016)

291. Reddish Egret (2022)

292. Gyrfalcon (2023)

293. Black-billed Magpie (2015)

294. Gray-crowned Rosy-finch (2015)

295. Northern Shrike (2021)

296. Gray Partridge (2015)

298. Pygmy Nuthatch (2015)

300. American Dipper (2023)

301. Western Meadowlark (2023)

302. Cerulean Warbler (2023)

304. Bay-breasted Warbler (2021)

307. Blue Grosbeak (2016)

308. Mississippi Kite (2023)

309. Yellow-breasted Chat (2015)

310. Yellow-throated Warbler (2016)

312. Hooded Warbler (2015)

313. Summer Tanager (2023)

317. Razorbill (2016)

319. Atlantic Puffin (2019)

322. Kentucky Warbler (2015)

323. Golden-winged Warbler (2021)

324. Barn Owl (2022)

325. Red Phalarope (2015)

327. Wilson's Storm-petrel (2023)

331. Buff-breasted Sandpiper (2015)

335. Harris's Sparrow (2023)

340. Dickcissel (2023)

342. Golden Eagle (2022)

346. Anna's Hummingbird (2022)

347. Bushtit (2023)

348. Steller's Jay (2023)

350. Acorn Woodpecker (2022)

352. Allen's Hummingbird (2018)

356. California Quail (2022)

360. Heerman's Gull (2022)

361. Brewer's Blackbird (2016)

362. Black Phoebe (2022)

369. Brandt's Cormorant (2022)

370. Townsend's Warbler (2023)

372. Varied Thrush (2021)

377. California Condor (2018)

378. Oak Titmouse (2023)

380. Rhinoceros Auklet (2016)

382. Pigeon Guillemot (2023)

383. Western Grebe (2023)

385. Pacific Loon (2019)

388. Red-breasted Sapsucker (2019)

391. Brown Booby (2020)

395. Cape May Warbler (2018)

396. Prothonotary Warbler (2016)

399. Kirtland's Warbler (2017)

400. Curlew Sandpiper (2016)

406. Burrowing Owl (2022)

407. White-faced Ibis (2016)

408. Lazuli Bunting (2022)

409. Say's Phoebe (2017)

410. Mountain Bluebird (2016)

411. Canyon Wren (2017)

413. Gray Jay (2023)

414. Yellow-headed Blackbird (2017)

420. Great Gray Owl (2017)

433. Greater Roadrunner (2017)

442. Cactus Wren (2020)

444. Pyrrhuloxia (2017)

445. Green-tailed Towhee (2017)

451. Bullock's Oriole (2016)

453. Common Poorwill (2017)

454. Broad-tailed Hummingbird (2017)

456. Brewer's Sparrow (2017)

457. Lark Bunting (2017)

458. Dusky Flycatcher (2017)

459. Violet-green Swallow (2018)

462. Black-capped Vireo (2017)

468. Yellow-throated Toucan (2017)

470. Great Kiskadee (2023)

484. Banannaquit (2017)