Winter Visitors American goldfinch

Winter Visitors American goldfinchWinter Visitors Open Edition Giclee' Print Eight hardy winter birds that commonly visit bird feeders in interior Alaska winter. Names along the bottom of the painting. Accompanying brochure describes the birds and their natural history with bird feeding tips. Offset Press reproduction from an original watercolor painting by Susan E. Quinlan

I created this image to share that fleeting moment of winter beauty

and a few remaining columbines and prairie coneflowers add other yellows to the scene

juncos disperse in spring to nesting areas in several distinct areas

Original watercolor by Susan E

This painting depicts a kingfisher hunting along the Poudre River just west of Fort Collins in mid-March

chipping and white-crowned sparrows visit the garden from nearby habitats while migrating through enroute further south for winter

a native plant garden retains its beauty through winter

maroon stems of red-osier dogwood

On lucky occasions

They prey on small mammals

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