Parker
ecoconservation.bsky.social
Parker
@ecoconservation.bsky.social
Day 34 of drawing every #bird I’ve ever seen: house swift

Saw this one out of the window of a tour bus in Japan
September 29, 2026 at 7:13 AM
Day 33 of drawing every #bird I’ve ever seen: alpine swift

I’m only kind of sure I saw this one. It was really high up and I didn’t have binoculars
September 15, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Day 32 of drawing every #bird I’ve ever seen: common swift

Beautiful sign of summer. It’ll be time to say goodbye to them for the year soon.
August 20, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Day 31 of drawing every #bird I’ve ever seen: common cuckoo

This one looks a little haunted but they can’t all be winners
August 13, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Day 30 of drawing every #bird I’ve ever seen: oriental turtle dove

It’s lovely how common these are in Japan when the European turtle dove is so elusive in the UK
August 9, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Day 29 of drawing every #bird I’ve ever seen: mourning dove

Growing up in America, these birds have one of the most beautiful haunting calls of my childhood
August 4, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Day 28 of drawing every #bird I’ve ever seen: collared dove

For being pretty plain I really think these are beautiful birds
July 31, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Day 27 of drawing every #bird I’ve ever seen: common wood pigeon

A bird so fat and plump that when I see one I become a medieval peasant and think to myself that that would be good eating if I shot it with an arrow
July 28, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Day 26 of drawing every #bird ive ever seen: stock dove

One of my proudest birding moments when I first started was spotting one of these before my professor did
July 27, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Day 25 of drawing every #bird I’ve ever seen: feral pigeon

Most misunderstood guys ever
July 19, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Day 23 of drawing every #bird I’ve ever seen: it’s just a chicken. It counts ok, I’ve seen feral ones
July 18, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Day 22 of drawing every #bird I’ve ever seen: wild Turkey

My first American bird! It’s always so impressive to see these big guys wandering in the woods
July 9, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Day 21 of drawing every #bird I’ve ever seen: Red legged partridge

Saw these guys while driving up in the highlands
July 6, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Day 20 of drawing every #bird I’ve ever seen: ring necked pheasant. Can we stop releasing them, there’s enough already
June 25, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Day 19 of drawing every #bird I’ve ever seen: grey partridge

I always accidentally surprise these guys when walking in fields and don’t notice them until they fly off
June 10, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Day 18 of drawing every #bird I have ever seen: black grouse. I have finally made it through my ducks for now
June 9, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Day 17 of drawing every #bird I’ve ever seen: red breasted merganser
June 8, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Day 16 of drawing every #bird I’ve ever seen: goosander
June 6, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Day 15 of drawing every #bird I’ve ever seen: common goldeneye
June 5, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Day 14 of drawing every #bird I’ve ever seen: long tailed duck
June 3, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Day 13 of drawing every #bird I’ve ever seen: common scoter
June 2, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Day 12 of drawing every #bird I’ve ever seen: velvet scoter
May 30, 2026 at 10:20 AM
Day 11 of drawing every #bird I’ve ever seen: common eider
May 27, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Day 10 of drawing every #bird I’ve ever seen: teal
May 25, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Day 9 of drawing every #bird I’ve ever seen: mallard
May 24, 2026 at 8:32 AM