City Birds - 居家城市的鳥兒

 City Birds 

居家城市的鳥兒

 1/6/2024 (rev. w/additions from 2021 version)

居家城市的鳥兒                California scrub jay / watercolor

做為城市居民的鳥兒

「小隱隱於野，大隱隱於市」相傳出自漢朝東方朔，是指閒逸瀟灑的生活不一定要到林泉野徑去才能體會得到，更高層次隱逸生活是在都市繁華之中，在心靈淨土獨善其身，找到一份寧靜 - 百度百科 

鳥兒比我們聰明，牠們和人類做為鄰居已有數百萬年，知道城𥚃比在野外生活容易，況且牠們多半體型嬌小外貌可人，又不佔人類的地盤，彼此相安無事豈不快哉？ (gl)

Rooftop Paradise of Birds*

屋頂上的鳥兒樂園 

*圖片中的鳥為台灣麻雀

Taipei, Taiwan

A sparrow looking for food perched on a gabage can

在垃圾桶中尋食的美國麻雀

N. California, USA

Bird looking over the world from above 

居高臨下俯瞰人世

N. California, USA

Birds on the wire  電線桿上的鳥兒

Two crows chatting on the wire

兩隻烏鴉

A pen and ink sketch                                                         Taipei,Taiwan

剪紙烏鴉

A paper-cut crow

梨樹枝頭上的藍雀*

捉到一隻小蟲 Momma scrub jay caught a worm

*California scrub Jay 

San Jose, CA

Baby swallows in their nest waiting to be fed （left 左下)

Mother swallow waited on the board 

built by residents under the Qilou 騎樓  (right 右下）

Taipei, Taiwan

Malayan Night Heron

Usually found in parks or large swaths of green field in the city

黑冠麻鷺

此鳥又名：黑冠鳽或黑冠虎斑鳽，臺灣話俗稱山暗光^[2]，亦有地瓜鳥和大笨鳥（因其平時行走速度緩慢略顯笨拙）的別稱 -維基百科

Taipei, Taiwan 

California Acorn Woodpecker 加州 橡樹啄木鳥

                                                                                                                                       

Red-headed Woodpecker*  紅腹啄木鳥

* The red-bellied woodpecker is a medium-sized woodpecker of the family Picidae. It breeds mainly in the eastern United States, ranging as far south as Florida and as far north as Canada. Wikipedia

Photo courtesy: Lun-yen Wei 魏綸言

Seagulls in McCovey Cove where the SF Giants Stadium is located. They’ve been waiting through the baseball game until the last inning (9th) to reap the rewards left by audiences 

Soft tipped brush artist pen

Grace