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Drawn to Birds: A Naturalists Sketchbook
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Get the perfect coffee-table book for birders and nature lovers, pairing naturalist knowledge with beautiful watercolor paintings.

This is the bird book for people who love birds! Naturalist, watercolorist, and debut author Jenny deFouw Geuder combines her vast knowledge of birds, wildflowers, and nature with her artistic expertise to create a book like no other. Drawn to Birds presents more than 120 beautiful watercolor paintings, along with Jennys fascinating insights that add unique appeal to each page.

Drawn to Birds begins with an introduction to bird anatomy, as well as details about nests, eggs, and migration. From there, more than 50 different bird species are showcased, with the watercolors divided into groups like backyard birds, raptors, and wetland birds. As an added bonus, theres a section dedicated to insects and wildflowers.

Youll appreciate Jennys tips on how to welcome birds to your yard and how to become a naturalist. Being a naturalist is about more than simply stopping to smell the flowers. Its about observation and making a record. Pause and notice the shapes, colors, and patterns around you. Jennys goal is to inspire you to try your own hand at being a naturalist! She also includes step-by-step guides for drawing, painting, and inking your own pictures. Anyone can be an artist. Be brave, try it out, and keep noticing the marvels around you. Extra pages for journaling and sketching make this book a keepsake to cherish forever.

If you enjoy birding, gardening, or the great outdoors, Drawn to Birds belongs in your book collection. Get one for yourself, and give one as a gift!

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Cover and book design by Jonathan Norberg

Edited by Brett Ortler

Proofread by Emily Beaumont

Cover images copyright by Jenny deFouw Geuder except feather by

pikepicture/Shutterstock.com.

Interior images copyright by Jenny deFouw Geuder except author photo on

by Josh Knap/Peninsula Photography.

Photo Credits:

Reference photos purchased or sourced from the following stock sources:

Dreamstime, Pixabay, Unsplash, Morguefile, and Pixy.

White-throated sparrow reference photo courtesy of National Park Service

staff (public domain).

Reference images for the following list of watercolors are used with the

permission of their respective photographers:

Goldfinch, Barbara Hymer; Heron, Hummingbird, and Sharp-Shinned Hawk,

Cindy Fry; Indigo Bunting, Elizabeth May; Loon, Elena Austin; Purple Finch,

Cal Kimola Brown; Red-tailed Hawk, David Salter; Robin and babies, Ernie

Griffith; Peregrine Falcon stoop image inspired by Gowree, E.R., Jagadeesh, C.,

Talboys, E. et al. Vortices enable the complex aerobatics of peregrine falcons.

Commun Biol 1, 27 (2018), licensed via Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution license

(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Original image available here:

https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-018-0029-3

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Drawn to Birds: A Naturalists Sketchbook

Published by Adventure Publications

An imprint of AdventureKEEN

310 Garfield Street South

Cambridge, Minnesota 55008

(800) 678-7006

www.adventurepublications.net

ISBN 978-1-64755-225-1 (pbk.); ISBN 978-1-64755-226-8 (ebook)

who encouraged me most. Thanks for

To my Mom: always my biggest fan and

instilling in me a love for art and nature.

Explore

This

Book

Garden!

Doodle!

Notice

details,

color.

Identify

species.

Take

How to Use

notes,

This Book

write

observations.

Take

photos!

Go outside! Look around you.

Listen. Breathe.

about. Have fun!

bird you love, or one you know nothing

Be inspired! Find out more about a

it doesnt have to

Whatever you do,

be perfect.

to anyone elses.

photos, doodles, or garden

Dont compare your art,

Anatomy

Ulna

Keel of

sternum

Hallux

Humerus

Cervical

vertebrae

Clavicle

Tarsometatarsus

Radius

Scapula

Phalanges

Tibia

Mandible

Premaxilla

Maxilla

Nasal

Orbit

Lacrimal

Frontal

Parietal

Occipital

Ilium

Caudal

vertebrae

Ischium

Pygostyle

Sclerotic

ring

Pubis

Femur

Sternum

Coracoid

muscles that aid in flight. These features, combined with

Birds have a very light bone structure and many extra

a high metabolic rate and a frenetic circulatory system

minute), produce a very efficient flying system.

(a hummingbirds heart can beat up to 1,200 times per

their neck, but birds have between 8 and 25!

Note the neck: All mammals have 7 vertebrae in

This gives birds additional flexibility,

pensates for their less

which not only com-

mobile eyes, but also provides

taking off, and tracking prey.

stability when flying, landing,

bones filled with air

Many birds have

spaces. But not all

pneumatized bones,

birds have these

as they are known. Some

them to swim

more easily.

adapted to have heavier

birds, such as loons, have

bones, which enable

Feet

walk and grip better.

Raptors have talonsstrong claws to capture, kill, and carry

back, but they can also move an outer toe backward to

their prey. Owls have two toes forward and two pointed

branches.

Perching birdsthree toes in

ideal for gripping

the front, one in the back,

Woodpeckerstwo toes facing forward, two

to climb up, down, and sideways on trees.

backward (zygodactyl feet). This allows them

dont sink in.

soft ground so they

weight out. This helps them walk along

Water birdslong toes that spread their

1) Bristle feathersusually on head, protect eyes/face

cushion

protect skin

blanket

provide shade

Feathers do so much! They

distract attackers

camouflage

help birds float

attract attention

help birds glide

provide lift

Tail feathersusually with

ato help steer in flight

more rounded edges, strong

Filoplume featherswhisker-like; help sense position

Plume feathers

fuzzy; closest to body to trap heat

asymmetrical, with a

shorter, less-flexible

Wing feathers

leading edge

There are seven types of feathers.

Feathevs

Goldfinch

Red-tailed Hawk

*Feathers not to scale!

the body and streamline it.

overlapping; they cover

Contour feathers

Coverts - These contour

feathers cover the bases

of the flight feathers.

Semiplume feathers

fluffy; they help with insulation.

Common Loon

Pigeon

fast take-off & flight or

pheasant, grouse.

Short, rounded wings for

flying short distances

of speed (e.g., for catching

Long, pointed wings for bursts

insects)swallows, hummingbirds.

for strong soaring,

Long, broad wings

flighteagles, hawks.

Parts of the Wing

Indigo Bunting

primary coverts

marginal

coverts

alula

secondary

coverts

scapulars

secondaries

primaries

Beneficial

Beaks

Crossbill

Strainer (duck)

Filter feeding

(Flamingo)

Surface skimmer

(Black Skimmer)

Grain/Seeds

(Rose-breasted Grosbeak)

Aerial fishing

(kingfisher)

Raptor; notch helps tear

into meat (eagle)

specific food sources.

Bird beaks are often

well adapted for

(hummingbird)

Nectar, tube-shape beak

(Downy Woodpecker)

Chisel-beak for woodpecker

(Black Phoebe)

Insects

Eyes

iris

lens

cornea

muscle

fovea

choroid

sclera

retina

sclerotic

ring

vision (another reason many raptors are injured on roadways).

the front: they dont have very good peripheral

birds have eyes situated on the sides of the head; this provides good peripheral vision,

An owl can turn its head about 200 degrees but cant move its eyes at all! Smaller

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