There has been a Piping Shrike family in our garden recently. Parents with three babies. I have made friends with the mother and she will now eat seeds out of my hand. It is delightful.
Fun fact, the Piping Shrike is depicted on our State flag.
Even more of a fun fact is that I have found that there is confusion over the naming of this bird, and the bird on the flag is the White backed Magpie, not this bird, which is the Magpie Lark. The name Piping Shrike does not appear in modern Bird books.
This piece is a study of this photo. Piping Shrike | Native bird emblem of South Australia The fu… | Flickr
It was drawn and posted entirely on the Raspberry Pi drawing setup that I have recently posted about.
I’m pleased that you like it. I think that it really must help when you have a passion for what you are drawing. I’ve just coming inside from feeding the baby birds, one of which now will also take oats from my hand. Yesterday they were flitting about me and it was like standing amongst giant butterflies.
Congratulations, @MangooSalade, this is now featured on the gallery wall.
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