Swamp Sparrow ~ "Songbirds & Friends" ~ Watercolor Lovebirds A snowy owl sitting in

A snowy owl sitting in a snow field is invisible until those enormous yellow eyes open and lock onto you

the body language open and welcoming

That evolutionary niche makes them smarter feeders

body swaying with the reeds

and at this size the softness becomes immersive

Swamp Sparrow ~ "Songbirds & Friends" ~ Watercolor Lovebirds A snowy owl sitting inThis swamp sparrow watercolor painting captures a bird of the cattails a rusty capped sparrow that lives in the densest, wettest corners of marshes where most people never venture. Swamp sparrows are singers. Their trilling song carries across the water on early mornings, one of those sounds that makes a marsh feel alive and ancient. I worked freehand on archival cotton rag paper with Kissho Gansai pigments from Kyoto. The rich russet crown, gray