Photos, Paintings, Portraits & Prints by Cynthia Crawford
My new show is hung at Seven Stars Arts center in Sharon Vermont. It will be up through August.
http://www.sevenstarsarts.org/index.html
Look at the schedule of events and activities to find out when they are open. There are no regular hours for the show, but there is a lot going on!
Here are a few of the works to be seen:
Red Fox-"where is that squirrel?"
Great Egret
Hooded Merganser
Mergansers in the Mist-photo-painting
I love to make stories with my photos, even if they are not all “perfect” pictures, but sometimes documentation is worth more than perfection. A few days ago I was surprised to see a bright Yellow-rumped Warbled on my suet feeder. It had been cold and rainy all day. The feeder was almost empty, but he was very determined to glean a crumb. I took these shots through a window. After he left I put more suet in the feeder and he came back for a better meal.
Yellow-rumped Warbler in Vermont-handsome pose
Yellow-rumped Warbler in Vermont-front view
Yellow-rumped Warbler in Vermont-checking out the suet feeder
Yellow-rumped Warbler trying to get suet
Yellow-rumped Warbler in Vermont-gleaning suet
Yellow-rumped Warbler in Vermont-perched on suet feeder
Yellow-rumped Warbler in Vermont-perching on suet feeder
Yellow-rumped Warbler in Vermont-displaying his namesake
Brilliant Scarlet Tanager Arrives May 1, 2017
Found along a busy roadside-saw this bright speck and came to a screeching halt (safely). He flitted all around, but posed for me briefly. This is an early date for a Scarlet to arrive here in Vermont.
Scarlet Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
A pair of Bald Eagles have a nest in the area, and these photos were taken when 2 nestlings seemed newly hatched.
The birds at home were pretty hungry and came to our feeders. April Fools day dumped a foot of snow on us!
Evening Grosbeak-female
Evening Grosbeak-female
Evening Grosbeak-female
Evening Grosbeak-female
Dark-eyed Junco
Dark-eyed Junco
Dark-eyed Junco
Dark-eyed Junco singing
American Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
Blue Jay
Black-capped Chickadee
Dark-eyed Junco singing
Mourning Doves
Mourning Dove
Hairy Woodpecker
JUST A RANDOM COLLECTION OF BIRDS AROUND HOME IN VERMONT…WAITING FOR SPRING!
Cedar Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Cardinal male
Belted Kingfisher male
Mallard drake
Gray Squirrel on feeder!
White-breasted Nuthatch
Wild Turkey
Once again I have created a calendar with new photos of Vermont birds. Although that’s the title, they are really appropriate for most species found in New England. I am a long-time local photographer. Most of my work is bird photography, so I’ve put together a 2017 calendar of Vermont birds. It is 11″ x 8 1/2″, wire bound printed on heavy stock, very nice color.
Go to my “shopping cart” page to purchase with Paypal. Here are a few images from the calendar.
I spied this lovely fox in a field and soon noticed her kits coming out of their den. They stayed out a short while before getting frightened by some loud crows.
Spring is so exciting here in Vermont. Every day brings a new surprise. For the first time I am seeing a yellow-bellied Sapsucker at my suet. He seems to have to raise his head to swallow the stuff. (Taken through a dirty window). There seem to be Bitterns (usually rare and elusive) everywhere. Here is the Sapsucker sharing suet with a Downy Woodpecker. And closer views of the amazing bittern with a frog, and after “lunch”.
This bird had quite a struggle with the frog, but it finally got eaten. Took over 10 minutes from capture to swallow. Here is a sequence, lasting about 10 minutes. (Just a few pictures culled from the whole).
Spring is always an exciting time with the return of songbirds and migrants. Here are a few that I’ve seen in the past month. They are, in order:
Fox Sparrow, Eastern Bluebird, Bohemian Waxwings-from a flock of about 45, Black-capped Chickadee, Evening Grosbeak (female), Evening Grosbeak (male), Goldfinch male-(molting into new plumage), A pair of Hooded Mergansers, Hooded Mergansers in flight, Dark-eyed Junco, Belted kingfisher, Mourning Dove, Pine Siskin, Rusty Blackbird, Tree Swallow, Tree Swallows on a nest box, Tree Swallows fighting over the nest box, Vesper Sparrow (3 pictures) (this bird came very early in the season, in the snow), Wilson’s Snipe and Yellow-bellied Sapsucker-just arrived, Killdeer and Green-winged Teal (female).
Every year thousands of Snow Geese come to Dead Creek Wildlife Refuge in Vermont. It is also a wonderful stopping point/residence for many other species. Some of the Snow Geese pictures are “photo-paintings”. Besides Snow Geese in these pictures, there is a Red-tailed Hawk, and three Snow Buntings. Ironically, we have no show here in Vermont yet.
Here are some of the photos included in my new 2016 calendar. It is 11″ x 8 1/2″ (11′ x 17″ unfolded), wire bound on heavy stock, in beautiful color. Price is $20.00 plus $4.50 shipping and $1.47 Vermont sales tax . After I sell a certain number I can afford to donate 5 or more calendars to a fundraiser for a local shelter-“The Haven” in Wilder, Vermont.
UPDATE: Five calendars were sold at auction for the Haven! THIS ITEM IS SOLD OUT! THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST. CHECK OUT THE SHOPPING CART DROP DOWN TO PURCHASE HIGH QUALITY PRINTS OF INDIVIDUAL BIRDS. IF YOU DON’T SEE A SPECIES YOU WANT, CONTACT ME AT CYNTHIA DOT CRAWFORD AT GMAIL DOT COM. (If you are REALLY desperate for a calendar, I can special order one. However,t might cost a bit more.)
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
So many beautiful and interesting birds arriving every day in this beautiful spring weather! Northern Cardinal, male (2), Baltimore Orioles, female and male, Blue-winged Warblers (2), Green Heron, Indigo Bunting (immature (2), Northern Mockingbird, Palm Warbler.
I was watching a female Kestrel fly to a rooftop where it seemed to be watching a Robin. Suddenly it descended on the Robin, and I expected trouble for both birds, since a Robin is mighty big prey for a Kestrel. They are about the same size. So I was surprised to see the Kestrel on the ground alone. Then it flew up to a telephone wire…with the Robin’s worm! After a (presumably) tasty meal, she flew off. I later saw the robin in the same space, apparently searching for a new meal .