Art I'm Making: Untitled Collage No. 235 (Santa Rosa)

This is a fairly recent collage, Untitled Collage No. 235 (Santa Rosa)—a diminutive piece, measuring only 6.7 x 6.0cm (2.6 x 2.4 inches). September 10, 2021. Acrylic on paper, acrylic monotype, found paper, collage. Matted to 8 x 10 inches. Signed on the mat. Signed and dated on the reverse. 

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Birds I'm Watching: California Thrasher (January 22, 2022)

Doing a bird survey on private property last weekend, I came upon a California Thrasher (Toxostoma redivivum) along the Russian River, near Healdsburg. Not a truly rare bird, but unusual and always fun to see. They have some distinctive calls and sometimes mimic other birds. Notable for the long, decurved bill.