weisserwatercolours

THE DARK-EYED JUNCO ignores the feeders hanging in the red maple just beyond the front window, shunning the bossy finch rabble bumping one another off the perches.  A Junco will head below, delighting in the shower of sunflower crumbs spit from Goldfinch beaks, already shelled, served on a bed of fresh snow.

STELLAR JAYS have the tact and grace of a sociopath.  Self-absorbed to the point of being incognizant there even are other lifeforms, they bray and scatter seed as though perpetually going through puberty.  Once chaos has been accomplished, they go over to our neighbour, Brenda, and do the same with her feeder.

BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEES dart in to claim a single seed, flit to a branch, hammer the shell apart, then dart in again–chee-cheeing a mantra as though making merry to themselves alone.

2″ x 2″, and 1/2″x 3/4″ , watercolour on Arches 140 lb. Hot Press Paper