In the Black - Black-capped Chickadees by wildlife artist Carl Brenders

In the Black - Black-capped Chickadees by Carl Brenders

Available from Prickly Pear Galleries.

 

"Like so many of my wildlife artist friends, my interest in animals started in our backyard. The birds on the feeder were an everyday attraction for all of our family. Very early in my life, I knew them all by name. I really liked them all, but there was one that especially caught my attention. It was the chickadee. I thought the black on its head and the white cheek were extremely attractive. Of all the European species of that same family, what we call tits, five of them came to enjoy dinner in our backyard.

 

"Much later, when I started a professional career as a wildlife painter in the United States, I was very surprised to find the smallest member of that tit family in this wonderful country, so blessed with a big variety of colourful bird life. But the name was different; the 'chickadee', inspired by its call." - Carl Brenders from his new book "Pride of Place" (2007)

 

See also 'twin print' Crowning Glory - Golden Crowned Kinglet by Carl Brenders, both prints released 2003.