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April 18, 2011

A Herd of Birds

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Journaling reads: "What a surprise to see this 'herd of brown-headed cowbirds' at our feeders on our back deck. Normally, we only see one or two along with all the other birds. In this photo you can see thirteen of them, and there were more sitting on the rail, waiting their turn. One interesting fact about cowbirds -- they lay their eggs in other birds' nests and leave them to be raised by 'foster parents'." March 14, 2011

Note: The males are the ones with black bodies and brown heads - the duller brownish-greys are the females.

pps are Basic Grey. The clouds were hand cut and stamped with a Prima stamp and CTMH ink. The larger circles and 'rickrack' were cut with a Coluzzle. the scallops were made by punching small circles and cutting them in half. The birds on a wire are a Tim Holtz stamp. The bird pole and feeder were drawn and cut by hand. I used a piece of clear plastic to make the feeder, then colored in the seed, pole and edges on the back side. The birds on the feeder are a stamp by Hero Arts (A Kiss for the Sun), which I stamped, colored with pencils and cut out. I cut out the top and bottom for the feed and highlighted it with a metallic pen. The foliage stamps are by Fiskars (Heidi Grace - Cherrywood Lane). "A" and "of" are done with American Crafts rubons. "herd" and "birds" were cut on the Cuttlebug using Quik Kutz fonts (thanks again, Susan (sgoetter) for giving me those - I LOVE THEM!!!). Then I added some buttons and ribbon. The overall layout design was based on a PageMaps sketch. Thanks so much for looking!!!


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