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This was a copying exercise, taken from Birds: Their Life, Their Ways, Their World. Ad Cameron did the exquisite illustrations; I think he leaves bird illustrators like David Sibley far, far behind. According to the book, there are "authenticated sightings of the European woodcock Scolopax rusticola carrying its young in flight" (1981, p. 125). It took a few sketches to get the proportions right, but I finally managed it. Watercolor on paper.
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