Landscapes
Rudy Mancke helped me identify the stocky-looking bird in my reference photo for this painting. It is a Black Crowned Night Heron. He spoke about it on his Nature Notes segment on ETV-Radio. If you want to hear the one-minute segment, just hit play at the following link: http://www.scetv.org/index.php/naturenotes/show/black_crowned_night_heron/