Necessity is the mother of invention! If you don't have the charms you want, make them yourself. I want to look for thinner wire though. Someone mentioned gauge 32 and this was 28. I had trouble getting the wire through the third time to hide the end. I'll definitely be buying more colors of seed beads!
Bald Eagle
American Kestrel
Osprey
I have this sorta rule for myself, I don't use birds in my art work unless I've seen them. Trust me, it's been a treat to see every one of these birds. Honestly, the American Kestrel was the most interesting, the black spots on the back of their heads look like large eyes. This made him, at first, look almost like an owl. Very cool. All these birds can be seen from time to time at the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge in Philadelphia.
http://www.fws.gov/heinz/index.html
Note for Amy - very cool, used here is more appropriate.
Bald Eagle
American Kestrel
Osprey
I have this sorta rule for myself, I don't use birds in my art work unless I've seen them. Trust me, it's been a treat to see every one of these birds. Honestly, the American Kestrel was the most interesting, the black spots on the back of their heads look like large eyes. This made him, at first, look almost like an owl. Very cool. All these birds can be seen from time to time at the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge in Philadelphia.
This is mister or misses eagle flying over the impoundment.
The brown dot is their nest.
Sadly to say I desperately need photography lessons. There are a couple of brown specks in this photo but most of the pictures I took were of blue sky and branches when in fact I had an eagle flying right over my head only 30 feet up. Snap, snap, snap all blue sky and branches. So did I need to be thankful to have such a special siting of eagles or upset that I couldn't get one close picture. Healthy Karen says thankful.
Please visit the Heinz website at this link. They have beautiful pictures of the eagles and their chicks and if you're in the area you must visit the refuge.
