A hand holding a small sketchbook open to an ink drawing of a yellow billed magpie which spans both pages. The bird is facing to the right and lifting one foot, with its head and beak lifted to the air. It is surrounded by a rectangular border. The bird is colored in watercolor and is mostly black and white with a yellow bill and swipe of yellow below the eye. The rectangle has a blue watercolor background with a pattern of clusters of three dots.
Magpie - "Magpies are like poets in that they have a voice which can express words with distinct sounds" (bestiary.ca)
The yellow-billed magpie is a stunning bird, endemic to California. I'm lucky to have seen them.
Yesterday day 16 of #MedievalMay
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