I'm not a bird-watcher. All throughout my art career, I've always had trouble rendering birds. If I go slowly and follow a good visual source, I can make a bird on paper. But most birds are flighty, so I sometimes have to draw quickly.
I found a bird I thought was quite unique, so I drew it as fast as I could and filled in what details I could recall when the bird went away. Can you guess the bird I drew?
Well, my wife, also a non-birder, takes one look at my sketchbook and announces, "It's a whiskeyjack." Otherwise known as a grey jay, this bird spans all across North America and has an estimated population of at least 21.5 kajillion. Somehow, I missed seeing them all except this one.
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