Birds and embroidery

 This is a pic I drew of an owl to embroider.  So far I have done some of the feathers on the wing - it is brown (being a Boobook Owl, Australian) and I am working in cottons not silks and I have tried twice and can't keep up the interest!  If anyone wants to use this drawing and work it themselves, they are welcome - I doubt I'm going to finish it.  If anyone does copy it off, print it and enlarge it and work the design, I'd love to see the result, you can send a photo to my website email at christinespatterns@hotmail.com and I will publish it there.  For more bird embroidery patterns, my website address is christinelinton.com.au

If you go to the website below, you will find some interesting information on birds and birdwatching generally.  This is the British site.
http://www.rspb.org.uk/advice/watchingbirds/

Embroidered Birds

http://birdsinbackyards.net/

Returning to my first love of birds (after a season of butterflies) I have found a great site to look at which you see above.  Birds Australia is a very interesting site, worth taking time to explore, and includes bird calls.  Look under the Birds tab at the top, then About Birds, leading to Bird Calls.
One of the calls is the Kookaburra.  My embroidered kookaburra is on the right - also can be seen as part of a wall hanging in the Gallery Page at www.christinelinton.com.au
I will look at the British site, Royal Society of Birds, next time.