Common buzzard

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Lovely painting, Pratim. Your work is superb.

Posted by Ruth Dolan on Sat 20 Feb 14:57:05

Lovely work!!

Posted by Linda Easter on Sat 20 Feb 16:16:44

Excellent study Pratim.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Sat 20 Feb 18:04:13

Over the last 5 years or so, these birds have proliferated in the south of England: we never, ever saw them 20 years ago - they were extremely rare. And yet now, I see them and hear their mewing cries so often - but still look up, see them soaring above us, usually harried by crows and jackdaws, and am captivated by their size and mastery of the air. As usual - a sensitive study, masterfully painted in watercolour.

Posted by Robert Jones, NAPA on Sat 20 Feb 19:55:28

Thanks Ruth Dolan Maam ... Thanks Linda Easter Maam ... Thanks Fiona Phipps maam ... Thanks a lot for the kind and encouraging words with info. Robert Jones Sir ...

Posted by Pratim Das on Sun 21 Feb 03:12:16

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20/02/2016

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HEAD STUDY... COMMON BUZZARD...WATERCOLOUR...A5 ...2016... [From the photograph of MR. Anubhav Anu Gupta ]... The common buzzard (Buteo buteo) is a medium-to-large bird of prey whose range covers most of Europe and extends into Asia. Over much of its range, it is resident year-round, but birds from the colder parts of the northern hemisphere typically migrate south (some well into the southern hemisphere) for the northern winter. The common buzzard measures between 40 and 58 cm (16 and 23 in) in length with a 109–136 cm (43–54 in) wingspan and a body mass of 427–1,364 g (0.941–3.007 lb), making it a medium-sized raptor. It eats mainly small mammals, and will come to carrion. A great opportunist, it adapts well to a varied diet of pheasant, rabbit, other small mammals to medium mammals, snakes and lizards, and can often be seen walking over recently ploughed fields looking for worms and insects. The call is a plaintive peea-ay, similar to a cat's meow.[info:wikipedia]

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