Christine’s Bird Resources

Below you’ll find links to many of my bird-themed stories, videos, adventures, sketching workshops, and kid’s activities I’ve created for the use and enjoyment of nature-loving families.

Top Ten Avian Migrants

Arctic Terns 

World Migratory Bird Day and Why Birds Migrate

World Penguin Day

A Black-headed Grosbeak Family

All About Whooping Cranes

How to Sketch Barn Owls

My Costa Rica Birding Big (sketching) Day

Birdwatching and Sketching in Ecuador

Tips for Sketching Birds

How to Sketch Kestrels

Celebrate Vultures

How to Draw Hummingbirds

Sketching Caribbean Hummingbirds

Identifying Warblers in the Spring

The American Dipper

How to Sketch Parrots

Autumnal Recrudescence

How to Draw Bluebirds

International Vulture Awareness Day Webinar

READ MY ARTICLE IN WILD HOPE MAGAZINE

 

A Black-headed Grosbeak Nest (video)

Discover and Sketch the West Indian Woodpecker

Sketching Sea Creatures (including the Blue-footed Booby)

The Life of John James Audubon

John Muir and the Water Ouzel

Birdwatching Trip Blogs (Alaska, Honduras, Sicily, Oregon, Texas, Arizona, Mexico)

Kid’s Bird Coloring Pages

Avian Illustration Projects by Christine

A Day in the Life of a Field Biologist (In search of the threatened Willow Flycatcher)

ENDEMIC BIRDS OF THE WEST INDIES Illustrations by Christine Elder

YOUTUBE VIDEOS ABOUT BIRDS

BIG SKETCHING DAY IN COSTA RICA

SIX-STEP ROADMAP TO SKETCHING SUCCESS

DISCOVER AND SKETCH THE TOUCAN FAMILY

 

WAVED ALBATROSS IN THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS

GUAYAQUIL WOODPECKER IN ECUADOR

CLUB-WINGED MANAKIN

COSTA RICAN HUMMINGBIRDS

SKETCHING THE WEST INDIAN WOODPECKER

DRAWING A HAIRY WOODPECKER

THREE-WATTLED BELLBIRD

LEARN MORE ABOUT SKETCHING BIRDS

If you’d like to learn more about birds and how to sketch and paint them, check out my online courses including:

– Stick Figures to Songbirds in Sixty Minutes

– Sketching Backyard Birds for Beginners

– Sketching Neotropical Birds: my newest course which comes bundled with the previous two and so gives you the best deal!