Orchard Oriole, oil on panel, 6"x8", 2008
It's absolutely true! I can't believe that November is already here! I'm working away in the studio these days, finishing up a number of paintings like this Orchard Oriole to be exhibited in December and January at
Artist's House Gallery in Philadelphia. Also, I'm spending every morning I can muster to bird in these waning days of peak variation among fall migrants. My new favorite birding spot has been Palmyra Cove, a much lauded network of trails at the base of the Tacony- Palmyra Bridge on the Jersey side of the Delaware River. It's a preserve well known for it's birding opportunities, but somehow, it took me a while to come around to discovering it for myself. Mornings that I wasn't shooting down the Garden State Parkway in the pre dawn dark towards Cape May, I'd hit Pennypacker Park, Hopkins Pond, Newton Creek, or the Cooper River, all within a yawn of our house. But, my first trip out to Palmyra (maybe a yawn and a half away) was such a beautiful hike, and yielded such great birding, that it's been my spot these past few weeks. Some cool mornings the willows were just dripping with kinglets and late season warblers. I'm looking forward to seeing what the coming winter will be like at the preserve. I love to watch specific places change with the seasons.
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