Loddigesia mirabilis / Trochilidae
Graphite on Paper
Study Size: 12" x 9"
Mat Size: 18" x 14"
Jane's Notes: The hummingbirds were a hotly debated family. Unique to the New World, everyone had their favorite. We landed on Peru's spatuletail for its noteworthy rear-end and minute range. I had to depict him in display rather than flight because his tail-feathers--up to three times the length of his body--were otherwise too long to for the crowded South America region. Rendering its wings in flight was a fun exercise since I usually only observe hummingbird wings as blurs. It's hypodermic beak is marked by the thinnest pair of pencil marks.
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