Categories: 2026August 2026NaturePicture A Day

Wall Hopper

On my walk today, I caught this Curve-billed Thrasher in that brief moment between leaving one place and landing on another. The photograph wasn’t perfect, but I liked the bird suspended just above the wall enough to turn the image into a painting and make it my 08/15/26 postcard.

Chuck Arning

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