Virginia and Clapper Rails by Ken _Gilliland
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No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
Description
Another image usings my "SBRM Shorebirds v6: Rails of the World" set, as well as NW Crayfish, NW Dragonflies, NW Turtles and SBRM Shorebirds v1 and Flock Formations 1/2.
The Clapper Rail (rail with crayfish in mouth in the image) is found along the Atlantic coasts of the eastern United States, the Gulf of Mexico, eastern Mexico, some Caribbean islands, and south through eastern Central America, as well at several inland locales. It is a chicken-sized bird that rarely flies. It is grayish brown with a pale chestnut breast. They feed on crustaceans, aquatic insects, and small fish.
The Virginia Rail's (closest; in the water) non-breeding range includes the East, West, and Gulf coasts, with large interior populations. From southwestern British Columbia south through southern Baja Peninsula and central Mexico (recorded south to Jalisco and Veracruz). Along the Gulf Coast and coastal New England south locally through southern Florida, rarely in Cuba, and in interior North America north to Montana, Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, Illinois, Michigan, and southern Ontario. It is a small, laterally compressed, reddish rail with gray cheeks and a long, slightly decurved bill. Its diet includes slugs, snails, small fish, insect larvae, aquatic invertebrates, caterpillars, beetles, flies, earthworms, amphipods, crayfish, frogs, and small snakes.

Comments (2)
Beautiful.
This looks so real. and is so beautifully done.