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Male Pied flycatcher in amongst leaves of the English oak Quercus robur

Black oil beetle Meloe proscarabaeus showing distinctive abdominal shape and antennae.

Spotted flycatcher Muscicapa striata perched on a gravestone, eating a beetle.  Completed for Cusop Churchyard nature panel.

Spotted hyena Crocuta crocuta with leg bone of giraffe

Green woodpecker Picus viridis anting for parasite removal

Greater Spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major seeking food.  Using its beak to pry under areas of bark, the woodpecker looks for small insects.

Digestive system of bird using domestic chicken, in diagram format, with close up of gizzard

Bighorn sheep Ovis canadensis fighting, using his horns to charge at a mating rival.

Comparison of Beak use in Darwin’s Finches.  Stippled illustration showing singing, feeding, and preening.

Beak comparison in Darwin’s finches showing use feeding, singing, and preening.  Line drawing.

Singing Darwin’s Finch Geospiza fulginosa showing beak in use.  

Singing Darwins Finch Geospiza fuliginosa.  Line drawing showing Galapagos finch and beak use.

Bird preening Darwins Finch Geospiza magnirostris line drawing showing the beak in use in parasite removal

Preening Darwins Finch Geospiza magnirostris line drawing showing the beak in use in parasite removal

Darwins Finch Geospiza magnirostris with Tribulus seed.  Stippled illustration showing beak adaptability.

Darwin’s Finch Geospiza magnirostris with Tribulus seed (line drawing)

Fox and Cubs showing stolon and basal rosette of hairy leaves, along with distinctive orange and yellow flowers

Pen and ink illustration for title on Poetry anthology

West Indian stinging nettle or Zouti laportea aestuans in flower

Trumpet bush Cecropia peltata showing a section of a much larger tree

Pung coolie or Bitter melon Momordica charantia showing fruit split to reveal red seeds

Prickly pear Opuntia ficus-indica showing plant in flower and fruit

Milk thistle Silybum marianum with detail of seed and one flower

Madagascar periwinkle Catharanthus roseus showing full plant in flower