Big Gulp Black Skimmer 3 of 3 Acrylic Print

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The black skimmer was unhappy with me, continuing to squawk and dive-bomb me while I took pictures of the flock and specifically a juvenile, possibly a female, that appeared to be making a nest in the sand right among the sunbathers (see Big Gulp Black Skimmer 2 and 3). I took this shot at my eye level less than two feet away as it was dive-bombing me and it appears to be taking a gulp out of the distant sunbather. This was on Lido Beach, Sarasota, Florida over July 4th weekend.

According to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Birds of North America, the Black Skimmer (Rynchops Niger), one of North America's most distinctive coastal waterbirds, is noted for its unusual voice, bill, and feeding behavior. Its bill—brightly colored, laterally compressed, and knife-like, with the lower mandible extending beyond the maxilla—is uniquely adapted to catch small fish in shallow water. A feeding skimmer flies low over the water with its bill open and its lower mandible slicing the surfa...

Gary is available for commission work. Contact him at RichardsGaryF@gmail.com. Gary was born in New Hampshire in 1949. His ability to draw things in detail since his childhood had teachers encouraging him to become an artist by trade, but the opportunity was not available in his current environment. Instead, he pursued computer science and programming career for 45 years. Once he retired, Gary pursued his passion of becoming an artist and was truly inspired by a passage in the Holy Bible that stated, *I have seen the God-given task with which the sons of man are to be occupied. He has made everything beautiful in its time.* Eccl. 3:10:-11. During his 20s he took The Famous Artists Course to enhance his natural talent. In the following...