Least Tern with Sand Lance

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=85 BGCOLOR="#999980" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="040467f1eoxqcf.gif"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFF80" FACE="Californian FB" >Barry W. Van Dusen - art gallery</FONT><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>    </B><B>|  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>  </B></FONT><B> </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Barry W. Van Dusen"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B>     </B><A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="art gallery"><U><B> art gallery</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id81.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Loafing Godwits"><U>Loafing Godwits</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bluebird and Crabapples"><U>Bluebird and Crabapples</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id45.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Swift River Brookie"><U>Swift River Brookie</U></A>   |   <B>Least Tern with Sand Lance</B>   |   <A HREF="id47.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Salt Marsh"><U>Salt Marsh</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id48.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fever Brook"><U>Fever Brook</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Myrtle Warbler"><U>Myrtle Warbler</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> <I>watercolor, 2007</I></div> <div> <I> 11" x 14"</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>This watercolor arose from a day of sketching in late May on a Cape Cod beach.  The Least Tern colony was active and noisy with the birds in full courtship mode.  I especially enjoyed watching the males attempting to win over their prospective mates by presenting a succulent sand lance! </I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000BF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><I> </I></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <I>This watercolor was selected for the</I><I><B> </B></I><I><B>Art of the Animal Kingdom XIII</B></I><I><B> </B></I><I>exhibition at the Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, VT</I></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=395 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Least Tern with Sand Lance</B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="30974c60.jpg" border=0 width="628" height="454" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Price on request</div> </td> </tr></table></body>