Woodcock

<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 - sketchbook</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="id56.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="sketchbook"><U><B> sketchbook</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id68.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hepatica"><U>Hepatica</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id86.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Gray Jay"><U>Gray Jay</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id70.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Working Boats"><U>Working Boats</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id71.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dickcissel"><U>Dickcissel</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id72.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sharpshinned Hawk"><U>Sharp-shinned Hawk</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id73.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Point Independence"><U>Point Independence</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id76.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Least Sandpipers"><U>Least Sandpipers</U></A>   |   <B>Woodcock</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> <I>In March of 2006, we were fortunate to have an American Woodcock visit our yard over the course of several days.  It spent lots of time probing for earthworms on the lawn, and I could sketch and paint  it from my studio windows."</I></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=395 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Woodcock</B></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="5" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="664" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 458 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="32a86c40.jpg" border=0 width="646" height="452" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>