Least Sandpipers

<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>   |   <B>Least Sandpipers</B>   |   <A HREF="id69.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Woodcock"><U>Woodcock</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> <I>"Shorebirds are among my favorite subjects to sketch in the field, but since I live away from the coast, I  have limited opportunities to work with them.   Occasionally, however, wetlands in my area offer the right conditions for attracting them.  These sandpipers were painted at a nearby marsh  in August 2002."</I></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=395 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Least Sandpipers</B></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="625" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 355 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="328635c0.jpg" border=0 width="611" height="348" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>