This Blue Jay was calling over and over in our crab apple tree the other day. I could hear another answering back from across the neighborhood, and I don’t know if they were telling each other about the food at the feeders or if they were saying hello or if they were saying stay away, these peanuts are all mine.

I nearly gave up on this drawing after realizing I had made the bird too big for the frame, which I had already drawn in pencil and it wouldn’t erase. After considering it for a day, I simply let the tail push past the lines. I also went a little bit overboard on the white gel pen, which I can’t seem to give up with ink drawings.