Chickadee and ice flow

After a tough slog getting my bike down to Dieppe park, at least it was sunny, I set up and began painting the ice flows of the st Lawrence river. To my surprise, a chickadee landed on the handle of my bike! It kept coming back, and even landed on the wood frame of my painting surface, I could feel its 3 ounces when it landed! It kind of looked at me. I tried to paint a decent image of it on my bike handle (wrapped in a blue fabric) but it was flitting about and wouldn't sit still. I had no bird seed to feed it. Reminds me of a painting I did with May flies on my bike, done out in Lachine park towards the end of the Pandemic. It was really neat today, being the only one here painting the ice flows and having these little birds all around. I made more paintings and will post them some time later, for now we have 'somebodies' 50-something birthday party to attend!

Chickadee and ice flow, watercolour 8 x 10" cold press, February 2025