[Art] Asiatic Dowitcher as Totem

[moonvoice]

Asiatic Dowitcher as Totem

The Asiatic Dowitcher, a medium-large wader bird, is often confused with the Bar-tailed Godwit. It feeds along muddy sites, coasts, or near shallow water, quickly prodding its large beak into the soil to look for its food in a distinctive 'sewing machine' motion. It has a yelping call, and while it breeds in Northern Asia, it is sighted throughout Southern Asia and North Australia.





Keywords for Asiatic Dowitcher as a totem animal (obviously not exhaustive):

Wetland wisdom, gaining nourishment from water and water imagery, a need to move around, restlessness, shifting energies, sticking together with friends and family, sensing what’s going on around you, feeling out a situation, sticking your nose where it doesn’t belong, probing around.

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18.5 x 20.5cm (or 7.4 x 8 in)
illo's board, fineliner, aquarelle, pencil, metallic and iridescent paint

Comments

[ariestess]

That's a pretty bird. Almost looks like a female mallard with a longer bill. Which intrigues me.

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

They are really strange looking, there are US dowitchers as well. So yall have your own version of this strange looking bird.

[ariestess]

I think both of the US versions are native to my area and may be one of our zoos/aquariums. I just don't remember atm for sure...