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Sept 2026 #BirdWhisperer project bird is the Black Woodpecker. Getting back into the groove sketching again. Needed to rest the hands after August XD #Bird #BirdArt #ornithology #SciArt #NatureArt #WildlifeArt #BirdWhispererproject

Digital sketch study of a Black Woodpecker for Bird Whisperer Project

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minik-makes.bsky.social @minik-makes.bsky.social · 20h

Szybki szkic przed snem. #BirdWhisperer #sketch #art

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 19h

Happy #BirdWhisperer Day! Kept it simple this time around as my patience seems to have left the building 😂

Digital drawing of a black woodpecker. It is a largish-medium bird clinging to the side of a gray tree and has a long cream-colored bill, iridescent black feathers that are shining light blue where the light hits, and a tiny bit of red just along the back of its head.

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TarynKarts @tarynkarts.bsky.social · 18h

It's #BirdWhisperer day! This month's bird is the Black Woodpecker! 🖤 I tried gouche with this one 🙃 Rules and Full Size Ref. Photo here: birdwhispererproject.com/participate/ #birds #art

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Amy Woodworth @woodcomm.bsky.social · 18h

A Black Woodpecker for this month's @birdwhisperers.bsky.social #birdart challenge. #BirdWhisperer #watercolor #art

Watercolor painting of a Black Woodpecker. Bird is perched on the edge of a hole it created in a silver gray tree.

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Confusion 🧠 @neocortex.bsky.social · 17h

The bird of September is the Black woodpecker / Schwarzspecht (Dryocopus martius) for @birdwhisperers.bsky.social #ballpointpendrawing #penandink #sketchbook #birds 🪶 #BirdWhisperer #sciart #art #animalart #birdart #kleineKunstklasse

Multicolor ballpoint pen sketch of a black woodpecker at a tree hollow.

Drawing in my sketchbook with ballpoint pens on the left.

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Emily L'Orange 🦆🍊 @emilylorange.bsky.social · 17h

This month's #BirdWhisperer is a Black Woodpecker! 🐡🦢 #art #birds (ref photo by Sabine Schwoaze)

a digital painting of an entirely black woodpecker, with the exception of a red streak at the very top of its head, yellow eye, and yellow bill. it is clinging to a hole it has drilled into a tree trunk. the composition is split vertically, such that the left 2/3 of the image is bright white, with the blurry lines of branches of the tree above making jagged shapes.

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Elle Skinner @elleskinner.bsky.social · 15h

September #BirdWhisperer: Black Woodpecker! I've been trying to think more about composition and value (light and dark balance) lately, so this guy's solid dark shape presented me with a good opportunity to push myself a little. #watercolor #art #birds #birdart 🦉

Watercolor painting of a black woodpecker perched against a tree

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Drago The Bleppin Dragon @bleppindrago.bsky.social · 14h

This month's bird drawing, the Black Woodpecker for @birdwhisperers.bsky.social monthly drawing challenge. Mine on the left and my mom's on the right. They ended up looking quite different, but part of the fun is seeing how we approach them in different styles. #Birds #art #birdart #BirdWhisperer

Digital drawing of Black Woodpecker.

Black Woodpeckers are a crow sized bird with all black feathers except for splash of red on their heads. Our bird is female, noted by the red only appearing on the hindcrown. She is perched on the opening of a hole in a large tree

Pencil and watercolor of Black Woodpecker.

Black Woodpeckers are a crow sized bird with all black feathers except for splash of red on their heads. Our bird is female, noted by the red only appearing on the hindcrown. She is perched on the opening of a hole in a large tree.

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Olga Diem Art 🌻 @olgadiemart.bsky.social · 13h

Here is my artwork of a Black Woodpecker for this month's #BirdWhisperer challenge. 🐦‍⬛🤩 #BirdArt #art #Bird #birdartist #ornithology #NatureArt #WildlifeArt #bskyart #SciArt #digitalart #birdwatching #procreateart

A black woodpecker perched on a tree near the hole it had drilled, with soft yellow and orange leaves in the background.

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mrbe.bsky.social @mrbe.bsky.social · 12h

September quickie as it's getting late! The Black Woodpecker #birdwhisperer #art #birds

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dfm @cthonicyouth.bsky.social · 11h

This month is a Black Woodpecker! @birdwhisperers.bsky.social #birds #BirdWhisperer #art

A black woodpecker perches at a hole in the trunk of a tree

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 19h

Bonus #sciArt for the carbon #SciArtSeptember and the graphite #MinCup26 contender: I lino block printed circuits using graphite-based electrically conductive inks! A printed spiral on paper and a strong magnet makes an interactive print which *is* a speaker.

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Multimedia & Interactive | minouette

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Annabell @annabellfischer.bsky.social · 14h

Das waren meine Beiträge für den #SciArtSeptember Vielen Dank für die tolle Liste @lizlagomorph.bsky.social ! 🫶 #kleineKunstklasse #artsky #art #artchallenge

12 Bilder, unterschiedliche Medien, gemalt und gezeichnet, 1 Collage, 1 Foto,

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Kristen Behrens, PhD @behrenskristen.bsky.social · 11h

Somehow it’s already #SciArtSeptember Day 30 Carbon. To wrap things up I drew a peat bog, as these bogs are a major carbon sink. www.unep.org/news-and-sto...

Colored pencil drawing of a peat bog. There’s an area of standing water surrounded by dark rich soil on either side with some pine trees in the back. The ground is populated by little mounds of plant matter that rather look like little haystacks.

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John F Tollefson @jftollefson.bsky.social · 9h

The whole shebang (+2) #SciArtSeptember Thanks to @lizlagomorph.bsky.social for curating this. It was great to see everyone’s work!

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 20h

An Abyssinian roller that is also a little book. It begins: “Why is a roller like a writing desk? The need for fire and acacia, both. One for blood - the other, ink.” Written in India ink. - #SciArtSeptember Day 30: Carbon

A painted, cut-out paper bird in the shape of an Abyssinian roller. The bird has one wing folded back, which reveals a small booklet of pages under the wing. The underwing is brown and has uneven letters painted on it in another shade of brown reading, “Some small words about the medium of carbon.” The booklet pages are bright blue, like the bird, and the words inside are unclear. The bird rests on a wooden table top.

A painted, cut-out paper bird in the shape of an Abyssinian roller. The bird appears to be in flight, with the wings positioned in a downward flap. The bird is bright blue, with a brown back and long, black tail. The bird rests on a wooden table top.

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Sarage @sarahcpjones.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

30. Carbon. Coral pencil fish. #SciArt #SciArtSeptember

A drawing of an orange and black striped fish

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Ezequiel Vera @ezequielvera.bsky.social · 23h

#Sciartseptember 30 (and last!): carbon Yetapá negro / Long-tailed tyrant Colonia colonus Mechanical pencil and black polychromos in Brugge Artista Pocket Sketchbook. #sciart

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Ezequiel Vera @ezequielvera.bsky.social · 20h

#sciartseptember 2026: 1-30, the end Thank you @lizlagomorph.bsky.social for hosting again this event and encouraging artists to produce and share art based on the natural world! Already waiting for 2027's list! #sciart

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Aurumsella @aurumsella.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"The forest is gone! The forest..!Holy Worm what happened to you?!" "It seems I've been eating in my sleep again." "What did you eat??" "Apparently the whole forest." #BirdWhisperer

Drawing of a Black Woodpecker that's turned into a massive ball with tree stumps in the background and a speech bubble that says oops I seem to have eaten the whole forest in my sleep.

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paolodarritoni.bsky.social @paolodarritoni.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Black Woodpecker / Schwarzspecht for / für @birdwhisperers.bsky.social 🦉🪶 #birdwhisperer #kleineKunstklasse Lottas (10) Bleistiftzeichnung eines Schwarzspechtes. Lotta's (10) pencil drawing of a Black Woodpecker.

Bleistiftzeichnung eines Schwarzspechtes.

Pencil drawing of a Black Woodpecker.

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Phil Pratchett @philpratchett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hello @birdwhisperers.bsky.social here is my version of this months bird, the Black Woodpecker. #BirdWhisperer #birds #art 👍

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Frank @kritzelich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Black Woodpecker (Schwarzspecht) for #birdwhisperer by @birdwhisperers.bsky.social #kleineKunstklasse

Drawing of a black woodpecker sitting perched on a large hole.
The tree is only indicated inside a rectangle, the tail of the woodpecker is reaching below it.

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sianeez.bsky.social @sianeez.bsky.social · 23h

Watercolour painting of a Black Woodpecker for the @birdwhisperers.bsky.social September art challenge. Find dark feathers tricky to paint. #BirdWhisperer #birds #painting #art #artchallenge #sketch #drawing #nature

An A5 watercolour painting of a black woodpecker on a vertical tree trunk with a dark hole in the tree behind the woodpecker. The woodpecker has a blue sheen to the feathers. It has pale yellow eyes with almost a triangle shaped black pupil. It has dark wing feathers and a bright red crest. Its yellow beak is long and pointed at the end. The feet are a light colour with a hint of grey-purple shade. The background to the left of the tree trunk is pale blue with out of focus brown branches. The tree trunk is yellowish on the left side and a light pinkish brown on the right with dark holes in the bark and horizontal lines.

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Ela Schneider @elaschneider43.bsky.social · 21h

My version for this month's bird, the Black Woodpecker. (ink & marker) #birds #birdwhisperer #art #drawing #kleineKunstklasse #handdrawn

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Kerstin Sailer @kerstinsailer.bsky.social · 21h

It's #BirdWhisperer day! Here's my black woodpecker in all hues of black, blueish black and purplish black 🖤💙💜

Drawing of a black woodpecker clawed into the thick branch of a tree in front of a black tree hole.
The tree is drawn realistically while the bird is tessellated into triangles and coloured so that no two adjacent areas are in the same hues.
Polychromos coloured pencils and black fine liner on white paper, 15x10cm

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Alan Martin @alanmartin-art.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Some #whittling and a bit of #poetry inspired by the Black Woodpecker for September's #BirdWhisperer challenge. Nature's own whittler is pecked from wood and revealed; irony ingrained. #haiku #BirdArt #Birds #nature #art #BskyArt #BskyPoetry

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SuperMax @supermax.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Black woodpecker for #BirdWhisperer

A painting of a black woodpecker on a tree. Watercolors and fineliner on watercolor paper. Reference photo by Sabine Schwoaze.

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John F Tollefson @jftollefson.bsky.social · 21h

Day 30! - #carbon Double duty! It’s also #BirdWhisperer Project posting day. Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius). Found in mature forests across Europe and parts of Asia. The deep black was a challenge, but it fit the carbon theme nicely. #SciArtSeptember #birdart #watercolor

Watercolor illustration of a crow-sized black woodpecker. Facing right and clinging to a tree trunk in front of a large nest cavity. The bird has a red cap and a powerful ivory-colored bill.

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Kristin Henry @kristinhenry.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Today's #SciArtSeptember prompt is "Bone". So I'm taking inspiration from spongiform bone structures for today's #inkyDays drawing. Here's an in-progress shot. #SciArt #ink #drawing #art #wip #bone #biology #GenerativeArt #ProceduralArt

Hand drawn generative/procedural art in ink on an open page of my sketchbook. The abstract pattern is inspired by structures in bone.

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Kristen Behrens, PhD @behrenskristen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#SciArtSeptember Day 29 Pelt is the American Mink. Once again the mammals kick my butt, but look at that long noodle girl!

On the left, a colored pencil drawing head on of an american mink. It’s a dark brown ferret shaped guy with white splotches on the chest. Mine looks like a cat but it’s fine. On the right is an ink drawing of a side view of the same mink. She is a long long gal. Very noodle shaped.

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Day 29 of #SciArtSeptember the prompt is pelt, so I am sharing my beaver print. The trade in beaver pelts had a profound impact on the history of this country. My beaver lino block print is hand printed on delicate, translucent, handmade

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Ezequiel Vera @ezequielvera.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#Sciartseptember 29 pelt, Ciervo de los pantanos / marsh deer Blastoceros dichotomus (Wait? Not a bird? Sorry not sorry. Merging two projects here) Mechanical pencil, white gel pen and tombow dual brush markers in Brugge Artista Pocket Sketchbook. #sciart

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John F Tollefson @jftollefson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Day 29 - #pelt Hairy Ghost Pipefish - officially described in May of this year. About the length of a matchstick - this little seahorse-relative mimics floating coral debris. #SciArtSeptember #fishart #watercolor

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Better Know a Fish! / 曉得多魚！ @betterknowafish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

For Day 28 of #SciArtSeptember #Linen I tried to commemorate this epic hammerhead shirt that I used to see @whysharksmatter.bsky.social wear at conferences. It probably wasn't linen — but it was lit. (This one still in your closet, David?) 🐡🦑🧪

Photo of crayon sketch of a short sleeve island shirt with repeating hammerhead shark patterns

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Better Know a Fish! / 曉得多魚！ @betterknowafish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

For Day 29 of #SciArtSeptember #Pelt I took some liberties and went with a baby California kingsnake—Lampropeltis californiae. "Lampropeltis" apparently means "shiny shield": λαμπρός (shiny) and πέλτη (shield), "in reference to their smooth, enamel-like dorsal scales." 🐡🦑🧪 (One more day to go!)

Photo of a crayon sketch of a the barred color morph of California king snake

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A tiny shadowbox about animals with blue blood. In these animals, oxygen binds to copper-based molecules, not iron. The turquoise beads also get their blue colour from copper. - #SciArtSeptember Day 23: Copper

A small, shallow box containing copper foil art of a horseshoe crab, an octopus, and a cuttlefish. The foil art is mounted on blue fabric. Around the foil animals are eight blue beads.

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Kristen Behrens, PhD @behrenskristen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#SciArtSeptember Day 28 Linen is the flax plant that linen is made from

Colored pencil drawing of a delicate five petal purple flower with some green foliage around it

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Ezequiel Vera @ezequielvera.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#Sciartseptember 28 linen, Piquitodeoro chico / Band-tailed seedeater Catamenia analis (originally described in the genus Linaria) Mechanical pencil, white gel pen and Staedtler pigment brush pens in Brugge Artista Pocket Sketchbook. #sciart

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