Birds in Berets

A community sketch project where you share your favorite birds, and I draw them.

  • A Carolina Wren in a Squashy Beret

    A Carolina Wren in a Squashy Beret

    My design process and inspiration for a Carolina Wren, an entry in my growing Birds in Berets series, as well as advice for identifying American wren species and suggestions for attracting a family of tiny and personable Carolina Wrens to your own yard

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    Elise Jimison

Birds in Berets Master List

  • Indigo Bunting
  • Northern Flicker
  • White-Breasted Nuthatch
  • Painted Bunting
  • Atlantic Puffin
  • Belted Kingfisher
  • Dark-Eyed Junco
  • Shoebill Stork
  • Mourning Dove
  • Green Parakeet
  • Goldfinch
  • Cardinal
  • Eared Nightjar
  • Turkey Vulture
  • Black-Capped Chickadee
  • Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
  • Barn Owl
  • Scarlet Tanager
  • Western Meadowlark
  • Baltimore Oriole
  • Pileated Woodpecker
  • European Robin
  • Black Chinned Hummingbird
  • Roadrunner
  • Carolina Wren
  • Peacock
  • Brown Thrasher
  • Curve-Billed Thrasher
  • Kookaburra
  • Green Heron
  • Parrot, a blue and yellow species
  • Ostrich
  • Emu
  • Emperor Penguin
  • Long-tailed Tit
  • Blue Jay

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About This Project

Birds in Berets is a community sketch project where you share your favorite birds, and I draw them.

This is an ongoing birding chat where bird lovers share their favorite stories about the individuals and species that have inspired them, taught them something, marked a phase of their life, or simply made them laugh.

This is also an ongoing character design study where I try to express as much personality as I can by considering how a specific bird would style a beret.

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Tell us a bird memory, share your top dream sighting, or offer up a cool fact we didn’t know. Make sure to include the most specific common name you know so I get the right bird, and your own first name or nickname so I can shout you out properly when I post your bird.

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