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5.50" x 8.00"
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7.50" x 10.00"
Mangrove Swallow Poster
by Barry Kent MacKay
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Mangrove Swallow poster by Barry Kent MacKay. Our posters are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All posters include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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On April 27, 1972, I was standing at the edge of a pond in Taboga, near Cañas, in Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, admiring a swirling flock of... more
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Artist's Description
On April 27, 1972, I was standing at the edge of a pond in Taboga, near Cañas, in Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, admiring a swirling flock of swallows that appeared almost, but not quite, familiar. "They look like Tree Swallows," I said to my two companions, Gary F. Stiles and Lloyd Kiff, both ornithologists far more familiar than I with local birds. But I knew that it was a species new to me, closely related to our native Ontario Tree Swallows, but with a white rump, like our western Violet-Green Swallow, but clearly not that, either. It was my first encounter with the Mangrove Swallow (Tachycineta albilinea). In the hand I could see lots of subtle features including a very narrow (and highly variable) white "eyebrow" (supraloral) streak extending from the beak to the top of the eye. It is smaller and darker than the Tree Swallow, but shares with it, the Violet-Green and other closely related species – all nine members of the genus, Tachycineta, the combination of a dark,...
About Barry Kent MacKay
Renowned Canadian bird artist, writer, naturalist, and conservationist, Barry Kent MacKay has “always been an admirer of birds, anxious to see them, paint them, and care for them.” Barry’s biological and ecological accuracy has put him in demand for commissions, to illustrate books, scientific journals and various print and digital media. He has painted birds and other wildlife from around the world, often life size, working in oils, watercolours, and acrylics. He prefers to sell original art, and keeps prices low. “Actual, original art should be affordable for middle class buyers,” he says. “I avoid having to depend on selling reproductions so that the market does not dictate what I paint, which can often be little-known...
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