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by Barry Kent MacKay
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The Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) is found in North America, and in parts of Europe and Asia. I have shown the slightly larger of the two... more
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The Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) is found in North America, and in parts of Europe and Asia. I have shown the slightly larger of the two subspecies, which is the one found in North America and named after Carl Peter Holbøll (1795 – 1856), a Danish navy officer and naturalist who collected flora and fauna in Greenland, and died tragically when the brig, Baldur, sailing from Denmark to Greenland, went down with no survivors. This explains why, in older books on North American birds, you may see the species called “Holboell’s Grebe”. They nest in western North America, from Alaska east across Canada to central Quebec, and south into some of the northern United States, but that range is variable, and they now nest yearly in the lower Great Lakes. In the Toronto region the often nest on floating platforms put there for that purpose. Most of the North American population spends the winter in the calmer, unfrozen coastal waters of both east and west coasts, or on v...
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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