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Published: 2009-05-06 12:31:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 1017; Favourites: 27; Downloads: 39
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Yes, its a Bush Thick Knee or otherly known as the Bush Stone Curlew (i call them Stonned Curlews for various reasons).In Aboriginal culture, this bird is a symbol of death, and with a grumpy face like this one i can tell why lol.
There were a pair of these birds living in the carpark at my skool that had 2 chicks last year whith one disappering after a storm and the other leaving the nest as we suspect because he was pretty big and fully fledged. They were still here this year, but at the moment they arnt in their usual spot so i guess they left.
I dont think the background was the right colour, i think i should of done a similar colour to the curlew since it is a camoulflage bird, i just automatically thought green would be good since it harmonises with red colours, at least it matches its sleepy eye
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I love curlews as well and shall draw more sooner or later, there is a family at the school i go to in the carpark under some bushes that ive been photograpthing for over a year, new chicks coming and going every few months. Its a shame how many curlews get hit by cars because of their slow take off and protectiveness to their chicks.
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I know 
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Well they are pretty hidden where they are, and they hiss when i get too close to take pictures but they are doing fine, i just hope no bad people discover them. I keep my foot hovering over the brakes all the time when driving out bush where they are mostly, the most ive hit are cane toads but ive been close to hitting owls and curlews because of their unpredictableness
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i've been lucky 
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Good thing you havent seen my uncle's driving, he swerves everywhere to hit the snakes, cats, frogs etc. where i slam the breaks on hard hoping they get out of the way so they dont hurt themselves or my car.
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i love it!! love the attitude- cranky looking/behaving birds make me smile.
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they are naturally cranky looking, but very docile as far as all the curlews i've met, can walk right up to them and all they do is lie down in their "camoulflage" pose until u go away, they dont hiss or chase u or anything like that. so glad i dont get magpies up here
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haha how cute. magpies are scary but sooo much fun- just watching people get swooped- a little scary being the swoopee but it can be fun at times. =] hah, pluvas are worse.. eek- they scratch
i just favourited like 100 of your artworks- had a look through most of your gallery, i was in heaven.
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yesh, we gets da plovers here, so much fun when riding a bike. they like to nest right next to the bike path and they watch you ride up to them and turn slightly to their direction and bam! dem swooping ya head or running very fast on those long legs away from the speeding bike coming towards them. yeah i kinda noticed the favs, as u get to the older stuff it looks like shit tho
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hahah good ol plovers. was running across a paddock in pitch black the other night from a friends place, then i heard that call they do- and flapping, i was like oooooh shit cause i couldnt see where they were hhaah- swooped me heaps- i legged it!
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lol they are nasty buggers, the noise sounds like sea birds tho in my opinion. its weird cos i dont see them around where i live in day but you can surely see them at night
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yea they are nasty- and i agree, the sound like sea birds for sure. We have some nesting in the paddock about 15m from our fron door. its going to be just awesome when they decide to lay eggs and get all protective. >.< crazy bastards. They are fun to watch but, walking around on thier mega long legs with thier head stooped hah- shitty looking things, always in a bad mood! =]
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they are all over the place around the bike routes i take, all nesting around the path awaiting their revenge....never aee them by themselves tho, nearly always in pairs
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sneaky buggers. they are at our golf course too. the swoop in groups of threes there- you should see the clubs swinging.
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OMG! I went to a zoo where they had these 2 weeks ago, we didnt know what it was and there was no info, but me and BF laughed about how grumpy it looked. I christened it an 'owl-duck' because it looked like a wading owl, lol. Im so glad I stumbled across yor gallery today XD
Youve done the feathers beautifully, it looks gorgeous ^_^
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im glad you liked it. Very cartoony characters these birds, one of those animals that believe if they dont move you cant see them
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"Who stole my gunja?!"
Love the richness of the feathers under the eye and on the back. And, as usual, the beak is nice.
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Rory stole his gunja!
i like his eye, its all yummy looking, have to show u at skool sometime
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Sure thing
Talking of Rory, there's a thing on at the shed this Saturday - a dude's (Sid/Syd/Rhys/Reece) birthday party. It's like gold coin donation entry or something. Do you wanna go? I might not be in Darwin though, so I might have to miss it ;_;
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sorry i cant anyway, im spending time with mum saturday but thanks anyways
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Ah yeah, fair enough.
Nope, Toby's down in NSW. I'd love to though, I miss him sooo much... I get to see him in the midyear holidays! Yay! I can't wait!
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thats if he is still live and kicking
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Kicking me away as I try to rub my face into his glorious hairy golden chest
I hope he is, I desperately want to see him
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i agree that there is a bit too much white in the drawing but i still love it. i'm not a hard critique....only unless u really need some pointers here and there...or u piss me off so much i want to strangle u. lmao but it's really hard to make me angry.
ugh me writing too much..
great job
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nah the white is more blended in the real thing, the scanner doesnt pick up alot of things so im getting that from everyone, tho in my opinion the background is major error, i might change it
nah u dont anger me, i enjoy reading comments since i dont get many compared to the more popular people who dont even reply to them
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ugh....that actually annoys me. i mean...come on just say thanks or somethin...but u guess DA isn't made for them because this is a place to chat with ppl. if you want ppl to see more of your work. i can feature u a few places. u deserve that, opinions are important to an artist.
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i love chatting with people here, mostly because they have the same interests as me (well the people that watch me do anyways)
aww that'd be awesome if u could feature me if it isnt any trouble, would love to have a few more people stop by me
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lol it helps. a lot of ppl tell me it helps them when ppl comment or gives them ideas. i'll have a feature up soon and i'll give u links to where the others will be.
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thanks, your awesome you know that?
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lol thanks. it means a lot to me
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ah, very cool piece you have here =]
You might want to soften the white highlights here and there...
but other than that, I thin its great!
hey there!
its me...
I just decided that I'm goin' to watch you now =]
another fellow artist who loves to draw animals!
I thank you once again for commenting on my art
-Z (razorsfire)
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nah im not changing this piece, and the highlights are actually good on this but my scanner didnt pick everything up too well as you'll notice with alot of my pieces such as the owlephant. thanks for commenting and watching much appreaciated
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heh, typical scanner behavior xD
its not a problem =]
I love watching other artists to see how they improve...
specially animal artists
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yeah, scanners are a bother but it beats taking photos with the camera which i have to do with my larger drawings and pastels. you should try pastels, youd do good at them, would be interesting
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yeah...I'm with you on that one...
cameras make it look worse xD
I would try pastels...
problem is...I can't afford to get them...
you know...with the economy and all...
I'm trying to get a job though....
but being barely 14...its tough
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the economy hasnt really effected my part of australia really, tho everything has always been exspensive where i live since we pretty much import everything but mummy buys my pastels
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its good to hear that some people aren't affected
at 14 and a half, yes
I think I'm old enough to qualify...
the problem is finding one =/....
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its probably cos im in a romote area compared to the more bustling productive states here. what part of the world do u live in? i worked as a nightfiller in a supermarket for half a year and quit cos my boss was a wanker and refused to up my pay (which he should of in the second to third month and i was already in my sixth month) and he picked on me being the youngest there, havent got a job since, too much stress on school. but good luck in finding one
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I live in California...
so we're really affected here...
thanks...I'll be needing it =]
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ah i see, no worries just glad eveything turns out well
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I just looked it up in that book I mentioned a few days ago or something. They're taller than I thought! Like I thought it would be like a quail or something 
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mum claims she has seen them up 2 about a metre high at the university she goes to, but when i got there they were slightly bigger than the ones ive seen but not as tall as what she told me. id be cute seeing quail sized curlews lol, would be tempting chasing them on my bike like i do with plovers, tho plovers chase u back hehe
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Lol that'd be so wierd seeing a meter high curlew...not that I've ever seen a normal one lol. Lol plover chicks are so cute! The idiots at my last high school (no offence
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lol well i seem a bit decieving then, its so fun chasing them and bolting for your life as they turn around to give you a piece of your own medicine lol. pinching peoples bags, thats another story
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You could get poisoned by them if you're not careful
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plovers arnt venomous, its was something someone made up, its just bone. i wouldnt hurt them, its just fun chasing them cos they chase back
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Well maybe you should put that theory to the test
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You sure know your birds.
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i love my birds, like to pick out some of the least known such as this one
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Haha that's hilarious
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