Snowy Plover & Chick - Original Oil Painting Least Tern & Chicks Brown Pelicans are uniquely elegant

Brown Pelicans are uniquely elegant birds

They blend in well with their sandy beach habitat

Not all young that hatch survive nesting

American Oystercatcher are strictly a coastal shorebird

When gaming became illegal they were set free to roam the island

Snowy Plover & Chick - Original Oil Painting Least Tern & Chicks Brown Pelicans are uniquely elegantBarbara Fallenbaums original oil painting of a Snowy Plover and its chick. This little one is about 2 days old. Incubation is by both parents. After hatching for the first 6 days both parents tend to the chicks, afterwards the female leaves the male to raise the young and she goes off to start another mate to raise another set of young. The painting measures 12 x 12, with frame 13. 25" x 13. 25" x 2" deep. The frame is solid wood and custom for this