Jes Reger Davis

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Thank you for the kind words! I love celebrating nature through my artwork. 🌿

A yellow and pink primrose moth rests on a pinky finger.

Saw my first primrose moth this evening. Why didn’t I realize how adorable moths are?

#moths #nature #lepidoptera #primrosemoth #insects

Thank you! Watercolor is my favorite medium.

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Thank you! I appreciate the kind words!

Watercolor paintings of a great horned owl, raccoon, house wren, and Carolina wren spread out on a table.

An afternoon of painting.

#watercolor #artist #natureart #wildlife #birds #animalart #watercolourpainting #painting

Thank you. That’s wild! It’s always the tiny birds that are the feistiest.

Two birds perched on a branch full of bright green leaves. The first bird is a swamp sparrow and the second is a common yellowthroat.

They are! I was only able to get a few photos, but I thought this one was pretty neat! He was hanging out with a swamp sparrow. I’m much better at painting birds than photographing them!

I saw and heard my first common yellowthroats in Canaan Valley while on a birding trip! They were so fun to watch.

Sketchbook page featuring a mixed media painting of a male common yellowthroat with a bright yellow chest and black mask.

Common yellowthroat from my last trip to Canaan Valley.

#watercolorart #bird #birdart #artist #illustration #sketchbookartist #artistsonbluesky #natureart #wildlife

A beetle with black elytra outlined in gold, a red pronotum with a black spot in the middle, large eyes, and black antennae. It is standing on a leaf.

Here it is, everyone's favorite beetle. A Common Eastern Firefly getting ready for tonight's match-making light show. One giveaway for fireflies aka lightning bugs is that they have large eyes to see the flashes of potential mates. #inverts
(Photinus pyralis) PA

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Puffins! I love them so much. That is all. #photography #iceland #birds #wildlife #travel

From Banding to Brushstrokes: How Bird Observation Inspires My Artwork Explore the inspiring link between bird banding and my watercolor paintings. See how nature shapes art and the importance of preserving our feathered friends.

I’ve also added a new blog post about my bird banding adventures and how they inspire my art!

www.thepaintersnest.com/forest-diary...

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Two sketchbooks featuring watercolor and pencil sketches of birds including a downy woodpecker, tufted titmouse, pine siskin, white-throated sparrow, and a purple finch.

Just some sketchy birds. These guys were from my last bird banding trip.

#sketchbook #birds #birdart #natureart #watercolorpainting #wildlife #sketchbookartist #naturejournal

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Sketchbook spread featuring a male and female common yellowthroat in watercolor and mixed media.

Just another day of sketchbook play.

#bird #birdart #sketchbookart #watercolor #mixedmedia #naturejournal #artist

A loose watercolor painting of an eastern meadowlark.

Eastern meadowlark in watercolor. Kyle and I went on a birding trip in Blackwater Falls and Canaan Valley a few weeks ago. Seeing this guy sing while perched on a fence post is one of my favorite moments from that trip.

#watercolorpainting #bird #birdart #nature #wildlife #painting #artist

A sketchbook page featuring a female ruby-throated hummingbird in flight. In the background of the photo, a dog sleeps in the sun.

Perfect weather for a little bit of sketchbook play while beastly bakes in the sun.

#sketchbook #drawing #birdart #bird #watercolorart #natureart #painting #naturejournal

Sketchbook pages featuring an eastern meadowlark. One sketchbook contains a pencil drawing while the other has a vibrant, colorful illustration.

Saw my first eastern meadowlark on a birding trip in Canaan Valley. Of course, he found a home in my sketchbook.

#bird #sketchbook #natureart #birdart #sketching #illustration #drawing

Sketchbook spread that includes drawings of male, female, and juvenile eastern bluebirds.

Early morning visitors. I’ve had eastern bluebirds eyeing my nest box for months. Of course they are interested in it now that the house wrens have already built their nest. Still, it made my day to see the bluebirds return with some of their young.

#sketchbook #birds #drawing #sketches #natureart

Nine common mergansers floating down the creek at sunset.

The not-so-little common merganser babes.

#birds #naturewalk #birding #waterfowl #birdphotography

Congrats!

They’ve taken over my bluebird house, so no electric box!

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A grey catbird perched on a branch surrounded by greenery.

A grey catbird perches on a branch surrounded by branches and green leaves.

A grey catbird in the alley behind my childhood home.

#birds #birding #nature

A sketchbook spread featuring four different pencil drawings of birds.

Sketching on the road home from a weekend adventure.

#sketching #birds #drawing #natureart #wildlife