The American avocet is an elegant and graceful member of the shorebird family. Avocets are permanent residents along the Texas coast, and additional birds nest during summer months in the Texas Panhandle. The avocet sweeps back and forth with its distinctive, upturned bill to bring food to the surface of shallow water. The bird feeds mostly on insects, shrimp and other crustaceeans. Artist Sherri Russell Meline has chosen to portray this avocet pair in cinnamon breeding plumage. Winter plumage is gray on the bird's head and slender neck. Educated in Japan and Wisconsin, Meline is a Wisconsin native, currently living in California, who has been a professional artist since the mid-1970's. Meline often photographs and observes her favorite subjects in order to perfect her style. She painted the 2000 Texas Waterfowl Stamp art and the 1990 Nongame Stamp art. A special gold-plated medallion edition will be available in addition to the regular edition. Both the regular and the medallion edition will be limited to the number of wholesale orders received by May 31, 2002, but in no event will the regular edition be less than 475 and the medallion edition less than 55. Shipment of prints is expected by the summer of 2002. A special Conservation Edition of 400 prints will be made available to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. There will be 100 Artist's Proofs. Image size: h.6.5" x 9"w.; Overall size: h.12.5" x 14"w. Ed.475, S/N, Unframed, $148, Stamp & Print; Framed, $238. |
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