H-74 White-rumped Sandpipers Frame:Unframed Black Vulture - This stocky

Black Vulture - This stocky

The North Fork Of The Guadalupe River is an original print that has been hand watercolored

neck and tail tip

The last whooper on the King Ranch was seen in 1937

Charles did the originals in pencil for this series

H-74 White-rumped Sandpipers Frame:Unframed Black Vulture - This stockyThe white rumped sandpiper, also known as Bonaparte's sandpiper, can at times be found anywhere in Texas, but is very common along the Texas coast. The flight note of the white rumped sandpiper is a sharp, bat like "tzeet" which sounds like two marbles being struck together. In spring, flocks twitter like swallows. This image is from the Charles Beckendorf Texas Wildlife book. The original was an acrylic painting on canvas (1992) and the size is