Falconids and caprimulgiforms, 2020 (Patreon)

Hi there noble patrons! It occurred to me recently that I'd actually LOST a bunch of bird drawings (done for The Big Book), something I only discovered when I was looking for my falconids and parrot drawings for the new David Peters article at TetZoo (just published:  http://tetzoo.com/blog/2020/7/23/the-david-peters-problem ). It took a while, but I managed to relocate them, and I've been tidying them and preparing them for incorporation into the relevant montages. The birds you see here are; 1. Falco (represented by a Peregrine, of course). 2. Polyborus, a caracara. 3. Steatornis, the oilbird. 4. Nyctibius, a potoo. All of these will be included in assorted cladograms, montages and so on -- still so much to do before this giant book is done! I haven't made any progress at all this year on the incomplete chapters, it's very depressing. But I will finish eventually.

I also used the rediscovered 'caprimulgiform' drawings to start making progress on one of the cladograms planned for the book. I haven't yet had time to start compositing it properly, so here it is in its very easiest stages. A complete version (likely following the work of Albert Chen and colleagues) will be done soon; it's then ready for The Big Book, and also for TetZoo.

As always, thanks so much for your support. I have so much stuff in-prep, but nothing that's getting finished. More soon :)