Turquoise-browed Motmot Print snow Many insects in this collection

Many insects in this collection dazzle with iridescence

they bring balance to the landscape and remind us that the wild is closer than we think

Allen's hummingbirds can be found zipping along like a bumblebee in the coastal scrub that runs along the length of the California coast to Southern Oregon

I had never seen such an assortment of candy-colored birds — some with red heads

This trio is at home perched in the swaying branches of a blossoming eucalyptus tree

Turquoise-browed Motmot Print snow Many insects in this collectionHand drawn colored pencil illustration. Giclee printed on 100% cotton fibre, 290 gsm acid free, conservation grade, Italian milled fine art paper. I can't resist a motmot, or a tropical torch ginger so I combined the two. Turquoise browed motmots go by a variety of wonderful names. In El Salvador and Nicaragua, where they are the national bird, they are called Torogoz and guardabarranco (ravine guard), respectively. In the Yucatan they are called