It's been over a year since my last journal here, but I've been very busy, of course. I hope you're enjoying the art I post, even if I don't share much else here. I'll be gone the next few weeks to work on some bird science in Alaska and take a little break in the mountains of Washington State afterwards. Patreon pledges were paused this month but will resume in July, along with the usual rewards. There will be another pause in August as I concentrate on some much-overdue scientific manuscripts and then things should start to return to normal after that.

One change I'm working on, though, is having some route for people to commission me again. I've been so busy with Patreon rewards for the past couple of years that I've had to turn away or seriously delay a lot of commissions. I really appreciate everyone's patience with this and believe me, I really miss it. I made changes to tiers last December and it helped somewhat. I will take what I learned there and see if I can move towards a bit more balance. I love the community that Patreon creates and the wonderful reward ideas have patrons have provided so I don't really want to lose that either. Suggestions are appreciated.

Have a wonderful summer, everybirdy.