The Children’s Garden Mural
represents the inherent individuality and diversity of all living things. It is intended to be an interpretive
identification guide for local bird species, and a welcoming image for The Children’s
Garden. The image includes
thirty-five bird species that are local to The Children’s Garden area of
Prescott. The birds flock
together, some carrying twigs in their beaks, toward the birdhouse in the
center. The birdhouse is modeled
after The Children’s Garden building, perched on the trunk of an elm tree, referencing
the tree in front of the school.
The wall, east facing, includes compass points that teach the relative
cardinal directions: West, North, East, and South. The mural will be painted in neutral earth tones. The completed mural will be accompanied
with a full-color guidebook and an interpretive plaque, as a learning tool for
bird identification.
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| Mural Proposal Drawing, 2011 |
*Year-round Birds – fully rendered
Bluebird, Western
Bushtit
Chickadee, Mountain
Creeper, Brown
Dove, Mourning
Finch, House
Flicker, Northern
Hawk, Red-tailed
Jay, Scrub
Jay, Steller’s
Nuthatch, Pygmy
Nuthatch,
White-breasted
Raven, Common
Robin, American
Siskin, Pine
Titmouse, Bridled
Towhee, Rufous-sided
Woodpecker, Hairy
Wren, Bewick’s
Summer Birds – silhouettes
Flycatcher,
Ash-throated
Grosbeak, Black-headed
Pewee, Western Wood
Redstart, Painted
Swallow, Violet-green
Tanager, Hepatic
Tanager, Western
Towhee, Rufous-sided
Vireo, Solitary
Warbler, Lucy’s
Warbler, Virginia’s
Wren, House (fully
rendered, with chicks)
Winter Birds – outlined
Junco, Dark-eyed
Kinglet, Ruby-crowned
Sapsucker, Red-naped
Sparrow, White-crowned
*Carl Tomoff.
Birds of Prescott, Arizona: annotated checklist
of the relative abundance and seasonal status of Prescott-area birds. Highlands Center for Natural History, 2000.
This
bird list is specific to the White Spar Campground, nearby the Children’s
Garden.
