Michael Warren: Black Skimmer

Artist: Michael Warren
1938 -
Nationality: British
Artwork Year: 1986
Image Size: 14 by 12 inches
Overall Size: 15.75 by 14 inches
Medium: Water Color on Water Color Paper

The world's three Skimmer species are the only birds whose lower mandibles are longer than the upper. Of these, only the Rynchops niger, or Black Skimmer, occurs in the Americas. The Black Skimmer ranges along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts from Massachusetts to Texas and through Central and South America.

The Black Skimmer breeds in colonies on beaches and islands. The nest is a simple scrape in the sand or shellbank; the three to five white or buffy eggs are heavily spotted with brown and gray. Perfectly camouflaged, they blend with the sand, seashells and beach debris and can be very difficult to see. They hatch in about three weeks.

The young are brooded and fed by both parents on regurgitated fish and crustaceans which dropped on the ground. Eventually they accept whole fish, but the lower mandible does not begin to elongate until they are nearly full size.

This artwork was originally published on a Fleetwood® First Day Cover for the Birds of America Collection. Each Cover featured a State Wildlife Conservation Stamp designed by Michael Warren, issued by the National Audubon Society and postmarked on the First Day of Issue of each stamp which was also the anniversary of statehood for each state.

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