Mermaid surfaces amid the Seabirds coloring page

 Today's new 

drawing is of 

a Mermaid who

is surfacing amid

different species of 

Seabirds.

Mermaid surfaces amid the Seabirds

This Mermaid is surfacing amid a mixed group of seabirds.  Like Fairies, Mermaids are friendly with many species of animals.  This Mermaid, named Asherah, loves to play games with her friends, the seabirds.  She gets in a shallow reef area and shoots out of the water to startle the seabirds.  The seabirds she is playing with are familiar with the game.  The seabird with a forked tail is called a Frigate Bird.  The white bird with black wingtips is an Albatross.  By the way, the name Asherah means "one who walks on water."  And you may be surprised to know that Mermaids and Fairies are very closely related.  Most Mermaids and most Fairies are sentient beings of light, not beings of darkness.  So, if you meet a Fairy or a Mermaid, odds are that they will be friendly and safe.  

Mermaids, in spite of the fish-like tail fluke, are not cold-blooded.  Mermaids are warm-blooded vertebrates (with internal bones).  They are intelligent and have their own magic that helps them conceal themselves from most prying mortal eyes.  Currently, the Mermaids and Mermen in our planet's oceans are very concerned about the tremendous amount of plastic that is ending up in the oceans.   Notice that the Mermaid here has webbed hands.  This is a common adaptation among many, although not all, Mermaids and Mermen.  

Frigate birds live in tropical and subtropical areas.  They have a wide wingspan of 7.5 feet or 2.3 meters.  The males have a big red pouch that they inflate during the breeding season to attract a mate.  both male and female frigate birds are mostly black.  

Albatross are even bigger than frigate birds.  There are several species of albatross and some have a wingspan of 10 feet or 3.3 meters wide.  The species of Great Albatrosses have a wingspan of 12 feet or 3.7 meters wide.  Albatrosses are some of the biggest living birds.  Albatrosses nest in colonies and the pair bonds or mates will do a fancy dance to bond when they reunite after many many months apart.  Both parents help in the feeding of the chick.  We saw a pair of Waved Albatross doing their mating dance when on one of the Galapagos islands.  We also saw a chick in another part of the island.  This was a nearly full-grown chick and looked to be the size of a full-sized turkey.  

NOTE:  This drawing, in printable form, can be found by clicking on the button labeled            "Fantasy, Myths, and Circus."  Then scroll down because new drawings are at the bottom of the list of printable drawings.  

One final point.   There is a Portuguese Man Of War jellyfish near Asherah.  Don't worry about her.  Mermaids are immune to jellyfish stings.