Golden Rain Tree Fairies coloring pages

 

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Tree Fairies - Golden Rain Tree Fairies

 

This drawing is another in my series of Tree Fairy Drawings.  These are Golden Rain Tree Fairies. 

Golden Rain Trees got their name from the way the lantern-like seed pods make a rattling sound in the wind.  That sound is a lot like the sound of raindrops hitting leaves or even hitting a roof.  The seed pods are a golden color in the fall.  The Golden Rain Tree was introduced to North America way back in the 1700s by a Jesuit Priest.  So it has been here a long time.  It is native to Taiwan.  It is a short-lived species, for a tree, because it has a life span of around 50 years.  By the way, the tree name is also written "Golden Raintree."  From what I can tell, both ways of writing the name are correct. 

Golden Raintrees have compound leaves.  If you look to where the leaf attaches to the branch you will see a bud.  That shows where the leaf starts.  The things you MIGHT think are the leaves are actually the leaflets.  There are several leaflets to each Golden Rain Tree leaf. 

Golden Rain Tree Fairies are one of the types of Fairies with three pairs of wings.  Their wings are leaf-like in shape but they are also transparent like a Mayfly's wings.  In this drawing one Golden Rain Tree Fairy is lying on a branch and the other is flying in to say hello.  The flying Fairy is also planning on harvesting the seeds.  NOT for eating, but for making necklaces. Golden Rain Tree seeds are used as beads in necklaces.  

Golden Rain Tree Fairies will harvest the seeds to make necklaces or earrings.  The Fairies also extract a black dye from the seeds.  The Fairies also make a yellow dye from the Golden Raintree Flowers.  In fact, the bright yellow flowers might be one of the reasons it is called a "Golden" Rain Tree.  

By the way, these two Golden Rain Tree Fairies are named Aurea and Aurumia. Aurea is flying and Aurumia is goofing off lying on the branch.  

NOTE:  This drawing is found, in printable form, by clicking on the button labeled:  "Fantasy, Myths, and Circus" and scrolling down to the bottom of the list.  New drawings are at the bottom of the list.  

I want to add that I LOVE this species of tree.  I am including a photo of some of the seed pods from this type of tree.  Our neighbors, across the street, both have Golden Rain Trees.  By the way, don't eat the seeds from this tree.  In general, this tree's leaves and fruit are toxic. 

Golden Rain Tree or Golden Raintree Leaves

Golden Rain Tree or Golden Raintree Lantern-Like Seed Pods

By the way, since this tree is native to Taiwan I am publishing this drawing in Chinese as well.

Mermaids coloring pages

 

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is a Mermaid basking on a rock 

with a Waved Albatross flying nearby.

Mermaid with a Waved Albatross

This Mermaid, named Coraline, is living in the tropical waters around the Galapagos Islands.  She is basking in the sun and one of her friends, a Waved Albatross, is flying over for a visit. You might be surprised to know that Mermaids are closely related to Fairies.  Mermaids have special lungs that can extract oxygen from water.  They don't have gills, like a fish, they just have adaptive lungs. Their lungs can also extract oxygen from the atmosphere, like mortal lungs. 

Notice the small trident.  Her trident is actually a type of magic wand.  Some Mermaids and Mermen use larger tridents, but the small tridents are still very powerful.  Coraline is wearing a top of sewed kelp leaves.  

The Waved Albatross is a beautiful and very large bird.  It nests in the Galapagos Islands.  The male and female have a unique mating dance that my wife and I have witnessed.  See the below photo from our trip to the Galapagos Islands in 2016.

Waved Albatross photo, Galapagos Islands, 2016

NOTE:  The coloring page drawing can be printed by clicking on the button labeled "Fantasy, Myths, and Circus" and then scrolling to the bottom of the list of picture titles.  Below are a few more Mermaid drawings from former posts.  Some of these older drawings are more cartoony.  And some of the drawings are more realistic.  

Mermaid named Krishna

Mermaid Denverie

Mermaid in Kelp Forest

Mermaid chasing a Fish

Mermaid at the Reef

Mermaid with her Seal Friend

Fairy Families coloring pages

 

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Fairy Family with Hummingbird

This family is a Fairy Family that I met.  They are also Wildlife Fairies.  Sage, the youngest of the two girl Fairies is particularly friendly with hummingbirds.  This is a Broad Tailed Hummingbird in the drawing with the Fairy Family.  Sage plants are one of the food sources for Broad Tailed Hummingbirds.  

Aspen, the older of the two girl Fairies, is an expert in Mammals that live in the Aspen Forests.  She cares for bears, moose, and elk.  Two of these animals, the elk and moose actually eat aspen leaves and bark.  

The mother is named Natalia.  She is an authority on all types of wildlife.  

NOTE:  This new drawing is found, in printable form, by clicking on the button labeled "Fantasy, Myths, and Circus."  New drawings are found at the bottom of the list so scroll down.  Below are a few older drawings of Fairy Families. 

Fairy Child with Aunt

Erikr and Michaela soon to be wed Fairies

(After all, a wedding makes a family.  And they are married now.)

Wildlife Fairies coloring pages

 

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Tania the Wildlife Fairy

Tania is one of the Fairies that specializes in protecting the animals of Nature.  She especially loves the wetlands or marshes.  She is seen here near a river and we see several types of wild animals nearby.  Most of the wildlife are birds and indeed Tania loves birds.  The bird on the stump is a Common Grackle.  The birds in the water include a Western Grebe and a Mallard Duck.  The birds that are flying are Sandhill Cranes.  

You might have noticed that Tania has on a flying belt.  Many Fairies wear flying belts for flying further distances and for flying at great speed.  Also, Tania is seen here in mortal size.  She can, of course, change back to her natural Fairy size of 5 inches or 12.7 cm.  Tania's wings are similar to bird wings.  Some Fairies DO have bird-like wings.  Tania can fly without the aid of the flying belt, but to keep a watch on the many forms of wildlife in the wetlands she often uses her flying belt. In fact, she has been know to fly up to 12,000 feet high and Tania likes to fly with large flocks from time to time.  To do this she transforms herself into the size of a crane and uses a cloaking charm to make her look like a Sandhill Crane to mortal eyes.  If you saw her flying with a swoop of Sandhill Cranes (and maybe you have) . . . you would not see her as a Fairy.  You would see another Sandhill Crane flying in the swoop.  Tania, like all Fairies, can transform herself to many different sizes.  To be the size of a Sandhill Crane she goes to around 47 inches or 119 cm. long.  

The above drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the button labeled "Fantasy, Myths and Circus."  There are a few other Fairy drawings below.  All are Fairies that are friendly with wildlife. 

Fairy flying with a Robin

Fairy Laurentia with Box Elder Beetle

Fairy named Arley with Bobcat Friend

Chick Fairy in a Tree caring for Chicks

Bird Fairy named Celest

Boreal Forest Fairy training a Baby Dragon

Dragon escorted by Fairies

Dragon Training Fairies are a type of Wildlife Fairy

Elegant Fairy and Baby Dragon

I am adding a Wildlife Fairy Family that was done AFTER the top drawing on this post. 

Fairy Family with Hummingbird

Sandhill Cranes coloring page

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Sandhill Cranes at the Green River

Last weekend we went to the Ouray National Wildlife Refuge.  We went for a Utah Division of Wildlife (DWR) Sandhill Crane Viewing activity.  It was amazing.  Below are three photos I took via a spotting scope.  The wildlife refuge is on the Green River.  

Sandhill Cranes are large and beautiful birds.  They have a long neck and long legs.  They are water birds that are known as waders... hence the long legs for wading.  They have a red crown and most of the rest of their feathers are a grayish color but some are tan.  Sandhill Cranes forage for both grains and invertebrates.  

Sandhill cranes, as previously mentioned, are quite large.  They are 47 inches or 120 cm long.  They have a wingspan of around 80 inches or about 200 cm.  They weigh around 170 oz or almost 4900 grams.   

These birds migrate in huge flocks of thousands of birds.  In some places the Sandhill Cranes stick around as a local flock.  However, a group of Sandhill Cranes is not called a flock.  A group of Sandhill Cranes are called one of the following:  a dance of cranes, a sedge of cranes, a siege of cranes, or a swoop of cranes.  

The coloring page drawing, is found, in printable form, by clicking on the Birds or Animals button found at the top of the page.  Then scroll down to the bottom of the list for new drawings like this one. 

Black Bear and Grizzly Bear comparison coloring pages

 

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Black Bears and Grizzly bears. 

Black Bear Mother & Cub

Grizzly Bear fishing for Salmon

Black Bears and Grizzly Bears are related, but there are a lot of differences.  A Grizzly Bear is much larger than a Black Bear.  The average male Black Bear weighs around 400 lbs.  That is around 181 kg.  The average male Grizzly Bear weighs between 400-790 lbs.  That is between 180 and 360 kg.  

There are anomalies that show that both species of bear can grow to be much larger.  One male Black Bear was shot in Canada that weighed around 1,100 lbs. or 409 kg. That made that Black Bear bigger than most Grizzly Bears.  

The largest wild male Grizzly was even more impressive at 1,656 lbs or 751 kg. I suspect that it was a Kodiak Bear.  A Kodiak Bear, from Alaska, USA, is the biggest type of Grizzly Bear.  Of course, I should explain that technically a Grizzly or a Kodiak Bear are both types of Brown  Bears.  AND a Kodiak Bear is a type of Grizzly.  

The big Grizzlies or Kodiak Bears are around 11 feet or 3.35 meters tall when standing on their back feet. The biggest Black Bears are around 7 feet or 2.13 meters tall.  

Another couple of obvious differences is that the American Black Bear has a smaller head in comparison to its body size.  So a Grizzly Bear has a bigger head in comparison to its body size.  In fact, the Grizzly just has a much bigger head.  The Grizzly also has a hump at the shoulders.  

I have been talking about the North American Grizzlies.  In Europe and Asia, the Brown Bears are not called Grizzlies.  There are actually several sub-species of Brown bear with some larger and some smaller.  Some of the sub-species have sadly been hunted to extinction. 

Both of these types of North American bears are omnivores.  I want to tell you a story... Years ago I taught elementary school in Juneau, Alaska.  I lived for a time in a lower level apartment with my then-wife and our baby girl.  One morning our landlord, who lived upstairs, took us into the woods to show us something.  This house was out in the woods.  We saw about 50 yards from the house a big green patch in the snow.  The Kodiak Bears, two of them, had stolen the dumpster that was full of lawn clippings and had a grass-eating party out in the forest.  They had torn the locked thick plastic dumpster apart to get to the grass.  Our landlord told us that Kodiak Bears love the taste of grass, but it is hard for them to eat with their front carnivore teeth.  They have to bite at the grass with the side of their mouth.  The dumpster was a free easy-to-eat grass feast for them.  

NOTE:  These drawings, in printable form, are found by clicking on the button labeled "Animals" up at the top of the page.  The new drawings are located at the bottom of the printable lists.  By the way, on a personal note... I had to get my car serviced.  I drew these bears while waiting for our car to be serviced.  I was very glad I went in because the mechanics found a nail in one of our tires.  And we are going to Eastern Utah to see Sandhill Cranes near Vernal tomorrow.   I will be drawing a Sandhill Crane picture next.  

Tree Fairies - Apple Tree Fairy coloring page

 

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Apple Tree Fairies are unique in two ways.  They have wings that mimic apple tree leaves.  This type of Tree Fairy carries a knife that doubles as their wand.  They use the knife for harvesting apples.  This particular Fairy is named Maluma.  She is about to harvest the Red Delicious Apple. 

 If you were to be miniaturized by Fairy magic and visited an Apple Tree Fairy village (underground, under an apple tree, or in an apple orchard) you would see that they love apples and make many different types of food from apples.  Johnny Appleseed was actually a male Apple Tree Fairy.  Of course, John Chapman, or Johnny Appleseed, was in mortal disguise when he visited mortal villages.  I think I will draw Johnny Appleseed another time.  

Some of the things they make are:  fried apples, baked apples, apple sass, apple pie, apple sauce, apple cider, apple fritters, apple cobbler, apple juice, apple butter, caramel apples, and of course raw apples.  I can't think of any more, but there are many other recipes that the Apple Tree Fairies have shared with mortals.  

A couple of interesting things in this drawing.  Notice that some leaves are curled up.  Apple leaves tend to do that.  We had an apple tree in our yard.  The other is that this particular apple is a Red Delicious Apple.  

This drawing, in printable form, can be found by clicking on the top button labeled "Fantasy, Myths, and Circus."  Then scroll down because new drawings are at the bottom of the list of drawings.  This drawing is another in my series of Tree Fairy drawings.  Have fun coloring!   (And go have an apple!)

(...or apple fritter, or apple sauce, or apple pie, or apple cobbler... etc. etc.) 

One more thing, since apples actually come in many different varieties and come in many different colors... including red, green, yellow, red-orange etc. etc.  . . . you can feel free to color this apple any color you want!