Martin Pescador

Print signed with an illustration of a blavet (Martin fisherman in Spanish). Drawing done in ink and watercolor on paper. Print for framing.

ABOUT THE BLAVET:
It is a bird that inhabits lakes and rivers in Europe, Africa, America and Asia. It is difficult to give an exact pattern of the color of its plumage, since it varies according to the incidence of light. In any case, it is an unmistakable bird. Its basic diet consists of small fish that it spots from the low branches of a tree or bush. It then dives quickly with its beak forward and eyes closed, and captures its prey with a very high success rate. After the capture, it returns to its previous position, where it swallows it in one piece. On other occasions, it maneuvers swiftly over the surface of the water, looking for a more favorable place to dive. All this would be impossible without its powerful wing and base-of-neck muscles.