Birds


Artwork by Gina Mikel: Bearded Reedling, Panurus biarmicus

Bearded Reedling (Panurus biarmicus), 2025

Bearded reedling (Panurus biarmicus) is a 2025 watercolor Gina painted for the Mustache prompt on the first day of Inktober. The reed-bed bird grips a pair of stalks, feet apart, tail angled to the side. Dark streaks drop from its blue-gray face like a drooping mustache, and Gina counted it among three mustached birds.