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Fishing quotas after Brexit

December 27, 2020 by chrismadden

Brexit fishing quotas cartoon

A cartoon about the fishing quotas following Brexit.

The cartoon shows a UK fishing boat and seagulls that are trying to take some of the fish.

 
Drawn: December 2020
Cartoon reference number: a885

Filed Under: Birds, Politics

Art in the environment cartoon

December 21, 2019 by chrismadden

Modern art in nature cartoon

A modern art sculpture set in a natural setting.

The cartoon shows a modern art sculpture, similar to the work of Barbara Hepworth or Henry Moore, set in the environment. A bird is nesting in the hole in the sculpture.

The sculpture is titled Art in Nature.
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Cartoon drawn: 2019
Cartoon reference number: art021
This cartoon features in my book of cartoons about art.
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Filed Under: Animals (wild or pets), ART, Birds, Modern art

Bird in the form of the helmet from a suit of armour

September 19, 2016 by chrismadden

armour helmet bird drawing

Bird in the form of the helmet from a suit of armour – dip pen and ink drawing with watercolour wash

This is a drawing executed in traditional media – a dip pen and ink with tone added using a watercolour wash with a brush.

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Filed Under: ANIMALS, ART, Birds

Vultures endangered by consuming contaminated carcasses

June 25, 2015 by chrismadden

cartoon - vulture extinction

Vultures endangered by consuming carcasses contaminated by anti-inflammatory drug, diclofenac.

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Vultures in India are on the verge of extinction due to scavenging on the carcasses of cattle that have been treated with the veterinary drug diclofenac.

Original version drawn: 1991

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Filed Under: ANIMALS, Birds, ENVIRONMENT, Wildlife in danger

Environment cartoons – polar bear and penguins marching to save the ice caps

July 24, 2014 by chrismadden

penguins and polar bear environment cartoons

Environment cartoons – penguins marching to stop global warming

An illustration showing an environmental protest march of penguins and a polar bear

The penguins in this image are inspired by natural history documentaries about penguins that show the penguins marching in line from their nest site to their feeding ground many miles away.
This cartoon is meant to be a motivational and inspirational image, motivating people to get up and do something for the benefit of the environment (specifically in the areas of climate change and global warming).
Original version drawn: 2011
Cartoon reference number: a664
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Filed Under: ANIMALS, Birds, Climate Change cartoons, ENVIRONMENT, Penguins

Prehistoric early bird catches the worm

April 14, 2014 by chrismadden

prehistoric bird cartoon

Cartoon about the saying “The early bird catches the worm”

The joke is that the ‘early bird’ is literally an early bird in evolutionary terms, such as an archaeopteryx.

A cartoon about evolution, prehistoric creatures.

sayings and proverbs

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Filed Under: ANIMALS, Birds, Evolution

Garden birds cartoon – nesting box design

October 21, 2013 by chrismadden

bird nest box design cartoon

Bird nest box design cartoon

A bird ignoring an ornate nesting box – the bird is building a nest in a branch fork under the nesting box

Cartoon reference number: a633

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Filed Under: ANIMALS, Birds, GARDENING

Garden cartoons – noisy neighbours cartoon

March 4, 2013 by chrismadden

Gardening cartoon - noisy neighbours cartoon

Noisy neighbours cartoon

Cartoon showing problem neighbours hanging a loudspeaker outdoors in a tree.
A gardener is hanging a bird nesting box in a tree. The loudspeaker looks very similar to the nesting box, which is part of the joke

A humorous observation about neihbors from hell, encouraging birds in the garden, inconsiderate neighbours
Cartoon reference number: a578

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Filed Under: Birds, DOMESTIC, GARDENING, Trees and bushes

Tufted duck illustration

February 8, 2013 by chrismadden

tufted duck illustration

Tufted duck illustration
Stylised illustration of a tufted duck

An ornithological illustration of a tufted duck (Aythya fuligula)

This design was inspired by the tufted ducks in my local pond in their breeding plumage – specifically the bright yellow eye against the black plumage of the head.
Cartoon reference number: a506

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Filed Under: ANIMALS, Animals (wild or pets), Birds

Dodo cartoon – live dodos discovered on Mauritius!

November 30, 2012 by chrismadden

dodos not extinct - cartoon

Dodo extinction cartoon

Tourists discovering a live dodo on the island of Mauritius.
The dodo is asking the tourists not to reveal that they’ve found it, as it doesn’t want to be pestered by hoards of natural history film units making natural history documentaries

A cartoon about endangered species, dodos, extinction, natural world television programs

Cartoon reference number: a438

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Filed Under: ANIMALS, Birds

Dodo cartoon – why the dodo became extinct

November 30, 2012 by chrismadden

dodo burgers cartoon

Dodo extinction cartoon

A cartoon showing why the dodo became extinct.
Dodos lived on the island of Mauritius and became extinct due to the arrival of humans to the island

A cartoon about endangered species, dodos, extinction

Drawn: 1991

Cartoon reference number: a437

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Filed Under: ANIMALS, Birds, ENVIRONMENT

Flying crow chasing an insect – illustration

October 26, 2012 by chrismadden

crow chasing dragonfly art

An illustration of a flying crow chasing an insect
A digital painting of a crow

A cartoon crow that looks rather sinister and menacing

Crows are amongst my fovourite birds

An illustration or clipart about birds, crows, flight.

Cartoon reference number: a404

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Filed Under: ANIMALS, Birds

Drawing of a flying crow – taking off from a branch

October 24, 2012 by chrismadden

crow flying from branch - drawing

A drawing of a crow in flight
Illustration or sketch of a crow

A drawing of a crow taking off from the branch

This is an impressionistic drawing, hopefully capturing something of the dark, sinister presence of crows, which is one of the things that make them such impressive creatures (along with their great intelligence too).
Cartoon reference number: a401

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Filed Under: ANIMALS, Birds

Garden bird feeder and bird seed cartoon

May 20, 2012 by chrismadden

bird feeder and bird seed cartoon

Cartoon about garden bird feeders, feeding stations and bird seed

Cartoon showing a bird feeder full of bird seed

The gardener is asking his wife if she has seen his prize marrow seeds

The implication is that the gardener’s wife has used the prize vegetable seeds as bird food.

Cartoon reference number: a248

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Filed Under: Animals (wild or pets), Birds, GARDENING

Bird nesting box cartoon – a bird box with classical facade

May 20, 2012 by chrismadden

bird box with classical facade cartoon

Cartoon about garden birds and bird nesting boxes

Bird nesting box cartoon – a classical facade for a bird box

A gardener nailing a classical facade in front of a hole in a tree that’s being used by a bird as a nest

A cartoon about attracting birds to gardens, bird box design, wildlife merchandising.

Cartoon reference number: a247

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Filed Under: Animals (wild or pets), Birds, GARDENING

Cartoon about garden birds and bird nesting boxes

May 20, 2012 by chrismadden

Bird nesting box cartoon

Cartoon about garden birds and bird nesting boxes

Cartoon showing a gardener looking at a bird that is nesting in a birdbox in his garden.
The bird is building a nest in the nesting box and is carrying nesting material to the nest.

The man is thinking “Isn’t that one of my prize delphinium seedlings?”

Birds as garden pests taking seedlings.
The cartoon also about the subject of being taken advantage of – the gardener has thoughtfully and kindly provided the bird with a nesting box, but the bird has then proceeded to take the gardener’s plants. Of course in real life the bird wouldn’t realise what it was doing, but this is a cartoon, and in cartoons animals are often as conscious of their actions as humans are – in fact they are humans in animal form.

Cartoon reference number: a246

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Filed Under: ANIMALS, Animals (wild or pets), Birds, GARDENING

Bird cartoon – attracting birds to your garden with a bird table

May 20, 2012 by chrismadden

autumn bird table bush cartoon

Cartoon about attracting birds to your garden with a bird table

The gardener has put a bush that is full of ripe berries onto the bird table to attract birds

A cartoon about encouraging wildlife in the garden, bird feeding stations, bird feeders.
Cartoon reference number: a243

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Filed Under: Animals (wild or pets), Birds, GARDENING

Wildlife gardening cartoon – a nesting box for robins

May 7, 2012 by chrismadden

robin bird box - cartoon

Garden humour – putting a nesting box for robins

Cartoon showing a gardener putting a bird box in a tree to encourage birds to nest in his garden

The joke is in the fact that there’s a robin building a nest in the packaging or packing box that held the nesting box kit rather than in the nesting box itself.
Robins are well known for building their nests in unusual places, such as in discarded kettles, tin cans etc.

Cartoon reference number: a218

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Filed Under: ANIMALS, Animals (wild or pets), Birds, GARDENING

Joke about the arrival of summer – the first swallow and first hay fever sneeze

May 6, 2012 by chrismadden

 first swallow and first hay fever sneeze joke

Cartoon about the arrival of summer – the first swallow arriving at the same time as the first hay fever sneeze

Showing gardeners in a garden seeing the first swallow of summer and hearing the first hay fever sneeze at the same time.

Traditionally it’s the sound of the first cuckoo that heralds the summer, however cuckoos are now becoming rarer. Meanwhile, hay fever is becoming more common, so the sound of a hay fever sneeze is replacing the call of the cuckoo as the harbinger of summer.
A cartoon about allergies, seasons.
Cartoon reference number: a207

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Filed Under: ANIMALS, Birds, GARDENING, Health, Summer gardening

Using Christmas decorations as bird scarers

May 4, 2012 by chrismadden

using christmas decorations as bird scarers joke

Christmas cartoon. Using Christmas decorations as bird scarers

A joke showing a gardener hanging up spare Christmas decorations to scare birds away from the seedlings in his garden

A cartoon about bird deterrents, protecting seedlings, birds as garden pests.

Drawn: Dec 2010

Cartoon reference number: a199

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Filed Under: ANIMALS, Birds, Christmas cartoons, GARDENING, Vegetable and fruit gardening

Garden birds cartoon

May 4, 2012 by chrismadden

bird box cartoon

Cartoon featuring a bird box with a bird feeding station attached

A humorous illustration about how to encourage birds into the garden by providing nesting boxes and feeding areas such as bird tables.

A joke about encouraging wildlife into the garden.
Cartoon reference number: a195

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Filed Under: ANIMALS, Birds, Garden design, GARDENING

Solar power cartoon – solar panels on an artificial sunflower

May 3, 2012 by chrismadden

solar panels cartoon

Solar energy cartoon -solar panels on an artificial sunflower

Showing a plant harnessing energy from the sun. The plant in the cartoon is artificial (a sunflower) and the energy it is obtaining is being used to drive a speaker which is producing the sound of birdsong.

A humorous illustration about alternative energy, sustainable energy, renewable energy sources, electricity generation.

Drawn: Aug 2011

Cartoon reference number: a184

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Filed Under: ANIMALS, Birds, Energy fuel power, Garden design, GARDENING

Art cartoons – birdwatching cartoons. Looking for birds in paintings in an art gallery

April 6, 2012 by chrismadden

Art cartoon - birdwatching in an art gallery

A birdwatching cartoon from my selection of art cartoons.
Showing birdwatchers spotting birds in landscape paintings in an art gallery

Birdwatching cartoon. Chris Madden cartoon.
Birdwatchers spotting birds in landscape paintings in an art gallery

A cartoon showing people in an art gallery looking for birds in landscape paintings. The people are birdwatchers kitted out in birdwatching gear, complete with binoculars.
A cartoon about animals and birds in art, twitchers, bird spotters, nature in art.
Cartoon drawn: 2011
Cartoon reference number: a151

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Filed Under: ANIMALS, ART, Birds

Birdwatching cartoon – and misuse of English cartoon (should it be less or fewer?)

January 29, 2012 by chrismadden

birdwatching cartoon and language cartoon

Birdwatching cartoon – and English usage cartoon

Birdwatching cartoon. Misuse of English cartoon.

A cartoon showing a father and son birdwatching. The father is correcting his son’s use of English – on seeing a lesser spotted woodpecker the son has mistakenly called it a fewer spotted woodpecker.
This isn’t just a cartoon about birdwatchers. It’s also a cartoon about linguistics and specifically English usage or misuse.
The mixing up of the words fewer and less is a common error.
Getting annoyed or irritated by the misuse of English, especially at the less/fewer level, is commonly seen as a sign of grumpy middle age.
The cartoon’s idea came to mind because of the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) Big Garden Birdwatch, an annual event in which people are encouraged to count the different garden birds that visit their gardens.
Cartoon reference number: a104

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Filed Under: ANIMALS, Birds, Children, DOMESTIC

Cartoon – shooting the dove of peace

December 24, 2011 by chrismadden

tank shooting dove of peace cartoon

Cartoon showing the dove of peace being shot at by a military tank.

Artwork showing the dove of peace being attacked by the miltary.

An anti-war illustration showing a peace dove.
A cartoon showing military antagonism to anti-war movements.

Cartoon reference number: a040

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Filed Under: ANIMALS, Birds, MORE, Politics

The dove of peace with an egg shaped like the earth – symbolising world peace

December 24, 2011 by chrismadden

dove of peace egg nest

Dove of peace illustration.

Artwork showing the dove of peace with an egg shaped like the earth in its nest.

An anti-war illustration showing a peace dove.
A cartoon related to the peace movement and the concept of world peace.

Cartoon reference number: a039

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Filed Under: ANIMALS, Birds, Politics

Dove of peace defecating on armaments

December 24, 2011 by chrismadden

peace dove cartoon - shitting on tank

Dove of peace illustration.

Artwork showing the dove of peace crapping on a military tank.

An anti-war illustration showing a peace dove.
A cartoon related to the peace movement, campaigns against militarism and campaigns against the arms trade.
A possible peace campaign poster.

Cartoon reference number: a038

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Filed Under: ANIMALS, Birds, MORE, Politics

Peace movement dove of peace illustration

December 24, 2011 by chrismadden

peace dove cartoon - taking tank

Dove of peace illustration.

Artwork showing the dove of peace carrying off a military tank (and being pursued by a soldier who wants his tank back).

An anti-war illustration showing a peace dove.
A cartoon related to the peace movement and campaigns against armaments and the arms trade – a possible peace campaign poster.

Cartoon reference number: a037

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Filed Under: ANIMALS, Birds, MORE, Politics

Flying penguins cartoon. Penguins flying using balloons

December 20, 2011 by chrismadden

penguins flying using balloons cartoon

Penguin cartoons. Penguins flying with the aid of balloons.

A cartoon showing penguins in flight.
Who said penguins were flightless birds?

A cartoon about overcoming adversity, overcoming physical restrictions or disabilities, ambition, ingenuity, enterprise.
This cartoon would probably make a very nice greetings card.

Original version drawn: 2001
Cartoon reference number: a026

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Filed Under: ANIMALS, Birds, Penguins

Penguin cartoons. A penguin sunbathing on a tropical beach

December 20, 2011 by chrismadden

sunbathing penguin cartoon

Penguin cartoon. A penguin sunbathing on a tropical beach.

This cartoon isn’t a joke so much as just a slightly silly and humorous image of a penguin sunbathing on a subtropical beach.
The penguin is obviously on holiday.
The cartoon has no specific meaning. It’s just that a penguin on a tropical beach is somewhat incongruous, therefore funny.

Cartoon reference number: a023

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