Arthur Shawcross original Bobolinks bird drawing kept on his cell wall for years before sending it from 2000

Very nice and detailed bird artwork by the now deceased Genessee River Killer Arthur Shawcross.

Medium: pencil and color pencil 

Size: 8.5 x 11 on paper

Titled : Bobolinks

Numbered : no.18

Dated : 2000

Signed : Arthur J. Shawcross

Personnal item he liked and had put on his wall at Sullivan Correctional Facility to give his cell a little bit of life.

Normaly you find artwork done and sent directly to a family member or a friend. Rarely do you see actual artwork the inmate held on to in particular and it definitely make this piece more desirable.

The bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) is a small New World Black bird and the only member of the genus Dolichonyx. An old name for this species is the "Rice Bird", from its tendency to feed on cultivated grains. Adults are 16–18 cm (6.3–7.1 in) long with short finch-like bills and weigh about 1 oz (28 g). Adult males are mostly black with creamy napes and white scapulars, lower backs, and rumps. Adult females are mostly light brown with black streaks on the back and flanks, and dark stripes on the head; their wings and tails are darker. The bobolink breeds in the summer in North American and southern Canada, often wintering in South America. Considered a pest by some farmers, the numbers of these birds are declining and are a species at risk throughout Canada.