Illustrator, Wildlife Artist, Birder, Photographer

Portland, Maine
Joined March 2009
Raven stickers now in my Etsy shop. jadafitch.etsy.com/
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Out today! Duet: Our Journey in Song with the Northern Mockingbird by Phillip Hoose is a great look at the history of this amazing bird. Also, I painted the cover. Available through Macmillan Publishing, Amazon and more.
Heard my first whip-poor-will in half a decade this spring, and right after I drew this guy for @NorthWoodlands If you draw them, they will come.
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Really excited to share this book cover I worked on last winter. Duet: Our Journey in Song with the Northern Mockingbird, by Phillip Hoose will be out September 13, but is available for preorder now, through @MacmillanUSA, Amazon, etc.
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Great Crested Flycatcher
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Nature Smarts Workbooks from @MassAudubon and @StoreyPub are out today! Find on their websites, Amazon and more.
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Another illustration for Nature Smarts 7-9. Fallen logs are one of my favorite subject matters.
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Who’s not in their proper habitat? The "Habitat Mix Up" pages of, Nature Smarts Workbooks (Ages7-9) may have been my favorite to illustrate.
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Excited to finally share the project I spent most of 2021 working on. Huge thanks to @StoreyPub and @MassAudubon, who put a ton of work into these books. Out May 10th, available for preorder now. Mass Audubon Shop shop.massaudubon.org/search.…
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It’s hard to believe that one in four trees in the eastern US used to be an American chestnut. Last year I ordered a sapling, and it just came in the mail this week. Excited to have one in my yard, and hoping it makes it to 500 years.
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This panel highlights the Manchester trail's namesake. Cedars swamps are definitely one of my favorite ecosystems. Doesn't get much better than a sphagnum moss carpet.
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Let's hear it for vernal pools!
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After working on this giant rhododendron interpretive panel for @Nature_NH, this is now one of my favorite flowers.
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This panel for @Nature_NH a lot of fun to create. All about the oak trees in the Manchester Cedar Swamp, and some of the critters that enjoy them.
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Another panel for The Nature Conservancy New Hampshire, at the new Manchester Cedar Swamp All Persons Trail.
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Yesterday, @Nature_NH opened an All Persons Trail at Manchester Cedar Swamp Preserve. I’m so honored to have been asked to design 7 interpretive panels for the trail. Here’s one all about the symbiotic relationship between glacial boulders and rock tripe, a winning team.
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Waiting for ovenbirds to return.
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