Yellowstone Easter Eggs

A new ‘spring series’ I started this week at the Yellowstone Heritage and Research Center..... It seemed like a good week to paint eggs. At first, I thought I’d go to the Yellowstone Heritage and Research Center and “paint some eggs for Easter”. (Of course, not the way most people paint eggs for Easter). But, when I started looking at the variety and subtle coloring of all the eggs in their collection, and then the beautiful nests too – how can you stop at just one?!  So, I’m off on a new spring series – eggs and nests of Yellowstone birds. And what a good day to kick it off!

This is a photo of my current subject. The painting is in progress. The nest with eggs belonged to a Cassin’s Finch. The two eggs below the nest (one is broken) are from a Cooper’s Hawk. The small eggs on the top right are from a Yellow-headed Blackbird. Below them are American Crow eggs. And the large egg is from an American White Pelican.

Hope you had fun this week painting eggs too. Happy Easter!