The Little Nuthatch — field guide paintings

New watercolor painting, an Acorns chart- I used a North American wildlife book in reference to painting this chart. I am assuming these are the most common acorns found in North America, even though it leaves out some of the ones I am used to in Florida. I also learned that the sizes of acorns from the same type of Oak can vary a lot (especially depending on what part of the country it's in) so I didn't worry about accuracy in size. But I love it! Acorns are so cool.

Continuing my series of bird classification charts for Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, here are the flycatchers, swifts, swallows, etc... Acadian Flycatcher Alder Flycatcher Bank Swallow Barn Swallow Chimney Swift Cliff Swallow Eastern Kingbird Eastern Phoebe Gray Kingbird Great Crested Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Loggerhead Shrike Northern Rough-Winged Swallow Purple Martin Tree Swallow Western Kingbird

I have finished a new Mushroom Chart, I am calling it "The Morbid Mushrooms" because for this one I picked the ones with the creepiest names out there. I love having collections of paintings so I did this one in thinking it could compliment my previous Mushroom Chart, or the Carnivorous Plants Chart! Featuring... Witch's Hat Corpse Finder Deadly Dapperling Poison Pie Destroying Angel Deadly Parasol Fool's Mushroom Red-staining Inocybe Devil's Urn The Sickener Dead Man's Fingers Deadly Webcap Autumn Skull Cap I end with the first Mushroom Chart I did a while back. Both will be available as prints...

The owls are finished! These are Owls of North America...  Barred Owl Barn Owl Boreal Owl Burrowing Owl Eastern Screech Owl Elf Owl Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Flammulated Owl Great Gray Owl Great Horned Owl Hawk Owl Long-eared Owl Northern Pygmy Owl Northern Saw-Whet Owl Short-eared Owl Snowy Owl Western Screech Owl Whiskered Screech Owl

The hummingbirds are finished! In this field guide painting: Allen's Hummingbird Anna's Hummingbird Black-chinned Hummingbird Blue-throated Hummingbird Broad-billed Hummingbird Broad-tailed Hummingbird Buff-bellied Hummingbird Calliope Hummingbird Green-breasted Mango Green Violet-ear Magnificent Hummingbird Ruby-throated Hummingbird Rufous Hummingbird White-eared Hummingbird I think I like how the White-eared turned out the best. Next: owls!