Bird painting

In between home/office activities I've been trying to get some bird-painting done. I started out in November doing bird illustrations with white backgrounds (like the Spotted Owls at the top of this blog page), but lately I've been seeing what it's like to paint birds in their environment,such as Northern Harriers over fields and an ocean view with a Northern Gannet and Razorbills. I'm not sure what my motivation is for doing the painting, but it's so enjoyable, I guess that's enough. Eventually though, I may run out of wall-space.