songbirds panoramic

Did this 750-piece Hautman Brothers puzzle (produced by Buffalo Games). I really like the artwork and the colors are fantastic. Pieces are a little small and very standard cuts in a straight grid pattern, but there are a few odd ones with hook or zigzag-like shapes:

This puzzle is three feet long, nearly the length of my table (puzzle board is now white)

Detail of my favorite bird on it- the wren:

I've done this jigsaw once before, so made myself work the background first and the birds last, opposite of how I usually do a new puzzle. Had trouble filling in the blue/green background until I had the outlines of the birds done. Surprising how few pieces actually make the inside of the birds- the focal point of it all- 

Assembly sequence (click to view larger and scroll through- it's fun!)

I have another Hautman Brothers panoramic puzzle, of birds sitting in a row in winter scenery. Maybe I'll do that one next.