In 1987, a teenager named Wendy Sloboda helped palaeontologists from the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller to make an important discovery at Devil's Coulee in southern Alberta. Wendy had always been fascinated by dinosaurs, and one spring day, she spotted dinosaur egg fragments near the Milk River. Later during the summer, paleontologists from the Royal Tyrrell Museum came to look for eggs. They were very excited when they found dinosaur nests with baby dinosaur bones still inside the eggs. Nearby were many more tiny bones of baby dinosaurs. The bones and eggs belonged to duck-billed dinosaurs called Hypacrosaurus (hi-PAK-ro-SOR-us). In the same area, scientists have found bones of Caenagnathus (cane-AG-nay-thus). Caenagnathus was an egg-stealing dinosaur that probably stole eggs from some of the nests.

Below is a mother Hypacrosaurus with some of her new babies in their nest.
How many babies can you find?

Build Your Own Dinosaur Nest

Trace the outline of the baby Hypacrosaurus onto light cardboard. Cut it out and colour it.

Make as many babies as you like for each nest.

You can use a large cardboard box for the nest.
Cut the sides of the box to about 2 inches (5 cm) high.

Fill the box with shredded newspaper or cotton wool, or anything else you think would make a good lining for the nest.

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