October 2024
The Killdeer is one of my favorite birds. I became acquainted with them growing up as a boy in Yellowstone. These larger plovers nested on the ground out in plain sight among the sagebrush and rocks. Thus, their eggs and young were fairly easy to find. When I approached nest the adult killdeer would pretend to be wounded and flutter along the ground just ahead with a plaintiff cry to draw me away from the nest. They are a uniquely striped bird.
This was carved by hand with a little help from power tools from basswood, which does not lend itself well to power carving. I painted it with acrylic paints and made the legs and feet out of wire covered with QuickWood.
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