Hunched over a piece of wood, Hank Sprouse whittles away in his basement workshop in Stratford, Connecticut. What looks like a simple carving now, will eventually become a realistic-looking cedar ...

Thanksgiving turkeys bring people together. They may also raise questions when it comes how you should be carving these holiday birds. Should someone cut down the middle first? What about the legs and ...

CORNWALL -- Bird watchers, art enthusiasts, and the curious gathered at the Cornwall Historical Society last Saturday for a presentation on the history and techniques used to produce detailed, ...

Rick Pass carves lifelike decoy ducks from blocks of unforgiving softwood, creations which have gone on to win awards.

Frank Kilburn was a professor of natural history and ornithology at the Washington State Normal School — what’s now the University of Maine at Machias — for 25 years. After he retired, in 1949, he set ...

North Dakota's state bird and the state's many shorebirds will be celebrated May 13 when Audubon National Wildlife Refuge again marks International Migratory Bird Day. The refuge is offering an art ...

The secret to carving any bird is confidence and a little understanding of how the bird is put together. You do have to practise, however, so cook a chook a week and in three weeks you will be a ...

Creek Side Gallery in Leonardtown currently is showing wild bird carvings by local artists Warren and Maxine Brown.Warren first carved as a Cub Scout and, after serving in the U.S. Navy as a ...

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