Hand Carved Downy Woodpecker

Item Number: 868
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Description
Hand carved by World Champion Carver, Merrill S. Timmins, this life-sized Downy Woodpecker is a work of art. Each of Mr. Timmins' birds are hand crafted from a block of Basswood or Tupelo and painted true-to-life.
About the Artist:
World Champion Bird and Duck Carver, Merrill S. Timmins, has 30 years of experience in bird and duck carving and 20 years of experience in teaching the same. He is the winner of many ribbons and awards, including 1st place at the Ward World Competition for the past three years (www.wardworldmuseum.com),
About the Downy Woodpecker:
From the Cornell Lab of Ornithology:
"The active little Downy Woodpecker is a familiar sight at backyard feeders and in parks and woodlots, where it joins flocks of chickadees and nuthatches, barely outsizing them. An often acrobatic forager, this black-and-white woodpecker is at home on tiny branches or balancing on slender plant galls, sycamore seed balls, and suet feeders. Downies and their larger lookalike, the Hairy Woodpecker, are one of the first identification challenges that beginning bird watchers master."
Special Instructions
You are bidding on the cost of this hand-carved bird with LOCAL PICK-UP. Birds can be mailed, however, to anywhere in the United States. Winning bidders who would like to have this item shipped will see a secondary charge on their credit card covering the actual cost of shipping.