Antique Style

These birds are made to replicate antique decoys, which includes peeling paint and cracks in the wood! The antique style curlews have bills made of metal which were forged by a local blacksmith. In times past, hunters often used pitch fork tines to fashion sturdy bills for their decoys. Click on the images for a closer look.

Curlew
Curlew

Best Antique Shorebird in the Columbia Wildfowl Carving Show in Vancouver, WA, 2019

 

Plover
Plover

Second Best Antique Shorebird in the Columbia Wildfowl Carving Show in Vancouver, WA, 2019

 

Long-Tailed Drake
Long-Tailed Drake-SOLD

 

Golden Plover
Golden Plover-SOLD

 

Lesser Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs-SOLD

Antique Mantelpiece Style

 

Curlew, walking
Curlew, Walking-SOLD

Antique Mantelpiece Style

 

Curlew, crouching
Curlew, Crouching- SOLD

 

Curlew, running
Curlew, Running- SOLD

 

Greater Yellowlegs
Greater Yellowlegs-SOLD

 

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