Carolina Wren Carving #8

Yesterday on my Instagram I did a throwback to my 8th bird carving which was done in June of 2010. Its a Carolina Wren that I would see in my backyard when I lived in Houston, TX.  I would hear it sing often, as well as its mate, and sometimes it would sleep tucked under a metal bracket of the back patio.  I put up a small bird house for it in my shade garden full of native grasses and wildflowers, but it never nested there.  I gifted this Carolina Wren to my parents and it sits happily on a shelf in their kitchen with some of my other carvings. I went to visit them for Memorial Day and when there was a break in all the rain, I decided to take some pictures.

This bird was one of the few that have full wire feet; something I would do when I first started carving. After the wire feet phase, I used molded pewter feet but I wasn't really happy with them, especially for the tiny birds like warblers. Currently I have switched back to using wire, but only for the leg (tarsus) portion of the leg.

Carolina Wren, carved in June 2010

Carolina Wren bottom details. On all my birds I sign with my initials DKK and the month/year.  I do record all the exact details in a journal I have that includes where I saw the bird, what it was made of,  and the exact date I finished the bird, plus the name of the person of the person who purchased the bird from me or who I gifted the bird to.