Its mid-fall 2018 now and the holiday season is starting! Snow birds (actual birds and people from up north) are here in South Florida, and its busy as usual! There's lots of hustle and bustle here in Broward County with the elections recently, (I Voted!!) and many other changes: large shopping complexes (Dania Point just opened) and work on I-95. Palm Warblers are here, and most of the other Neotropical Migrants have passed through Florida already. The Least Terns have left Florida and are now along the northern coast of South America. Here is my Least Tern carving, number 113, that I finished in September when the final Least Terns were still here. This is the subspecies Sternula antillarum antillarum, which breeds along the Atlantic Coast of North America.
It's made out of basswood, and painted with acrylic paint. It has black German glass eyes, and metal legs, and sculpted resin feet. The base is also basswood and painted to replicate the sand at Dania Beach, where I saw this particular bird.
Wing inserts and details of the painting.
Finished Least Tern on the bridge of the South Skyway Fishing Pier, over Tampa Bay.
Though Least Terns can be seen here they are much less common than Royal and Sandwich Terns, which can be seen in the hundreds some days.
Least Tern, another view.
Have a safe, happy, and wonderful Holiday Season to all of you readers!
Thanks for stopping by! ~David
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