Roseate Spoonbill chick Carving 120

For late spring and early summer I wanted to make a baby bird, and I've been wanting to make a hatchling of a wading bird such as an Ibis or Spoonbill.  More than a year ago I bought a cute antique metal basket that was painted pink, and I thought it would be cute to put a baby Roseate Spoonbill on a soft nest in that basket. Kind of an Easter idea originally or a gift for a child. Im not sure if I have the basket still, and moved to the idea of putting the chick carving in a natural nest and place it in a mangrove tree to replicate how Roseate Spoonbills nest. After I was finished with the carving I made the branch nest from branches of the invasive Brazilian Pepper tree. Here's a few photos of the finished piece. 

Hatchling Roseate Spoonbill, carving 120.

Made of basswood, a glass eye, and acrylic paint. 

David K. Kramer June 2019

Here is the Roseate Spoonbill carving in its Brazilian Peppertree nest. I added 

some dried seagrass and seaweed too, like some of the nest sometimes have.

Another shot of the Roseate Spoonbill hatchling. These birds really do look like dinosaurs in many ways. But while painting it, I really felt like it was a little scary in a dinosaur like way.