I haven’t done much painting in the last few months as I have a ” slipped disc ” in my midback that will require surgery in Seattle.  The pain prevents me
from bending over for a long periods of time.  So to compensate I have carved 2 birds –@  life sized.  One is a black walnut oystercatcher ( with the orange-red bill ) and the other a ponderosa pine black necked stilt.