What's on your WORK BENCH - May 2022

[MLBob Furia]

[size 4] Just finished up a ringbill drake last week, and working on the hen now.

 

[Huntindave McCann]

Bob,
As always, nice. [smile]

 

[Steve Sanford]

Bob ~


Great job on your Chestnut-collared Pochard!


BTW: In a "Beginning Ornithology" program I give locally, I include Ring-necked Duck among "Worst Bird Names Ever" - along with Red-bellied Woodpecker and Sharp-shinned Hawk.



All the best,


SJS

 

[MLBob Furia]

[size 4]That newly completed ringneck cork gunning pair out on the water with an older one.The hen seems unimpressed with the posturing of the drake [sly]

 

[patrick mccarthy]

Bob
Beautiful

 

[MIKE-SID]

I'm impressed Bob, beautiful.

 

[Steve Sanford]

Good morning, Bob~


Three grand postures - each a spectacle in and of itself!


Here's a Spoonbill From the Bench of George Williams:






I've been working on a whirlwind of projects - but just picked up this charming pair of Shelldrake on Long Island - via member Frank Zamp. They were carved by Helmuth Rich - a carver from Patchogue.






Both Drake and Hen show the work of Old Man Time. I will show my rehab - as it happens (slowly) - in a separate post.






Another friend left me with this nice Mallard - missing only one key feature.






All the best,


SJS

 

[MLBob Furia]

We got word that Grandchild #9, due in October, will be a boy.
I felt that an appropriately colored duck call was in order, and turned this one in the shop a few days back: