North America's largest shorebird, the Long-billed Curlew breeds in the grasslands of the Great Plains and Great Basin. Its bill is best adapted for capturing shrimp and crabs living in deep burrows on tidal mudflats (its wintering grounds) or burrowing earthworms in pastures.
This is a miniature northeast shorebird standing on a piece of driftwood taken from the beach in Breezy Point, NY after Super Storm Sandy hit in 2012. Its made of two pieces of tupelo and the legs are copper covered with an acrylic compound. It took 26 hours to carve and paint, and was done in October 2014.
