Black Capped Chickadee

[birder]

Originally Posted by rickstef

Well, check out Pete Heesch's site https://hbprecisioncard.com/
He has some of the LS bird kits, so you might be able to save on postage being Stateside instead of coming across the big pond

Thanks Rick for that link!

[birder]

Originally Posted by Michael Mash

I am becoming a "Birder" student.
It is a pleasure to watch you build them.
But just as much fun . . . I am learning an awful lot about the various species when you describe their habits, habitat, and other characteristics, as you did with this one.
So I look forward to reading more.
Mike

Thank you Mike I have to say birds have been a wonderful thing for me in many ways, of course I'm having fun..

[birder]

Originally Posted by rockpaperscissor

A beautiful little thing. Truly a work of art.

I'm very happy you enjoy these. Johan has designed these shapes nicely, so from a bit away they look pretty real, like a really good woodcarving..

[Erik Zwaan]

Hi Glen, beautiful work indeed, nice little diorama with the bird in its natural habitat. I recognize the shape of the robin's head .

Cheers,
Erik

[romanmodels]

nice work Glen

[birder]

Originally Posted by Erik Zwaan

Hi Glen, beautiful work indeed, nice little diorama with the bird in its natural habitat. I recognize the shape of the robin's head .

Cheers,
Erik

Thanks Erik these little models are fun. I made the yellow boxfish clever few parts. Now working on an American Goldfinch, but it is proving a challenge to get really nice, hard to hide seams on a smoothly yellow bird...

[birder]

Originally Posted by romanmodels

nice work Glen

Thanks David

[mbauer]

Originally Posted by birder

Thanks Mike it sound very different where you live, but would love to see the birds up there sometime (summer nesters anyway ha)

Lots of pretty birds up here. Take a boat ride out of Seward, see Puffins and plenty other types of shore birds.

When I lived in Kenai, used to have a Cardinal that used to hang out in the birch tree in full view from front living room Every year it would show up. Recently asked my friend who bought my old home about it, he says he sees one or two every year.

Local High School uses them as the team name, Kenai Cardinals.

I'm really impressed with the Arctic Terns. Worked at the port of Anchorage for awhile. Lots of gravel in the work yard. Had to be careful, they get real aggressive when protecting their nests.

Kittiwakes, different types of seagulls, tremendous amount of water fowl-except when they decide to land at the same time I'm planning to on the same runway. Bunch of whooping cranes almost got me.
We even have humming birds up here in the summer.

Awesome to look up sometimes to see what is around.

Most acrobatic ones are the Snipe.

Mike

[birder]

Very nice wildlife! I’ve seen some puffins and auklets off WASHINGTON coast
But only a couple of them...I wasn’t aware that Cardinals occurred there they don’t tend to wander to our region so must migrate down East of the Rockies..

[reklein]

Your chickadee turned out really nice Glen. I could almost get interested. I still have most of that collection I bought on e-bay. Theres a zero,in there plus a 1/33 B-25, and 3-4 battleships. one is the italian Garibaldi with some laser cut parts.