October Workbench...

[Pat Gregory]

Good point Brad! Sorry, got lost in the excitement of hunting them next week. Best sleep I'll ever lose...

 

[RLLigman]

Pat, they look good!! Good luck next week!

 

[Bill Clark]

Bob,
Great looking redhead.
That dog will flare birds too shiny !!!!

 

[MLBob Furia]

Bob,
Great looking redhead.
That dog will flare birds too shiny !!!!

LOL, Bill.....May have to get her a Ghillie suit ;-)

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[Brad Bortner]

Bob,
Great looking redhead.
That dog will flare birds too shiny !!!!

LOL, Bill.....May have to get her a Ghillie suit ;-)

A little muddy water and slop will take care of the shine.

 

[Steve Sanford]

Good morning Pat & All~

Lots of great work this month!

Here is a Short-eared Owl I painted onto a sign made by other volunteers. This site is part of a larger IBA - Important Bird Area - which protects habitats for grassland birds. They typically get a bunch of Short-eareds - as well as Snowy Owls, Rough-legged Hawks, Snow Buntings and Lapland Longspurs in the winter. Upland Sandpiper is the bird we hope for in the spring.

The sign has 2 sides - so I will be painting an "identical" SEO onto the "flip side" after gunning this morning.

All the best,

SJS

 

[Al Hansen]

Great job on the short eared owl, Steve. It brought back memories. Good luck on your hunt this morning.
Al

 

[MLBob Furia]

Great sign, Steve!

 

[Rick Henderson]

finished a 6 bird rig order hollow cedar mahogany keel epoxy sealed painted with traditions acrylics

help me out jode hillman

 

[jode hillman]

finished a 6 bird rig order hollow cedar mahogany keel epoxy sealed painted with traditions acrylics

help me out jode hillman

 

[Bill Embacher]

Between bow hunting and this...not much carving lately. Trying to get to glass before it gets too cold!

 

[Paul Dobrosky]

Steve, Very nice job-on the owl painting, the people should be very pleased.. Good lock on your Hunt. PAUL

 

[Steve Sanford]

Good morning, Bill~

You're teasing us! What vessel is that?

All the best,

SJS

 

[Steve Sanford]

Good morning, Paul~

I finished Owl # 2 -the other side of the sign - yesterday.

We ended a very slow first half on a high note. A double on Mallards kept me smiling all day.

All the best,

SJS

 

[Pat Gregory]

Excellent work Steve! Pat

 

[Paul Dobrosky]

Steve, After that double shot I can see that Smile all the way here in N.J.

 

[Bill Embacher]

Good morning Steve, i missed that owl earlier....its outstanding!

My build is Devlins Pelicano, 18' CC. Its really shoehorned into my garage!

BE

 

[Steve Sanford]

Good morning, Bill~

Thanks for the kind words. That sign is now out of my shop - getting several coats of marine varnish from another volunteer. The "grand opening" of the grassland is in about 10 days.

Here is a pair of Blue-wings from the "bench" of George Williams:

With any luck, I will post a few of my own later today.....

All the best,

SJS

 

[Steve Sanford]

Good morning, Pat et al~

Lots of re-painting of late.

Here is a pair of Bean's Wigeon which began life as Coastal Mallards.

I lopped about a half-inch off the bills. I wish there had been a bit more crown to work with.

These are Al McCormick Black Ducks - now enjoying life as Mallards.

This is my latest impulse. I picked up 40 or so of Herter's smaller foam birds - the Model 63s. I put my epoxy+sawdust coating on 10 and hunted them up on Champlain a couple of days ago.

All the best,

SJS

 

[roy brewington]

Beautiful repaints steve!