Chickadee

This Chickadee is a little larger than half size. I turned the head a little bit. I didn't use any measurements when carving. The eyes look like I placed them to high on the head. After I painted the bird, I dropped it and it landed on it's beak. We had a bird feeder by I window and every once in a while a bird would fly into the window so I had to move the feeder.  So this bird has a crooked beak. I like the paint work on the bird. The feet are made from wire that is soldered. The Chickadee is perched on a piece of wood cut from a Cherry tree branch. 

Chickadee

The thing about carving a bird is that it will try your patience and hurry you along. This is a life size chickadee on a piece of driftwood found on the Washington coast. I pegged the driftwood to a smaller piece of wood. I first had a thicker piece of wood attached, but it competed with the driftwood.