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Make that upland sandpiper instead of yellow legs.I'm sure the artist took plenty of license in doing the pictures though.
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Thanks for the information. I thought these paintings were rather rather unique in you do not see a lot of shore birds compared to waterfoul. Has anyone seen water colors and feathers used this way before?
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04-29-2012, 04:31 PM | #5 | ||||||
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I've never seen shorebirds done that way or anything from that era(pre- 1918 ?)done with feathers. It would illegal to do it now as it involves migratory bird feathers.I don't know what the law is on ownership but I do know the wildlife people can get pretty aggressive in enforcement.
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04-29-2012, 05:11 PM | #6 | ||||||
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Last year in an antique shop in New York's Southern Tier, there was a Ruffed Grouse and a Hen Mallard done this way.
I had taken pictures, but of course proving the "you don't need it until you throw it away' law of nature. I cleared out my over load of photos on my phone just a few weeks ago, figuring those were some I would never need.
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04-29-2012, 09:30 PM | #7 | ||||||
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The bird in the foreground of the first picture is a Clapper rail. The bird in the background appears to be a Lesser yellowleg, as does the bird in the foreground of the second picture. The bird in the background of the second picture is a Northern Flicker.
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04-29-2012, 10:13 PM | #8 | ||||||
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Thanks guys for the information. I am not sure how good the Flickers were to eat..... but may taste like Meadowlark. When we were kids we grew up in a poorer part of the town. One of the hispanic kids next door and my brother and I would shoot Meadowlarks with our BB guns. His mother called them CHILE CON CARNES. It was not until I was in High School that I found out they were actually Western Meadowlarks. LOL.
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He took a lot of license with the flicker as they do not have barring on the head and they are good to eat.
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04-30-2012, 05:35 AM | #10 | ||||||
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Yellow Shafted Flicker?
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