This small, striped-headed curlew is the only North American shorebird that may be lost to us, its extirpation probably due to drastic over hunting, habitat alteration, and the extinction of a grasshopper, one of its primary prey species.
Perhaps extinct; rare sightings continued to be reported to the end of the twentieth century, but the last unequivocably documented records were photos taken in Texas in the spring of 1962 and a bird shot by a hunter in Barbados in the fall of 1963.
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Cindy and Mark have been leading a very unique lifestyle since 1978-one that many have said they would like to enjoy. They have been traveling North America studying the many species of birds and flowers. Being entirely mobile in their workshop/studio enables them to work in the field.
Cindy learned the art of carving from Mark who is entirely self-taught and began in 1959. Together they have o... [Read More]
