Creek Side Gallery in Leonardtown currently is showing wild bird carvings by local artists Warren and Maxine Brown.Warren first carved as a Cub Scout and, after serving in the U.S.

Stephen D. Aardsma, 23, is an emerging woodcarving artist who has a sensitive knife when it comes to carving out birds, wildlife and other creatures out of single pieces of basswood. Aardsma comes … ...

CORNWALL -- Bird watchers, art enthusiasts, and the curious gathered at the Cornwall Historical Society last Saturday for a presentation on the history and techniques used to produce detailed ...

The bird's feathers were also a hot commodity for milliners. But by 1925, a law outlawing the sale of wild fowl threatened with extinction put a damper on the demand for decoys.

Boyd keeps a photo of his great-grandfather on a bookcase in the room where his own bird carvings are displayed. They sell for $75 "up to whatever someone wants to spend," he says.