Red-Tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
Red-Tail on Branch
This highly detailed beautiful wooden sculpture depicts the furious curiosity of the red-tailed hawk. It is life-sized and stands 25 inches high. The bird is carved in tupelo and painted in acrylics and oils. It is in a private collection.
Mantling Red-Tailed Hawk III
Finally!!! It is done!!! The base is a combination of cherry and big-leaf maple burl. It is available for purchase.
Hunting Team
This piece captures the symbiosis of the trained raptor and the falconer. The full-sized red-tailed hawk eagerly awaits the command to hunt.
The bird,glove and bell are carved of tupelo and finished in acrylic paints. The base is walnut. It may be purchased.
Red-Tailed Hawk
With one wing outstretched, this red-tailed hawk issues a call from atop its rocky perch.
This carving is in 1/3-scale. This carving is in a private collection.
Photographs of this piece were recently published as part of a gallery of photos in Denny Rogers’ new reference book The Illustrated Birds of Prey, published 2007, Fox Chapel Publishing Co. Inc.