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Other Bird Statues (page 5)

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Vulture [gone]
Pomona, CA
This Vulture sculpture appeared to be made of foam. He stood in the parking lot behind the Cal Poly Pomona Downtown Center. These photos are from 2008. By 2011, the statue was gone.

Vulture
Seligman, AZ
This Vulture sculpture was installed at the Roadkill Cafe around 2024. [map]

Buzzard
Key Largo, FL

2009:
2020 and 2021:
This Buzzard statue advertises for the Buzzard's Roost Grill & Pub. In 2009, he was installed on top of a car on Highway 1. By 2011, the statue had been restored and installed in the restaurant's tiki bar patio.

Buzzard
Springfield, MO		 Woodpecker
Peoria Heights, IL
This Buzzard was installed at Don's Old Cars & Antiques around 2017. The owner got the statue from a mini golf course around 2014. He used a satellite dish to create a nest. [map]

This six-foot-tall, chainsaw-carved Woodpecker has been installed on the water tower in Tower Park since 1970. It was previously located in Vancouver Island, BC. [map]

More Woodpeckers:
Leader, SK

Bluebird of Happiness
Vilano Beach, FL

2010:
2021:
The Bluebird of Happiness was built in the 1940s to promote orange juice sales and installed in Vilano Beach. The statue is about eight feet tall and was originally painted orange. Later, the bird was moved to Newt's Motel where he was painted blue and was given this name. He was moved several times after the motel closed and deteriorated. The statue was donated to the town in 2008 and moved back downtown to this chain link cage. The statue was restored in 2011. It was moved to the foot of the Vilano Beach Pier. For more, see this website. [map]

Penguin
Tulsa, OK		 Penguin
Tulsa, OK		 Penguin
Bristow, OK
This Penguin in Tulsa was installed in 2002 during the Penguins on Parade community art project. The six-foot-tall statues were purchased and decorated by local businesses to benefit the Tulsa Zoo. The zoo had just added an African Black-footed Penguin exhibit. There were about 100 of these statues installed, most of them in Tulsa. The first statue shown above is located in front of the M&M Lumber Co. The statue is known as "Handy." For more, see this website. [map]

The second Penguin statue shown above is installed at Myers-Duren Harley-Davidson. It is nicknamed "Willie P., the Wild One." The statue has been there since at least 2007 and has probably been there since the art project began 2002. [map]

This Penguin in Bristow is another statue from the Penguins on Parade art project. This one is painted in the Bristow High School football team's colors of purple and gold. It is located at Crown Auto World and known as "Sam the Salesman." [map]

Penguin
Cut Bank, MT
This 27-foot-tall Penguin was built in 1989 from reinforced concrete. It originally had a speaker inside which played a recorded message: "Welcome to Cut Bank, Coldest Spot in the Nation!" That stopped working in 2004. In 2013, a 17-foot-tall replica of the statue was built in Innisfree, AB for the filming of the "Cut Bank" movie. That statue still stands. For more, see this website. [map]

Penguin Park
Kansas City, MO
Penguin Park is a children's public playground in Lakewood Greenway Park. The 23-foot-tall penguin and 26-foot-tall kangaroo were built by Vernon Jones and installed in 1965. In 1998, the park's name was officially changed to Penguin Park. Originally, the giant penguin was a slide and the kangaroo had a swing. Both statues were later modified out of safety concerns. There are also two elephants and a giraffe statue. There was a penguin drinking fountain which is gone now. [map]

More Penguins:
Platteville, CO
Tipp City, OH
Reading, PA [gone]
Lyon, France
Hokkaido, Japan

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