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| Other Bird Statues (page 6) |
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| Distelfink Reading, PA |
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| This Distelfink statue is installed at the Heritage Center. It was created in 1984 by Ramon Lago. The statue is about six feet tall and 11 feet long and made of cast aluminum and stainless steel. This stylized bird is frequently used by the Pennsylvania Dutch to represent happiness and good luck. Distelfink is German for Thistle Finch. These photos are from 2009. The statue was repainted in 2016. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map] |
| Owl [gone] Orem, UT |
Owl Jacksonville, FL |
Owl Club Salmon, ID |
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The Owl in Orem was located in front of the Roll Up Crepe Cafe. It was built for the restaurant in 2011. The statue was seven feet tall and was made of foam covered with fiberglass and paint. It was created by Trijsten Leach who also built a realistic tree sculpture inside the Cafe. The statue was still there in 2016 but gone by 2018. For more, see this website.
The 25-foot-tall, bronze Owl statue in Jacksonville is installed on a corner of the main branch of the Jacksonville Public Library. The Owl stands on top of two books and represents Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom who could transform herself into an owl. The gold lockplate with a keyhole and the key also symbolize wisdom. The sculpture was created by Larry Kirkland and installed in 2005. [map] The Owl Club in Salmon features an owl riddled with arrows. I suspect it has been here since at least the 1970s. [map] |
| Snowy Owl Parker, CO |
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| This Snowy Owl sculpture was installed in O'Brien Park in 2022. It was created by Stephen Landis. It is one of many temporary sculptures in town which are for sale. I believe it may be gone now. [map] |
| Owl Cafe Albuquerque, NM |
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| The Owl Cafe was built in the 1980s. The building is topped with a 20-foot-tall owl's head. The restaurant was a franchise location of the original Owl Cafe in San Antonio, NM which opened in 1949. I don't believe that restaurant had an owl on top of the building. In 2004 and 2005, two more Owl Cafe locations were built in Albuquerque. For more, see this website. [map] |
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More Owls:
Hoot Hoot Ice Cream: 1, 2, 3 (South Gate, CA) [vintage; gone] Burrowing Owls (Leader, SK) |
| Jayhawks Lawrence, KS |
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| The Jayhawk is a mythical bird which combines the blue jay and the sparrow hawk. It is the University of Kansas mascot. These five bronze sculptures were created by Robin Richerson of Icon Artworks in 2019. They are three feet tall and depict the changes to the KU mascot from 1912, 1920, 1923, 1929, and 1941. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, and 3. [map] |
| Jayhawk Lawrence, KS |
Jayhawk Lawrence, KS |
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The first Jayhawk sculpture shown above was created by Peter M. Fillerup in 1983. The bronze sculpture is four-and-a-half feet tall and is titled "Kansas Jayhawk." It is installed in front of the Adams Alumni Center. [map]
The second Jayhawk statue shown above represents the current look of the KU mascot which has been used since 1946. It is installed in front of the Kansas Union building and is known as the "Classic Jayhawk." It was created in 2003 along with 30 other, five-foot-tall statues as part of the Jayhawks on Parade project. Each statue had a unique paint job. For more, see this website. [map] |
| Jayhawk Nest Lawrence, KS |
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| This bronze Jayhawk Nest sculpture was created by Robin Richerson of Icon Artworks and installed in 2022. [map] |
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More Jayhawks:
Lawrence, KS |
| Hawk Plant City, FL |
Ostrich [gone] Gillette, WY |
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This Hawk that is installed in front of Hillsborough Community College is really an eagle statue. But the college is the "Home of the Hawks." The statue has been there since at least 2010. [map]
This Ostrich was installed in front of the News-Record building when I was there in 2008. The sculpture known as "Too Tall Ozzie" was produced by Dollores B. Shelledy. There was a "for sale" sign on the statue when I took this photo above. By 2012, the statue was gone. It appears that this statue was located in Sheridan, WY in 2010. I don't know where it is now. |
| Red-tailed Hawk's Nest Lake Forest, IL |
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| This interactive Red-tailed Hawk's Nest sculpture features three eggs and a hawk head with telescope inside. It was created by Taylor Studios and installed in Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve around 2006. [map] |
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More Hawks:
Iowa City, IA Lancaster, OH Leader, SK More Ostriches:
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| Birds Houston, TX |
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| These three Birds are made of steel and concrete and are named "Books of a Feather". They were created by Dixie Friend Gay and are installed in 2017 at the Alice McKean Young Neighborhood Library. The sculptures range in size from 12 to 15 feet tall and are covered with glass and ceramic tiles. The tiles have book titles and quotes associated with birds and flight. For more, see this website. [map] |
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More Birds:
Birds (Miami, FL) [gone] Seagull (Corinth, NY) Blackbird (Bristol, VA) Grouse (Ashern, MB) Sandpiper (Dorchester, NB) [map] Hummingbird (Middle Musquodoboit, NB) Puffins (Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan, QC) Blue Jay (Saint-Joachim, QC) [gone] American Avocet & Piping Plover (Chaplin, SK) Galah (Kimba, South Australia) |
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Other Birds (page 3) |
Other Birds (page 4) |
Other Birds (page 5) |
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Roosters & Chickens |
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