Pileated Woodpecker Balsa Ornament MLUM These shiny little sand-cast sculptures

These shiny little sand-cast sculptures are created out of old car parts and scrap aluminum collected from garbage dumps in Nicaragua

Unlike most birds

Roomy enough to fit a small field guide and water bottle or a larger guide like The Sibley Guide to Birds

Equip your kitchen with function and beauty

cast and then polished to perfection

Pileated Woodpecker Balsa Ornament MLUM These shiny little sand-cast sculpturesThe pileated woodpecker is the largest woodpecker living in North America. Not only are they big, they are easily recognizable by their bright red crests. Pileated is derived from the word pileus, which refers to a felt cap. They peck for carpenter ants in wood. Made out of sustainably harvested balsa wood, these lightweight ornaments are hand carved and then painted with non toxic acrylic paint by a cooperative of skilled artisans on Isla