Spring 2025

REFERENCE: Ruby-Throated Hummingbird

Rick Burkman

PATTERN: Ruby-Throated Hummingbird by Jean Minaudier

INTERVIEW: Tom Christie

Reflections from a Ward Living Legend.

DEMONSTRATION: 40 Spots for 40 Years, Part One

Lori Corbett

Carving a forty-spotted pardalote to celebrate WCM’s 40th anniversary.

PATTERN: Forty-Spotted Pardalote by Lori Corbett

DEMONSTRATION: The Turtleback Harlequin, Part One

Keith Hendrickson

A new species gets the Upper-Chesapeake treatment.

PATTERN: Turtleback Harlequin by Keith Hendrickson

CLASS NOTES: Green-Winged Teal Drake

Rich Smoker

A bullet-fast gunning decoy.

ON THE COVER

Tom Christie’s preening hen mallard.