Giant Black Bird, (sculpture).

Giant Black Bird, (sculpture).

Hobbs, Lee, sculptor.

Giant Black Bird, (sculpture).

Giant Blackbird, (sculpture).

Bird: rebar, hog wire, and fiberglass, painted; Base: concrete.

Bird: approx. 29 x 10 x 8 ft,; Each base: approx. 3 ft. 4 in. x 2 ft. 4 in. x 2 ft. 4 in.

Stylized standing blackbird with arms, legs, broad shoulders and large open beak. The bird has three finger-like talons curled inward on the end of each hand, and two toe-like talons curled upwards at the end of each foot. The feet, beak, and hands are yellow; the eyes are black and white; and the remainder of the bird is black. Each foot stands on a rectangular concrete base.

Animal -- Bird -- Blackbird

Outdoor Sculpture -- Oregon -- Medford

Black Bird Shopping Center, 1810 West Main Street, Medford, Oregon 97501

The inside of the bird is hollow.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Oregon survey, 1993.

Black Bird Shopping Center, 2014.

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