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| Other Bird Statues (page 6) |
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| Bluebird of Happiness Vilano Beach, FL 2010: |
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| 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 Tulsa, OK |
Penguin Tulsa, OK |
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| Penguin Tulsa, OK |
Penguin Tulsa, OK |
Penguin Bristow, OK |
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These Penguins in Tulsa were 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. There are many more that I have not included here. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2.
The first Penguin shown above is located in front of the M&M Lumber Co. The statue is named "Handy." [map] The second Penguin statue shown above is installed at Myers-Duren Harley-Davidson. It is named "Willie P., the Wild One." [map] The third Penguin statue shown above is located at the Monaco Parks Apartments. It is named "Sergeant P. Guin." [map] The fourth Penguin statue shown above is installed at the Bank of Oklahoma Financial Operations Center. It is named "Waddlesworth." The briefcase that he originally held was gone by 2019. [map] The fifth Penguin statue in Tulsa shown above is installed in front of law offices. He is named "Buddy the Penguin." [map] The sixth Penguin statue in Tulsa is located at the Tulsa Police station. He is named "Officer Justice." [map] The 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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] |
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More Penguins:
Platteville, CO Tipp City, OH Reading, PA [gone] Lyon, France [map] Hokkaido, Japan |
| 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] |
| Owl Munster, IN |
Snowy Owl [gone] Parker, CO |
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This four-foot-tall fiberglass Owl was created as part of the "Owl You Need is Love" Northwest Indiana art project in 2019. The 50 statues were sponsored by local businesses with the proceeds going to Humane Indiana. They were painted by different local artists. This statue is installed in front of the Times of Northwest Indiana and is named "Hedwig" after Harry Potter's pet owl. [map]
This Snowy Owl sculpture was installed in O'Brien Park in 2022. It was created by Stephen Landis. It was one of many temporary sculptures in town which are available for sale. |
| 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] |
| Barn Owls Chicago, IL |
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| These four 12-foot-tall Barn Owls were installed on the corners of the roof of the Harold Washington Library Center in 1993. They symbolize knowledge and wisdom. The owls are surrounded by giant leaves and seed pods. The sculptures were designed by Ray Kaskey and produced by the Kent Bloomer Studio. There is also a horned owl with spread wings over the entrance. [map] |
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More Owls:
Hoot Hoot Ice Cream: 1, 2, 3 (South Gate, CA) [vintage; gone] Burrowing Owls (Leader, SK) |
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