Wendell Gilley

Wendell Gilley was a bird watcher and artist who carved birds in wood on Mount [Desert Island], Maine. He started out carving two-inch wooden birds for Abercrombie & Fitch.

Wendell Gilley Museum

The Wendell Gilley Museum in Southwest [Harbor, Maine], which opened in July 1981, displays hundreds of examples of Gilley's work. The museum also features works by other woodcarvers, including a collection of miniature waterfowl by the Cape Cod carver who inspired Gilley, A. Elmer Crowell.