Curious Pair of Old Carved Birds (Falcons?) on Posts antique bird drawings Sight: 9 5/8" x 6

Sight: 9 5/8" x 6 3/4"

with poems printed on each leaf

All of the drawings remind me very much of paper soldiers I've found--made by mounting cutout drawings to bits of wood or cardboard such that they will stand up--though the ground under the feet of this guy suggests he was only ever drawn to live inside a ledger

The upper of the boot is itself a vessel

Glowing yellow-green eyes

Curious Pair of Old Carved Birds (Falcons?) on Posts antique bird drawings Sight: 9 5/8" x 6I purchased this these from a dealer based in Pennsylvania, but really don't know anything specific about them. I take them for falcons, calling to mind ancient Egyptian ones; they also remind me of a couple of old men standing on the corner talking about sports and neighborhood news! It seems possible they actually functioned as decoys of sorts, as there are a bunch of holes in the wood, as if a woodpecker went to work pecking away at them, and I