Forkland, Alabama -
Jim Bird's Hay Bale Art

Fun place. Met Jim. Nice man. His golf cart is as great an oddity as his hay bale sculptures.

In the photo of Jim in his golf cart, the air hose activates five paper party favors -- the type which roll in and out. This is the lion's tongue. [Mary Foster, 04/04/2011]

Round hay bales made into Betty Boop, a helicopter, statue of Liberty. The entrance to the driveway was old trees with Bird on the top. Had metal tin man and Snoopy and Woodstock, also. [Debi Beckman, 05/07/2003]

[RA: For years, rancher Jim Bird has been populating a field along the Demopolis Hwy with creatures and vehicles made of hay bales and farm junk. His Tin Man is an impressive 32 feet tall.]

On a rural stretch of Alabama highway 43, there is an open field with a collection of sculptures made of haystacks, such as a pink car atop four haystack wheels, an octopus, and several other less recognizable animals with big smiley faces. A tall wooden gate leading down a dirt road in the center of the field says "BIRD." It's a fascinating and mysterious site.

The hay sculptures are between Eutaw and Demopolis on Hwy. 43. One who has been to Demopolis lately says they're "kinda falling apart now," and he thinks the farm belongs to a Bird family. [Julie Bell, 09/12/1999]