Aspen Birdseye?

[Jeff]

I got a treat today. I have only observed this two other times in god knows how many hundreds of thousands of logs. I only got two boards. a 1 by 6 and a 1 by 8 10 feet long. The boards are completely peppered through and through and the full length. I don't know if Birdseye occurs in Aspen but if it does this is it! I don't know what to do with it. How to dry it or nothing. Its not a lot of wood but seems like it would make an amazing small project. (Hence my first thread, drying lumber for small projects)

Is it or isnt it?

[oakiemac]

Jeff,
That's real pretty wood. Wether is is "Birds eye" or not shouldn't make a difference. I'm sure there is some wood workers that would go crazy over it. If you wanted too, you could sell it on E-Bay.

[woodbeard]

I'd say that is birdseye. True birdseyes start pin size and get a little bigger in each successive growth ring, the same way a knot does, but birdseye are not knots.

[SawInIt CA]

I am told that each eye has all the genetic information of the tree.

[pappy]

Jeff,
Dry it very carefully, Maybe 4 or 5 layers down in a pile of some sort of stickered wood and out of the direct sun and put some window fans on it for a week or two  ( it needs good air flow).  This will get you by the most crucial drying time.  When it gets down to 12% moisture content you can bring it inside to acclimate to the house environment (6 to 8%) then you can make something really nice with the pieces. 8)
 
I wouldn't sell it!!

[Jeff]

I already have it inside.  

[ohsoloco]

Jeff, if it's already inside, just make sure you have good air circulation until the moisture content drops.

[woodmills1]

of all the plain aspen I have cut around here just two boards of all of them so far I have planed showed curly figure.  It is good to see that such a plain tree can go curly and birdseye.