Although there are only a few basic methods on how to prepare bird skins, almost every large museum has a unique signature on how they prepare specimens. Collected here are various videos, websites, and PDFs showing alternate ways to prepare birds.

 

Videos: Louisiana State Universite Museum of Natural Science - Specimen Preparation (MOV) Smithsonian Museum Bird Skin & Partial Skeleton Prep - Roadrunner - part 1 Smithsonian Museum Bird Skin & Partial Skeleton Prep - Roadrunner - part 2 Smithsonian Museum Bird Skin & Partial Skeleton Prep - Roadrunner - part 3 Websites: University of Puget Sound - Wing Image Collection U.S. National Fish & Wildlife Forensics Lab.                        - The Feather Atlas: Flight Feathers of North American Birds Michel Klemann - Feathers: Flight Feathers of European Birds PDFs: University of Alaska - Field Catalog University of Alaska - Prep Manual University of Puget Sound - Bird Skinning

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