Preparing Bird Specimens with Dr. Carla Cicero

[@daveerik75]

I never saw a follow up video but I do lots of bird work and I never scrape off the meat after breaking down the wings into three pieces. I just cover them in borax and wait four weeks and the meat really helps keep it all together when it cures. Cool video thanks for that

[@mello0_the_cat]

Thanks this video helped me make a specimen for a project

[@franciscovasquez8137]

Muchas gracias, nos servirá mucho el video

[@Jules-rc1ix]

what type of stitching do you use?

[@animexlover624]

Good job

[@betelgeuse5054]

how cool!! :D the speed and precision was really impressive. i have a few questions though, why did you use sawdust? is it better than using salt to dry the moisture? also is there any possibility of cotton being susceptible to rotting? i understand that the skin is also rot-able but why cotton instead of synthetic fibers? also is there special storage requirements that these birds need? wonderful video btw

[@koi1913]

Thats what i was wondering, surely the skin would rot if you dont use some kind of preservative on it, looked through many videos and they use borax or a mix of borax, salt and cornstarch to preserve it i think. Trying to learn some taxidermy myself

[@GuttedHarvest]

The salt/sawdust draws out the moisture, preventing rot.

[@coltrv]

Pretty gnarly