How far up on the back should the wings be placed on a sitting wood duck?
Thanks
Return to Bird Taxidermy Category Menu
far enough to raise your side pockets, and not too far as to pinnch or bind scaps.make sure not to collaps the mantle area. look at your reference it will you all you need to know.
This can vary depending on the ducks mood they can be fairly high on the back or they can hang low and even touch the ground, if he is resting and laying down. The important thing is the attachment point. The ball on the humerus fits in a socket that only rotates. It can not move up and down or forward and backward. If you get the socket in the right place you can do a lot with the wings. If you place the wings high on the back, you should make sure the mantle skin and feathers are not pinched and you should roll the scapulars down and the side pockets up. This is typical of a swimming or standing duck.
We must have been typing at the same time.
Tony
You expained it more in detail than i did.
Thanks for the info. The duck is going to be sitting on a log with his legs tucked under his body. I kind of want to show the golden flank feathers promenently, so I want the wings so be in a high position. By the way, will the wings dry in their place hard enough to stay there permanantly? Also, what are scapulars? This is my first bird, and I don't know all the lingo quite yet.
Thanks for the info. The duck is going to be sitting on a log with his legs tucked under his body. I kind of want to show the golden flank feathers promenently, so I want the wings so be in a high position. By the way, will the wings dry in their place hard enough to stay there permanantly? Also, what are scapulars? This is my first bird, and I don't know all the lingo quite yet.