Some cool birds in Africa

welcome back MR Igor

some nice species there igor

 

Damn, that title is dead on! Awesome birds!

Eric

 

по лицу видно - счастлив человек ;DПоздравляю, навероное получил истинное удовольствие от поездки.Cool birds Igor, great safari turned out, someone in Africa for elephant rides and birdman igor- only for birds

 

I AGREE!!! LOL ;D ;D ;D

 

Igor,

Congratulations on a succesful trip! LOVE the pics and glad to see you made it back safely.

 

Jealous!

What are those loon looking birds?

 

Igor - you're seriously the coolest cat around - please bring me some bee eaters ;D amazing specimens and pictures - what a great adventure - would love to hear about what other birds you saw on your journey - can't WAIT to see you work your magic on them -

thanks for sharing

Jeff

 

thats what Im talking about,,, no more Kudu, gemsbok and other repetitive ugly ungulates,,,
and thats the way to do it,,, personally go there to take care of them.
was this a personal trip Igor or was it for a museum or something ?
never been this jealous before ;D

 

Wow! Are they all road-killed victims or did you shoot them just to put them in a museum drawer?

 

These are beautifull birds indeed! Too bad you collect for a museum Igor, otherwise I would have asked you for the original skulls of those finfoots (missing familiy in my collection and I have no idea how to get one)
I was not aware American museums still collect birds actively, like in Walter Rotschilds days. Maybe the American public feels differently about such matters than the Dutch, but I'm sure that if our national museum would go on such an expedition, the conservationalists would hit the roof. Your museum isn't worried about negative publicity?
No offence intended, I know these species are not endangered and being mounted by one of the worlds best taxidermists is not such a bad fate ;D

Wouter

 

Just joking Igor! Excellent collection in the hands of an excellent taxidermist, well done!

 

x2.....Igor, if some of those got "lost" in the mail, i dont think anyone would miss them. Shall I PM an address for the mail to get "lost"? lol

Please post the finished products.

I think you have drool running from every birdbrains mouth right now.

 

Nice birds Igor. When you wash the Tauraco, assuming you will, be sure to us a soap with a pH lower than 7.0 or lower, as the copper based Turacin will bleach out - but then you probably already knew that.

Wouter, there are still quite a number of American Natural History museums which still collect birds around the world, but most are based at Univerities. The USNM still goes around the world but does not promote its' activity. Birds are the most difficult higher vertebrat group to get permits to collect specimens, but there are lots of mammal and herp collecting going on. More work in Birds occurs in South America than in Africa. One university museum I know has average growth about 1500-2000 birds a year.

 

Awesome birds Igor. they sent the right man for the job. Will they be full mounts, study skins, or a little of both? I like the Pygmy geese. Thanks for sharing!