Bird mounts to RAM grand opening
 

Hi all,
these birds are done for public display and you can view them after grand opening of the new Royal Alberta Museum in Edmonton.
Unfortunatley , I didn't get to do any habitat or diorama for any of them since they will be displayed as part of a bigger scene in the exhibition rooms in the museum..
these were fun projects and unique to their own.
hope you enjoy.
Cheers
Ben.

This is a white faced Ibis.

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this is a black necked Stilt:


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and the story of the wild, the strong survives and the weak dies.. so basically the younger and weaker baby is about to dehydrate and die,, while the bigger and stronger baby pelican thrives to eat more and gets bigger and healthier.. thats the story they are trying to depict;

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Bird taxidermy
 

Absolutely stunning!

Nice, thanks for posting

Perfection!!!!!!

When your the best there's no more going up a notch.. outstanding work Ben..

Amazing work.

About as real as it gets. Gotta love those pelicans. Curious how they were harvested, seeing as they're still claimed to be endangered in Alberta ?

Grizz

Fantastic work again!

Unreal. Such a powerful piece with those pelicans.


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Love the Stilt(black and white,red legs), tres cool man.
Great work.

all Museums are educational so they allowed to collect any specimen for the exhibitions and public displays. When they were delivered , I was told the young ones were found dead, along with another bunch more.. which apparently this kind of deaths are quite common in Pelicans colonies,, and the big pelican was found dead (no apparent reason).. which was quite obvious on the babies since they were FULL of water parasites inside their mouth and throat. the big pelican seemed quite starved.. very skinny and not much breast muscles left on it..
and I dont think Pelicans are considered endangered in Alberta,, and actually found out recently that if people find them dead, they can easily get a permit for them...Pelicans and cormorants.. if you find them dead, you can get a permit for .