[Woodcarver] Fwd: Songbird leg locations

[Donna Menke]

Three excellent books on the subject of song bird carving are by Ernest Muehlmatt, Lori Corbett, and
Rosalyn Leach Daisey. I have all three and use them whenever I'm carving a bird. Another good resource is online photographs of birds. There are hundreds of photos from all different angles so that you can figure out where the legs should insert. If you can find a good anatomical drawing of your specific bird anatomy that would help too.

I don't think there is a rule of thumb about how legs attach. The skeleton dictates a lot, but attitude and feathering can make things look a lot different. 
Donna Menke
http://www.woodworks-by-donna.com 
Author: The Ultimate Band Saw Box Book



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> From: Matt Kelley <celtcarver at comcast.net>

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> A carver from MI asked the following:

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> Matt,

>     I have carved several songbirds and have been reluctant to attach the legs 

> because I am not sure of the proper location. I have looked in all my books and 

> no one gives any info on how to properly locate them on the body. I thought 

> Wildfowl Carving & Collecting once had an article about this, but I've not 

> located the source. It's 65 miles one way to the nearest library that has study 

> skins, so wanted to try some other resource before spending the time and gas to 

> do that.

> Do you know of any source for the info I need? Any help will be greatly 

> appreciated.

> Thank you,

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> Don Day (MI Woodcarvers Assoc.) dday at modempool.com

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