Heron Taxidermy..How to mount that long neck and legs ?..... Art of Taxidermy.

This Heron was found dead "starved", and is mounted for public display/education for Canadian Wildlife Service.
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[@NICHOLASRGLORIOSO]

That’s soooooo coool!! You get to work on So many birds that would land a Taxidermist in PRISON In the USA for mounting !!! Awesome bro!!! I don’t think many viewers Understand all the legalities of things I guess... Over my 20 years as a Taxidermist, I Can’t Count how many EAGLE, OWL, Etc Jobs I had to Turn Away because NOT LEGAL Here!! Great Job as always!!

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

I know...in fact I get to do some work for the government and public educational centres too, that lands me some harder to come by specimens. 👍

[@bighug7359]

That's Insane ! What Beautiful Art 💗

[@billm4560]

Great mount on a difficult bird! 👍🏻 Thanks for sharing!

[@Victrine]

How do you keep your feathers so straight and smooth when you dry the birds, it looks really good!

[@69Bowhunter]

Beautiful work. I’d love to see you do an Eastern Wild turkey

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

coming up.

[@2anonymous]

You have a cool channel. I don't mount many birds, but primarily mammals. I noticed you mount your birds wet instead of completely dried feathers. Are you tumbling them at all? And I guess you don't gas your birds?

[@terransharp6715]

Have couple questions? Do you inject the feet with masters blend and do you use borax on the skins? Also do you have a sandhill crane video thanks

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

Yes I use masters blend.. and yes I use borax and Sandhills crane video will be on the channel in the future.

[@giantenemyspider2863]

You did a amazing job with it beautifull bird💕

[@AgusSJati]

Wonderful job...

[@ОлегШевчен]

Хорошая работа. Ждём новых видео!!!

[@Florizk]

ANother question. I'm using his real skull for the mount.. Can i still flip it insideout, or do i need to make a cut somewhere around his head? THanks in advance!

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

Oh No Floris... all of these fish swallowing birds like Herons, pelicans, Cormorants, etc... they have such a stretchy neck skin that will allow any kind of skull to go through it for inverting... you are good if you want to do it the old way... no need to cut anything.

[@Florizk]

@@ArtofTaxidermy Great ! Thanks!! Cant wait for the next video🥰

[@Florizk]

Hey there , & thanks for this informative educational video,it helps out a lot. I found myself a heron, along the road side a few weeks ago,with broken knees ,but luckely overal its in good condition. Some fellow taxidermist from my area(in the Netherlands) telling me,not to wash a heron ,and I was put a bit off guard by thay saying.. but now,i see that you DID wash the heron..could you tell me why it can,or cant be washed? It would help out a LOT! Greetings from a beginner taxidermist,from The Netherlands.

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

Hi Floris, I wash everything.. you need to remove the natural preening oil from the feathers to avoid the mount from being a dust magnet . Use Laundry detergent that is meant for Silk and delicate fabrics, since the feathers on heron are quite delicate.... wash and blow dry you will be totally fine. I have no idea why they told you not to wash. HOWEVER I dont recommend starting Taxidermy with Heron if you havent mounted other birds before. Herons are not for beginners.

[@jamilataxidermy9222]

What kind of material are you using for the neck?

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

its a soft flexible foam that came with my kayak when I bought it.. it was supposed to be garbage, but I found a good use out of it.

[@PC9JEFF]

great Job!

[@ashleighrolfe7113]

Hello Is there any way of fixing a really wobbly neck of a bird that is already mounted? I’ve bought a heron and it’s neck is very wobbly but the body is okay Any help would be great

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

It depends on the position of the neck .. if it’s a tight S shape we can push some metal rods in some points but if it’s stretched , I’m afraid we can’t. It should have been mounted properly from the start.

[@ashleighrolfe7113]

@@ArtofTaxidermy it is not in an S shape, it’s elongated. I have been given the advice to make an incision put silicone or paste into the clavicle area to stiffen up the structure, any thoughts on this technique?

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

@@ashleighrolfe7113 How old is the mount ? if its been done a long time ago the skin has become very brittle and dry and it might tear on you once you start messing with it... plus there might not be enough room in the skin to expand enough for the added silicone.. thats why I say it must have been done when it was getting mounted.

[@ashleighrolfe7113]

@@ArtofTaxidermy it’s fairly recent, the skin is not dry. I know it should’ve been done properly the first time, I have felt around the neck and there seems to be a lot of air and space lower down the neck to the chest area

[@ashleighrolfe7113]

@@ArtofTaxidermy it’s such a shame because the wobble really takes away from the whole bird

[@thelittlewoody9911]

How long are a herons legs??????

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

Haha. I don’t know I have to measure.

[@moonyblue127]

What is this blue material called?💙

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

You mean the blue foam I carve the body out of ? It’s a high density foam used in construction. Buoyancy billet.

[@moonyblue127]

@@ArtofTaxidermy thank you❣

[@marcoroiatti568]

hello Ben what kind of material are you making the heron's neck out of

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

its a soft and flexible type of foam that I collected and saved from packaging materials. its the same type that they make kids foam blocks out of .. but I dont know what they call it.

[@marcoroiatti568]

@@ArtofTaxidermy thank you ben for your videos they are very helpful and thank you for your quick reply best regards Marco

[@marcoroiatti568]

Hello Ben is the heron's head artificial or is it the real one? Lg Marco

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

@@marcoroiatti568 it is casted..

[@ahnnamarie1]

very nice job

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

Thank you.

[@namir5136]

Which wire do you use?

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

Black annealed.

[@hendrikhekstra6634]

Wow, good work!

[@TheDhavalkansara]

Please make.a video on reptile taxidermy Sea turtle , snakes , crocodile , iguana something like that

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

Well. my videos are based on my projects that Im commissioned for. as of now there is no reptile in the schedule, but hey, you never know what might come in next. I have had couple of snakes done before, but when I was not videoing things.

[@TheDhavalkansara]

@@ArtofTaxidermy ok sir... Actually where are you from...?? I am also learning some taxidermy art from you and other KZbinrs if I required glass eyes or related materials can you provide me ..?? Actually in india there is no Taxidarmy shop or professional taxidermist here

[@fcojaviercanellasferra2522]

I don't understand why you separate legs and head. Is more easy?

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

for this method it is easier.

[@БаяргүрСоддэлгэрэх]

what do you wash?

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

Баяргүр Соддэлгэрэх soap and water.

[@БаяргүрСоддэлгэрэх]

@@ArtofTaxidermy what soap

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

Баяргүр Соддэлгэрэх dish soap.

[@ArtofTaxidermy]

@@БаяргүрСоддэлгэрэх dish soap.

[@willemboot4326]

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