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Bird Anatomy: Wing and Featherby ~Christ1nMe

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Rules:
*Do Not redistribute this in any way!
*You're welcome to use this as a reference but if you heavily reference this please give credit to me
*Heavily reference means that the image is recognizable from the original.

I worked very hard on this, I'd appreciate it if you don't take this for granted. If people start stealing this, I WILL take them down!

Harlan's Red-Tailed Hawk:
*Has 10 primary feathers
*Has 14 secondary feathers
*Has distinction in Lower Coverts (Blue and Periwinkle)
*Has Upper Coverts and Lower Coverts
*Has 3 Winglets
*Has Scapulars

Notes:
A plume is a feather that covers parts of the body such as the feathers under tail.

Map Key:
*Purple - Primary feathers
*Green - Secondary feathers
*Blue - Lower Coverts (Greater Coverts), these cover the Secondaries
*Periwinkle - Lower Coverts (Greater Coverts), these cover the Primaries
*Red - Upper Coverts (Lesser Coverts)
*Grey - Scapulars
*Yellow - Winglets

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Artwork ©

(Kristin V) This is not to be edited! Thank you for respecting my reguards. Have a wonderful day. God Bless!!!

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Credits:
Reference of the bird wing:
Goldfinger, Eliot. illus. Animal Anatomy for Artists. By
Goldfinger, Eliot. New York, NY. Oxford University Press, Inc.
2004. Print.
Seton, Thompson Ernest. illus. Art Anatomy of
Ainimals. By Seton, Thompson Ernest. Mineola, NY.
Dover Publications, Inc. Print.

Individual Feathers:
V., Kristin. (callmelittledregon) I own the 'owl secondary feather' and 'songbird primary feather'.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. "Eagle Feather Types." Eagle Cam
Web Log. Friends of Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge. 22
May 2005. Web. 25 Oct. 2008. HTML file.

~MadzWick Jun 10, 2013

very helpfull i really apriciate this

~Christ1nMe Jun 10, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

your welcome

~TanithLipsky Apr 23, 2013

nice

~Amaya-Gin Apr 5, 2013 Student Traditional Artist

I'm studying wings right now, can't even tell you how excited I was to find this. Hard to find good reference pictures where I can see the length of the different types of feathers. Awesome job on this.