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the-reclawmation-studio · 6 months

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Hawk wing from a big roadkill female kāhu (swamp harrier). I cannot emphasise how large it is, this box is 60cm long.

I'm pinning it out to dry now. Unfortunately the other wing was too much of a mess to save. The skull had cracked into three big pieces (presumably this was the cause of death) but I'm hoping to be able to piece it back together. I also salvaged the legs, and those are drying out now.

#vulture culture #taxidermy #hawk.#poor old girl #im assuming it was female purely based on the sheer size #its nearly impossible to tell a birds sex from the outside if they arent a sexually dimorphic species #hawks and falcons (and raptors in general) are some of my favourite animals

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