Hawk/Eagle anatomy reference

I've been trying to model a realistic osprey, but I'm having trouble finding useable avian anatomy reference-- particularly of the muscular and skeletal structure, as it's difficult to tell from photographs exactly where feathers end and musculature begins.
I'd be grateful for any help offered.

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Try searching the SurgiCat Database, the link to which was posted to this forum just a few days ago by another member:

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpos...074&postcount=2

Hope this helps! SurgiCat is the online database of the extensive collections of an Anatomy Museum in London. It looks great! Hope you find what you need.

For example, I did a really fast search for 'osprey', and came up with this, though I'm sure there's much more there:

http://surgicat.rcseng.ac.uk/detail.aspx?parentpriref=#

I did a broader search for 'bird' and came up with this:

http://surgicat.rcseng.ac.uk/brief.aspx

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

Thanks, that's useful.
I could really use a diagram of a raptor's muscular structure, or even a good photo of a raptor without any feathers-- I don't suppose you know of a museum with pictures specifically about ornithology?

Hmm, I did a Google search for ornithology museum (thanks for the word, I forgot that the study of birds was ornithology)

Try here:

The Audubon Society:
http://www.audubon.org/

They have a page on Bird Resources:
http://www.audubon.org/bird/bird_resources.html

Also I did a search for bird anatomy museum, and came up with this:

http://www.nhm.org/birds/home.html

If you click on 'bones' on the left navigation panel, there's a generic diagram of a bird skeleton.

I would also just do a Google search and see what you turn up. If you find any great sites, please post them here!

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

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