Feather & Down Taxidermy

Feather & Down Taxidermy Professional bird taxidermy services. Over 30 years experience.

06/23/2025

Hello again all ... are there any certified electricians on my client list who may be interested in doing some work for me to finish up some electrical work that has already been started? The location is near Adolphustown. Thanks all, Steve.

Hi all ... I am looking for ideas here on a couple mounts that were never picked up.  After 4.5 years of storing them, I...
06/22/2025

Hi all ... I am looking for ideas here on a couple mounts that were never picked up. After 4.5 years of storing them, I would prefer not to transport to the new location and have to store there as well ... the law says I can't accept any payment except from the client who brought them to me ... I could take them apart and recover the materials that would be reusable ... in either case, the work time will be a loss as some downpayment was put on them, but not much. If some wonder why taxidermists have been increasing the percentage of deposit, this is much of the reason, when mounts are not picked up, the taxidermist can't recover the lost costs because they can't be sold in Canada. Looking for ideas ... here is a pic of each of them.

06/20/2025

I am going to end up having to apologize to many of my clients here for the delays ... but I have gone through about 6 weeks of hell and steady work trying to purchase a house ... I finally was able to accomplish that task, and now comes the feat of moving, and those who know the amount of material I need to move, would know how long this is going to take. I also need to get some structural work done in the new location to make it workable for the business. As soon as I am able to get going again at this full time, I will do my best to catch up ... in the meantime, sorry about the delays, and I will get to the list as soon as I am able. Thanks all for you patience.

Here are a couple more wood ducks finished up.
06/15/2025

Here are a couple more wood ducks finished up.

Here is an early season ringneck drake, done in a pose to show the band that was on the bird when shot ... client will r...
06/15/2025

Here is an early season ringneck drake, done in a pose to show the band that was on the bird when shot ... client will re-attach the band at home.

06/02/2025

Hello to all my clients ... I have an unreasonable request to make to anyone who may be of higher income or means. I have been trying to purchase a house, and after being seriously screwed over by a real estate person, I find myself in a pickle. I can secure the loan for the final amount, but it will be too late by a day or two and I will lose the house ... is there anyone out there who would have 150K available to loan me within a few days at an instant interest of 5%, hopefully to be paid back within a couple to a few weeks at 105% of what you loaned me? To anyone who is considering, thank you.

Here is an older wood duck.  You can tell it is old by the second white stripe on the tertial feathers ... the tertials ...
04/29/2025

Here is an older wood duck. You can tell it is old by the second white stripe on the tertial feathers ... the tertials are on the back, the three closest flight feathers to the body, the third tertial down has the thick white band at the trailing edge, the second, shorter tertial feather generally does not show any white until they are 5 years old, at which time it forms a small white dot in the center of the feather near the center shaft right at the trailing edge ... as they get older, this white increases in size ... this specimen is quite old as it has pretty much a full white band on this second tertial feather ... this feather is shorter than the two on each side of it, so in order to show off this feather, I slip it out some to show how much white it has. You may also see on this one a white spot above the eye, that is a single white feather the bird had ... not sure why, but I did leave it there as it was the way the bird is. This base was made by the client, he wanted me to mount the bird and put down some soil so he can add water and duckweed after he gets the mount back.

A drake wood duck finished up and gone home today.  This was the first duck harvested by a lady hunter!
04/24/2025

A drake wood duck finished up and gone home today. This was the first duck harvested by a lady hunter!

Here is another I don't see often, in fact it is the first I have mounted ... a Eurasian Wigeon.
03/14/2025

Here is another I don't see often, in fact it is the first I have mounted ... a Eurasian Wigeon.

A drake wigeon finished up.
03/14/2025

A drake wigeon finished up.

A drake gadwall finished up recently.
03/12/2025

A drake gadwall finished up recently.

Here is a barred owl finished up recently.
03/11/2025

Here is a barred owl finished up recently.

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Picton, ON
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