Ten years later and this is still a great ref video for wings. Really nicely put and I love the treatment the bird get. I have seen to many videos using animals as props to illustrate a point and having zero regards for the animals comfort.

14 years later, and this has been extraordinarily helpful in my wing design for angels

I believe the correct phrase is "one bad relationship away from becoming the crazy bird lady." *Firm nod.*

Your relationship with your little buddy is adorable. I wish I had the video rolling always so I could catch some very entertaining moments with my duck. He is so much smarter than most people give ducks credit for. Giving them sincere attention develops a rich character. Otherwise they just think of you as a source for food. I see that you are aware of all this already.

Yeah, cats are super bird killers, and even if they just bite, their pointy tiny teeth kind of inject bacteria, so what they don't chew up they infect to death. I had 3 cats when my bird was little, and only one of them was allowed to be out and about when the bird was. The bird loved the cat and would run up to it and yell "kiss kiss!" then proceed to smooch it on the nose. The cat also followed the bird and made distressed yowls when the bird went somewhere "illegal" like the coat closet.

YOUR BIRD IS ADORABLE!!!

thank you for making this! i'm an artist who's trying to work with avian characters and this is going to really help me in character design and anatomy

2:07 "I'll knock yer fookin ead m8 swear it on me mum."

I wish I saw this video years and years ago, “they don’t just fold but they twist around” just unlocked a lightbulb in my head 🤯 thank you so much

I came here because I wanted to animate my bird's wings but stayed because the video is fun.

Rudy is adorable

This is super helpful and exactly the resource I was looking for. I’m trying to make a possible crow stuffed animal and I wasn’t sure how to do the wings, but if I imitate the bones and joints with wire I can just put the feathers and stuffing around it and it will bend realistically (in theory). Thank you!

This was a very informative video. I do a lot of drawing and started learning about wings. this helped a lot with wing anatomy.

You are Awesome!! This is the absolute best explanation I've found to date. Fantastic simplification and thus a tremendous help in my with my artwork. Thank You...

Than you SO MUCH for this reference. It was really informative. The live bird demonstration was both a great theory-into-practice example AND absolutely adorable. That bird's a cutie.

12 years and this is still very useful

This was exactly what I was looking for thank you bunches!! Also you have an adorable bird!

You are a wonderful person. I don't really create props, but remembering the wings as different sections will help me draw wings more realistically, thank you!

THAT BIRD IS SO ADORABLE and well trained it seems

as someone who is animating a crow, this is super helpful

Great resource for me! been studying birds for animation; rudy is great and I enjoyed him messing around with you at the end

I’m trying to make wings that will work like a birds (except for flight ofc) so this helped alot! Ty!

Everything about this video is brilliant! :D

Thank you!! This 14 year video helped me understand bird wings more then my art teacher tried to teach me 😭

your bird is precious:33 thank you so much for this reference

I often find it necessary to break all these rules within the same film... it certainly adds production value! :)

wonderful reference and adorable bird! thank you!

I found you so many years later but i love you

Your bird is so cute

Added to my list of art tutorials. Though I'm not into making props or suits, it really helps in understanding wings better, despite already being able to draw decent ones ^^ Thanks for the upload, and thanks to your bird friend :3

Thank you so much for this video, the reference was really helpful! Plus his colored feathers were perfect for showing the different parts of the wing, and Rudy was so funny :)

Ducks and geese are amazing. When they decide they like you, that you're part of their "flock," they stick with you unlike any other animal. And they have a clear sense of trust. I used to go walking at dawn in summer, and I chased a red fox off from a goose nest. After that I was "in" and the geese would let me in really close to play with their goslings for years after.

This was quite informative, and the bit at the end with your bird was absolutely adorable. He's the cutest. ^^

Thank you for posting this!! I've always wanted birds, but at the moment I'm not so fortunate! :) I am aspiring to make a semi-realistic, baby griffon plush with a pose-able skeleton, and I want to make sure I get the wings right, especially! (if I get this right, I'll make an adult one as well! ^^-)

This is so incredibly helpful! Also that bird is the most adorable happy critter, I just wanna hug it!

Thank you, i learned a lot!... And i am now envious of having a bird like yours as a friend! 😃

This was a surprisingly good video. You explained things very well and had fun with a parrot. Will watch more of your videos.

"screw this, i'ma go fly over on that chair. woo, nice view from up here, I can see my cagey thingy from here! Woh, the seed giver is commin over here... back off fella! I'ma bite ya! Take that! Aagh, backed against a ledge! grab ontah the finger! Wow hey, wot ya doin?! Get yer hand off me! Oi, that's my wing, lego my ego! I'ma bite yah, I'ma bite yah! Owch, twistin the wing, twistin the wing!" ...Sorry, the bird was talking in my head. I had to type it out.

excellent video, this has been an amazing reference for a personal project I've been working on. Thanks!

I've been watching all of your videos.They're great!They are actually quite helpful!

This was very useful and an amazing reference I used for an animation I'm doing, plus it made me laugh. Birds are awesome

This is good for 2D art too. Thanks.

"...ever to appear in a japanese anime" i love u already haha XD

Needed help with animation on a mechanical robotic wing model on Maya and this helped me understand how it works. Thank you so much! and that bird is awesome!

I was looking for a reference but this video is too cute for a study of anatomy XD

Your bird is adorable

This was great. This really helped me out with my project. Thank you!

He is a blue-fronted Amazon. He is at least 25 years old, but his history is unclear before then. He is trained to return to my arm during flying, so he goes outside a lot. His favorite thing in the world is digging holes in lawns and his favorite food is yogurt covered raisins. He lives his girlfriend and has his own porch. He is the best of my birds at counting and recognizing numbers. He was Ben's pet when Ben was a little boy and we got him back now that Ben is an adult.

Thanks so much for this video, it's a big help for me! I'm building a Secretary Bird in 3D and understanding how the wings fold is a massive bonus.

thats a beautiful bird u have there, i have always wanted a bird

I'm struggling with a duck rig at the moment and this was very helpful. Thanks!

Great! This gave me a clear direction for how to rig my bird model.

Your bird is very pretty and supports demonstration; u trained so nice. Thank you for sharing.

Your bird is amazing. He is soo cute (personality-wise too)!! Thanks for the vid, it was really informative. : )

Informative and useful! Great stuff. Do you have a webpage with just pictures of wings in different poses?

This is a very very good reference video...Thank you soo much!!

Thank you so much for this! I am working on a fantasy novel, where humans have wings (but they're not angels!) and this helped me more than I can tell. Thank

@TiannaMVA pt 1 Rudy is a blue-front Amazon, specifically the xanthopteryx subspecies (which is why he's so yellow on the head and in his elbows [wing-bows??]) He's 22 years old, and supposedly was trapped in the rain forest as a baby before going through 4 different homes of people who couldn't care for him. He still says all the things he heard at those houses in the voices of the people he lived with, which is why he can say "I'm talking to you so listen you f-ing fat w-ore."

Super useful and your bird is so cute 😍

Thank you so much!!! This was extremely helpful!!!

i love this. it's a great reference

great video, really useful reference - thanks!

I am in love with your birb :0

wonderful reference, thank you!

Great video. I really enjoyed watching it. Thank you.

lovely video!

Wow, very good informative video! Im trying to model a flamingo. Everything is easy but the wings had me stumped! This helps me understand how i should go about making my wings! Thank you :)

That's good to know, your birds so cute you taught him well ^.^

Thanks for the details! (researching wings for R/C ornithopters)

That's a beautiful bird. Bird is the word.

Excellent video, thanks!

This video is so helpful! Thanks!

great material, thanks a lot!

Great video for finally understand this! thank you!!!

Do you mind if I trace over the wings in the first few images so I can learn more about the anatomy?

Your bird acts exactly like my dog, it's so cute! 😂

Thank you so much! It's really helpful! And I have the same guitar C:

It's my birth month flower. I used it once intending it for a password on a BB, but I accidentily entered it in the user name section, and a number of friends at church called me by that name for MONTHS. I grew to like it, so now I use it everywhere.

I am just struggling with the feathers on my gryphon fursuit. I'm not quite sure if I should make the feather layers out of foam and put fabric over them or if I should just take fabric and add some inner support through wires. I will be able to open, close and flap them :)

This really helped. Thanx a bunch.

Aww I love that bird! I had cockatiels, but they were SO LOUD! I really wish I had a parrot or Cockatoo, but they're so expensive and I find I wouldn't have the time.

i LOVE your parrot!!! :D

That is the first time I've seen an Amazon put finger in its beak, and the finger come out intact..

Completely unrelated to your awesome, informative part of your video. I love Rudy. And my Monet was enjoyed the second half, as well (though I may have some explaining to do later as to why his wings are clipped and he needs a "polly trolly" ride any time he wants to go somewhere.)

@TiannaMVA pt 2 That also makes him a "rescue bird." Despite an awful time growing up, he's okay now. Since moving in with us we taught him to fly, he lost 100 grams (he was very, very fat) built him a backyard flight aviary, a big tree in the living room, he has a mate to snuggle with and he goes out shopping every other week and picks out toys from the Parrot Safari Toy Factory. He also spends his evening on chatroullette, yelling at people who don't have their microphones turned on.

Cute and functional. =D Faved and 5-starred.

Your bird is very beautiful

This is soooooooooooooooo awesome I love birds! Rudy is adorable what breed is he?

Great video and Rudy is a cutie. Love his personality.

Did you made the animation of the wing in a special program? Is there any program that would allow someone to "play" with different configuration of wings? Sorry if my questions seems odd. I need such a program to help me visualize how birds wings actually work. Tank you.

That was very kind, thank you!

adorable parrot!

that is one well trained parrot

Such a cute video :)

Ahhh this video was made 15 yrs ago 😦

that's the cutest bird ever!

Cool bird!

Wing clipped birds can have a really high quality of life. Having flighted parrots in the house means double doors, curtains over windows, and never leaving the toilet seat up. And it also means we have to have a way to call the birds back if they go up high, or they go outside. It sucks to have to constantly work on that recall behavior, but if we don't have a reliable way to call the birds back, we might lose them.

@GeenaKay As a note, the bones in an out-stretched wing don't go perfectly straight out like I showed. I exaggerated for illustration purposes. Even a perfectly straight looking wing has a slight bend in the elbow.

I don't remember who said it but there is a quote that says... In the film business there three things you should never work with. They are Puppets, babies and animals." Still it was a very helpful video.