Members recommendations/references.

[Mallard]

Hi all
Have a favourite resource?  Maybe a technical reference book, a pictorial compendium, birdsong CD, or…… you know the thing, can put it down, use it all the time, has stood by you when times were bad, or simply has given you pleasure.  Well then, stop keeping it to yourself and list it here! I'll go first!
 
British Birds, their Folklore, Names and Literature 
Auth: Francesca Greenoak.  Pub: Chistopher Helm (First published as 'All the Birds of the Air', Andre Deutsch LTD).
'Arsefoot', 'Horse Musher', 'Water Colly', 'Watchdog of the Marshes'.  Just some of the many colloquial names of birds and waterfowl in this book.  An absolute gem of facinating bird names, their geographical and cultural origins, legend and lore.  A breath of fresh air in the naming and recognition of birds.
ISBN: 0-7136-4814-7

The Song of Birds.   (sub) Stories and poems from many cultures.   Collected and retold by Hugh Lupton, illus. by Steve Palin.  Barefoot Books.
'Enriching stories from around the world, bird creation myths, bird morality tales and a word from the wise'. 
ISBN 1-84148-044-4

Winged Migration.  Film by Jacques Perrin, now on DVD. Received Oscar in 2002 as Best Documentary Feature.  ''Five film crews follow a rich variety of bird migrations through 40 countries.....''  Wonderful and sublime photography that follows birds in flight.  Excellent reference material or simply a pleasure to watch.

Bird Songs & Calls. (sub) of Britain and Northern Europe.  By Geoff Sample.  Collins Field Guide.  Pub. HarperCollins.
'Comprehensive 2 CDs guide to bird songs and calls. Continuous birdsong and calls in (land)soundscapes.  Guide commentary by Geoff Sample. Book details audio guide.
ISBN 0 00 220037 6

The Acrylic Painters Pocket Palette.    By Ian Sidaway.  Pub. Search Press Ltd.
'Mixed black & white for a neutral grey, and got blue-gray?: then this is the book for you!  Lots of palettes/swatches showing colour mixes with a 'basic palette range'.  Great as a simple look at reference for that specific brown or green or..........'
ISBN 0-85532-997-1
Mallard.

Colour Mixing Bible.  Again, by Ian Sidaway.  Pub. David and Charles, 2002. 
'Simply go for the whole hog.  Oil, acrylic, watercolours, gouche, soft pastel, coloured pencil and ink. Colour mixing charts/swatches'.  Brush up on your paint mixing skills'.

[geoff1salter]

I am trying to trace an article by Ted Oxley on making bird legs,
not the one without solder. There were diagrams of the legs and feet and instructions on filing the claws. Can any one help. I did have the article but on moving to spain mislaid.
I am glad that the association seems to be holding its own, out here I am in a minority of one. Thank goodness for David Clews.

[Mike]

Hi Geoff, Good to hear that you are carving. I've contacted Ted and he said the only article on making bird legs was the one without solder but David Tippey's book "Carving Realistic Birds" includes feet.  I don't think Pintail Carving have any copies left you will need to search a second-hand one out on Amazon.

Best of luck
Regards Mike

[harryh]

Hi Geoff,
If you can let me have your e-mail address, I will let you have a pdf file of how to make birds legs as refered to by Mike Bowles.

Best wishes
Harry Hartshorne

[PamW]

Hi Geoff
Whereabouts in Spain are you?
I've got an apartment in L'Escala in Catalonia and hope to spend more time there in the future so I'm interested in tracking down any wildfowl carvers in Spain 
Cheers, Pam