Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum

Grus canadensis Part II

I personally feel positively awesome about the amount of work the UMZM has completed this week — Emily skinned and stuffed her first specimen, Sam completed his sandhill crane, I cleared off my entire side of the desk, defrosted and cleaned the avian freezer and did a (more) complete inventory, got rid of some very large old pieces of lumber used in some old displays, cleaned the computer desk, reorganized and consolidated the hallway lockers for storage, filled out the accession forms and cataloged 15 specimens, soaked the cavy skeleton (Emily is working on cleaning it!), got rid of some more items in the mammal freezer taking up space, and gave myself a big pat on the back.  WHEW. 

I love this montage of Sam and the completion of the sandhill crane (Grus canadensis).  It was a huge accomplishment for him and he did a beautiful job!  Once the skin is sewed up over the armature stuffed inside, it needs to be tied down and secured to ensure it dries in the proper position.  Normally we will pin it down to some kind of foam but the crane was too large for that so he opted for heavy string.  Well done!