The II. Romanian Ornithological Marathon Prize

This year ”Milvus Group” Bird and Nature Protection Association will organise the II. Romanian Ornithological Marathon, which will take place at Cefa Fishponds between 21-23 October 2011.

I was asked to create the Trophy of the II. Romanian Ornithological Marathon. The Trophy is a little sculpture of the Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca).

 

 

A fresh look for Bird Art Deak Attila

As you may already have guessed Attila Deak Bird Art has a new design. I updated my WordPress theme to the Paca Theme which is a Child Theme of Twenty Eleven the official WordPress theme for 2011. This theme has a bigger width so my bird illustrations and drawings will have more space. The biggest changes are the homepage, which has been totally redesigned and using a large header. I enjoyed creating this new theme, hope you will like to…

Your feedback on this is welcomed.

Attila

Peregrine Falcon Killed by lead shot

This Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) was found with serious injuries shot by a poacher. After several days at the Milvus rehabilitation center under veterinarian care the bird couldn’t be saved. I played the pathologist role finding the cause of death diagnosis. The Peregrine Falcon carcass diagnostic show details that indicate that the shot wounds the left wing and foot.

From Falco peregrinus

 

The bird lost the third digit injured by a bullet. The toe tissue slowly died because the local blood supply in the tissue was inadequate. The inflamed tissues around the bullets had weakened the bird and caused septicemia.

From Falco peregrinus

The callus around the embed bullet on the Tarsometatarsus show that the bird SUFFERED LONG before his death.

Other Peregrine Falcon skeleton photos here