Wing Reference

Very useful resource on the workings of a bird-wing. Must note, this video refers to smaller birds, a crane has slightly different physiology to this, but none the less a useful starting point. This has helped me no end decypher whats occuring when the wings tuck under and fold around the top of the body when the bird is grounded.

Looking at the skeleton below and comparing that with the video animation it seems the Crane doesn't have the Humerous bone, just one big Ulna bone. The rest works pretty much the same - the bird wing and human arm are quite similar, they just bend in opposite directions. So i can act out the motion myself and then reverse it; which I did (see below)...

Me Being Bird


Hopefully not the best short film i'll ever make, but just to illustrate the backward nature of a birds wing movement. Once the arms are folded back on each other, they tuck over the back.