Quail Taxidermy Class with NHM's Tim Bovard

This 2-Day Quail Taxidermy Class will be co-taught by Allis Markham & Tim Bovard, museum taxidermist at The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. Students must have completed our European Starlings / Birds 101 Taxidermy Class. If you have other bird taxidermy experience, you can email us photos of your work for potential acceptance.  This course will focus on mounting, grooming, and posing. Quail offer a different challenge than starlings and are a perfect way to continue your bird taxidermy journey. Because quail have such characteristic feather patterns and shapes, we will spend much more time at the end of the course focusing on grooming techniques and developing our eye for reading reference. Students will get a choice between California Quail or Mountain Quail, depending on what is available in top condition. Birds to be chosen on the class date in the order that you signed up. This professional taxidermy class uses only top-quality Quail specimens, tools, and supplies. We will be working on legally and locally collected quail for food. Their deaths are not related to the art. Each student will learn proper museum-quality taxidermy techniques from two masters in their field. In this class, students will start with a skinned & prepped Quail to eliminate time and allow us to focus on the finer points of posing and grooming. On Day 1, students will focus on wiring, body, and mounting. Day 2 will focus on posing and grooming. Prey Taxidermy will provide all supplies, tools & specimens for your classes. Students will be given take-home instructions, supply lists, tool lists, and resources. Students will also be given a take-home kit with grooming tweezers and a base.  This is an intensive workshop, so be prepared to work and focus daily. We ask that this class be attended only by students 15 years or older-- though exceptions can be made under certain conditions. Email info@preytaxidermy.com if so. Students may leave a 50% deposit on this class. Simply enter the code 'DEPOSITQUAIL' at checkout. We will contact you to pay your balance on or before October 1st, 2026.