I finally managed to track down the photographer of the taxidermy championships of last year, with the help of some others, and was able to get a picture of my piece that won third place in the taxidermy championships, the swift chasing a fly.

The whole thing is mounted on a angular piece of glass, and on the glass are tiny stickers in the silhouettes of other swifts in the air. The swift itself is held to the glass with a fiberglass stick, and the same goes for the fly, which is attached with just a fiberglass strand.

Swifts in flight will always hold their heads horizontal to the ground below, and that little fact is also demonstrated in this piece.

This amazing photo was taken by Erik Bargeman and used with his permission.

~To whom it may concern, (please read before accusing me of anything!)
NONE of the animals I work on are killed for the purpose of taxidermy only and most are found along side the road or come from bird/animal breeders in the area.