There are few things more frustrating than getting the perfect shot with a beautiful pose, lovely background, and perfect lighting, only to discover you accidentally cropped out part of the bird's wing. When that happens, Photoshop can come to the rescue. This helpful video tutorial will show you how to fix a photo with a clipped bird wing using Photoshop.
Coming to you from Jan Wegener, this great video tutorial will show you how to restore a clipped bird wing using Photoshop. This can happen for a few reasons. Bird photography often requires fast tracking of erratic and unpredictable motion using long focal length lenses with narrow angles of view, making it easy to miss by just a bit. Furthermore, bird photography is often done using supertelephoto prime lenses, and with those fixed focal lengths, you do not get the luxury of playing it safe by shooting just a little wider than necessary to give yourself a bit of wiggle room if necessary, leading to this issue. Thankfully, it is not a particularly difficult fix, and it offers some good practice in a few Photoshop techniques as well. Check out the video above for the full rundown from Wegener.
In some cases just crop. There is no photography law that says you need to whole bird. Concentrate on head and body. Maybe head, neck, wings out to the wrist (end of the Radius and Ulna bones), and maybe a little breast. I'd rather be creative with a crop than fake the parts that got clipped.