This is a model of a cartoonish bird with sticking-out nice textured feathers, long legs and expressive eyes. It is a model from my tutorial, which you can find at www.3ddesign.be Maya section. This model is not only cute, but also easy to animate and experiment with different chatacter rigs and expresions and as it's parts are made using different techniques, it's good for sharpening your Maya skills.

You can also learn some texturing and procedural shading tricks from it.

This model has a combination of a polygon body and short feathers, NURBS legs and long feathers, eyes and eyelids, and a Subdivsin beak.