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Yes the tip of the wing. Yes that is the tip laying on the ground. Lenght depends on what type of bird you are pinioning.
PINIONING- how I do it.
Hold bird and place the joint (the joint closest to the tip of the wing or wirst joint on a person) of the wing between your thumb and finger.
Use a sharp scissors or toe nail clippers to remove the end of the wing. With the "joint" between your thumb and finger, cut next to your fingers. This way you are not cutting into the joint BUT slightly to the outside of it.
Some birds may get a drop of blood which will not hurt. If babies are older they will bleed a little and corn starch can held on the wing tip firmly for several seconds to help clot.
NOTE: I recomend holding the joint between the fingers and cutting next to them so you miss cutting in the joint BUT also so you do not cut to far out towards the tip. You want to cut just to the outside of the joint. Birds with just the very tip removed will still grow enough flight feathers that they can fly.