motion along a path question

[crpcory]

I'm using curve constraint and Trailer plug-ins to animate this bird with a really long tail along a path. It works great as the bird's tail conforms to the path but now i have to get the bird to speed up and slow down at parts.

IS there any way to control the speed of the bird (obj) as it moves along the path. I don't have to use curve constraint but trailer i Think might need it. Right now it I can only seem to have the bird travel at a constant speed (based on beginning and end frame).

Any ideas?

[crpcory]

haha..haha...ha

nevermind..i'm an idiot.

Since i always animated the object with bones and not the obj itself i never realized i could animate with the obj, and NOT the bones so now Trailer simply reads off teh objects animation path...yeah....I need to get the project over with...my brain is going numb.