Re: your "stuffed" birds:

We save window kills, road kills, etc. and stick them in the freezer.
Then haul them out to look at and handle. No money has been spent on
preserving the specimens so when the birds wear out, you throw them in
the garbage.

Try to freeze the birds right away. If the carcass has started to rot or
is a bit stinky, the feathers fall out and it is not pleasant to handle
them.

Good luck with your project. It should work out quite well. The birds are
easier to hear than to see anyways.




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Kirk wrote:
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>Hi everyone,
>I would like to give a brief introduction, then launch right in to asking
>for help :-)
>My name is Kirk Adams, I am the fundraising person at the Washington
>Talking Book and Braille Library. Each summer we have a statewide summer
>reading program for visually imapired kids in which we supply books on the
>state library reading list in braille and on tape. Last year about 120
>kids participated. We like to have a wrap up event at the end, our last
>one was a day at Seattle Childrne's Theater where the kids got to check
>out sets, costumes, do some acting etc.
>I would like to explore possibilities of doing some sort of birding by ear
>activity. I am blind myself and have used the Dick Walton birding by ear
>tapes with some success. Also, would like to check out possibilities of
>having some "stuffed"? is that the proper word? Birds for some hands-on.
>Any contacts or referrals you can give me in the Seattle area will be
>appreciated. This wouldn't happen until August 1997, so I am starting the
>process early I know.
>Thanks in advance for any help,
>Bye for now,
>Kirk
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