Ever want to get up close and personal with a dead bird?

I'm looking for volunteers who might want to help skeletonize bird
specimens in the Slater Museum freezer. It's a good way to learn something
about bird anatomy, both external and internal, and see birds in a way we
virtually never do in the field--at arm's length. We've got'em in all
sizes, shapes, and colors. If you are interested in doing this and can do
it during working hours on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday, please
respond directly to me and let me know which days of the week are possible
for you. Thanks.

I occasionally check tweeters through the Web, and the other day I
encountered a heated exchange about bird rehabbing. What wasn't said on
either side was that most rehabbers are responsible about keeping data on
the animals they receive and donating them to museums if they die. They
receive a lot of dead animals, too, and serve as a pipeline to route these
animals to museums. So educational institutions are directly benefitted by
wildlife rehabilitators.

Dennis Paulson, Director phone 206-756-3798
Slater Museum of Natural History fax 206-756-3352
University of Puget Sound e-mail dpaulson at ups.edu
Tacoma, WA 98416