Reply to: Re: Deceased bird taker?

>Yes, tuck the bird into a baggie and freeze it. The Burke museum accepts
>birds, 543-1668 will get you the bird collection manager, and I believe
>Dennis Paulson at the Slater Museum in Tacoma also accepts birds.

To add to what Eileen wrote about this, AT THE SAME TIME you freeze the specimen, include a scrap of paper with the locality and date; a few months down the line you might not remember the exact date, and this is very important if you're using specimens to look at the timing of molt, for example.

Mike Donahue
Seattle
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