Thanks Dan. I know from having checked out the Burke specimen collection with you as part of birdbanding training what a valuable resource the Burke Museum is. I will be there, and I recommend it to any other area birders who have a couple of hours to learn about one of the top ornithological resources we have here in the Northwest.
Brett A. Wolfe gismybabe at yahoo.com Seattle, WA
Daniel Froehlich <dfroehli at u.washington.edu> wrote:Hi all,
I just wanted to point out that the Burke Museum Ornithology Division
is another area museum with an active bird salvage and prep program.

Become a museum member and join us for a once-a-year
behind-the-scenes look at some of the research-related activities in
the ornithology and other divisions on Wednesday, April 9, 6-9pm!
People always have a great time, and it's a good opportunity to get
to know the curator, collections managers and researchers working
with the bird collections. You can also inform yourself about
roadkill salvage operations, what to do and how to do it well!

See you there!

Dan

>Greetings All,
>Many thanks for all the responses to my question "how to obtain a salvage
>permit so I can collect road killed birds for deposit to a museum?"
>This is from Dr. Richard Johnson at WSU: "People who find a window or
>road-killed bird often bring in them to us (Conner Museum, WSU) or to Dennis
>Paulson at the Slater Museum at UPS, and those people rarely have salvaging
>permits. We then include the birds in our annual reports to the wildlife
>agencies. However, if a person plans on regularly looking for birds to
>salvage, one should have a permit, or preferably be operating under another
>a museum's permit. For example, Mike and MerryLynn Denny regularly salvage
>birds, and they operate under our permit. That saves them from having to
>renew permits and make reports every year, and also makes it easier for the
>wildlife agencies, because it reduces the number of separate permits and
>reports they have to handle. I simply have their names included on the face
>of our
>permit and provide them with a copy that shows they are legally authorized
>to
>salvage.
>We could do the same for you, if you wish. The permits indicate the
>collection into which the specimens are to be deposited. If you were
>subpermitted
>under us, the specimens would go to WSU; if under Dennis, they'd go to UPS.
>
>Salvaging a threatened or endangered species is a different matter. In
>such cases a state wildlife agent must be contacted first, because the
>agent may want to verify the identification and cause of death, and perhaps
>obtain other information."
>
>Dave Beaudette
>Wenatchee,WA
>drtbrdr AT earthlink.net


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