Subject: [Tweeters] Need for Dead Bird Info
Date: Mar 17 09:36:21 2008
From: Marc Hoffman - tweeters at dartfrogmedia.com


Hi Nina,

You'll need to find a place that has a permit for handling and
preserving native species, such as a museum.

If you can't get the bird to such a place right away, place it in a
ziploc bag, remove as much air as possible, and place that bag into a
container of water (a larger ziploc bag?) which you then freeze. An
intermediate measure would be just to place the bagged bird in a
freezer, without the extra water around it.

Marc

At 09:11 AM 3/17/2008, you wrote:
>Hi Tweets!
>
>I'm having computer issues, and therefore couldn't do a search or go
>into email archives; however, I need to know the info (I'm sure
>someone has it handy - I hope) on where to take dead birds.
>
>Yesterday, I was most distressed to find a dead Cooper's Hawk in my
>backyard. No visible signs of injury - all feathers were fine, no
>blood, no obvious signs of battle/predator attack. He was on the
>ground in the middle of the yard, dead. I retrieved the bird,
>bagged it, and stowed it in the garage (brrr!).
>If I can get the info to the place on Bainbridge Island that takes
>dead birds, I'd like to get it to them today. I'm really worried
>about this, the bird was small, and looks to be a mature adult.
>
>This just really disturbs me, and I'm so bummed.
>
>nina
>
>neens at wavecable dot com
>Bremerton
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