Perhaps you are thinking of the Island Wildlife Shelter on Bainbridge, managed by Sandy Fletcher. I think there are other rehabilitators on Bainbridge and I don't know that any of them hold dead birds for transfer to a museum collection. You could Island Wildlife Shelter at (206) 855-9057 to see if they do hold dead birds for eventual transfer. It would be great if you could get the bird to the Slater Museum at the University of Puget Sound. Gary Shugart is a good contact there.

Kelly McAllister

----- Original Message -----
From: Neens
To: Tweeters at u.washington.edu
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 9:11 AM
Subject: [Tweeters] Need for Dead Bird Info


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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