Wendy & Tweeters,

Good question.
Here are two sites that I use; perhaps the Tweeterdom kingdom knows of more
resources?

http://www.lab.fws.gov/featheratlas/browse_species.php?CommonName=Northe

http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodive
rsity-resources/birds/wing-image-collection/

-Jamie

J. Acker
Bainbridge Island, WA
Owler at sounddsl.com

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-----Original Message-----
From: Wendy Duncan [mailto:wldunc at comcast.net]
Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 12:37 PM
To: owler at sounddsl.com
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Bird Bone ID

Hi Jamie,

What resources are available for IDing a feather?

Thanks,

Wendy Duncan

On Apr 15, 2010, at 11:32 AM, owler at sounddsl.com wrote:

> For those of you who want to go beyond IDing a feather to a bird, now you
> can ID a bird bone....
>
> I am forwarding this from SAWWHETNET, where it was posted this morning...
>
> "The address to this web site was posted on the ONTBirds list
> today. It may be of use to some here and is an interesting site
>
> <http://www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Natural_History/Bones/Introduction.htm>
>
> A brief snippet from the Intro page
>
> "This program is designed to be used by archeologists, biologists and
> forensic scientists. Identifying bird bones to species is a labour
> intensive process. This program was created as a time saving tool to
> help identify bird bones to species. This program is a "guide" and is
> intended to be used with a comparative faunal collection. The program
> works on the simple concept of sorting out the long bones by their
> total length, combined with a visual aid using photographic images."
>
> -Jamie Acker
> owler at sounddsl.com
> Bainbridge Island,
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