Tweets,
An interesting note from Ellen Paul, Executive Director of the Ornithological Council. The bottom line is that all of you who have been salvaging birds for museums (thank you!) will no longer be breaking the law .

Today the USFWS published a notice in the Federal Register proposing a new permit for migratory birds for educational purposes. I was just going through it line-by-line for another reason and look what I found! A citizen salvage provision!

Entities that remain exempt from the permit requirement to hold
dead specimens would be allowed to accept such specimens from members
of the public who, without a permit, pick them up. Those persons would
be exempt from the permit requirement for such one-time salvage
provided they promptly donate the specimens to a person or institution
authorized to possess the specimens by permit or permit exception.

WE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR THIS FOR YEARS!
Let's hope this is a sign of more good policies ot come!

Keep up the good work and remember --- a specimen is only as good as the data it comes with - so record the date and place and put it in with the bird as soon as you collect it.

Thanks!

Peter Wimberger
Slater Museum of Natural History
University of Puget Sound
Tacoma