Thanks for the correction, Doug! The suggestion I forwarded was in
conjunction with donating a bird to the Burke, but I believe the
advice (to double-freeze) was actually from a smaller organization. -Marc

At 07:11 PM 1/25/2012, Doug Schurman wrote:
>I have been told that is an outdated method based on old freezers.
>Modern freezers apparently don't have this problem and the Burke
>museum says they prefer people don't do this due to the extra mass.
>
>Doug Schurman
>NE Seattle
>
>From: tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu
>[mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Marc Hoffman
>Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 7:02 PM
>To: Peter H Wimberger; tweeters at u.washington.edu
>Subject: Re: [Tweeters] dead birds
>
>Additionally, I have been advised to put the bagged bird into a
>second, larger ziploc bag filled with water, and freeze the whole
>thing. The bird stays dry in the inner bag, while the outer bag
>protects it against freezer burn that is a result of the thawing and
>refreezing cycle of self-defrosting freezers.
>
>Marc Hoffman
><http://www.songbirdphoto.com/>www.SongbirdPhoto.com