when i was a UW zoology grad student, undocumented birds received by the
Burke Museum were prepped (some by students learning how to prep birds!)
for educational purposes. these birds are used in a number of UW classrooms
and, possibly, beyond. Speaking of prepped birds used for educational
purposes, the Seattle Audubon relied on the services of a (retired
ornithologist? his name escapes me now) preparator who also prepped and
used birds for their educational programs (not sure if they still do this,
but the collection itself should still exist).

cheers,



On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 2:01 AM, Ed Swan <edswan at centurytel.net> wrote:

> Today I gave a talk to people at one of the gardens for the Vashon Allied
> Arts Garden Tour on how to attract birds and plant for better habitat in
> the garden and yards. Probably the biggest hit came from the specimens of
> birds on a stick that I brought with me thanks to the Slater Museum of
> Natural History at UPS. Whenever these are brought out people with look,
> talk and ask questions for an incredible amount of time. Gary Shugart from
> the museum happens to live on Vashon, which has been a great asset. He
> keeps a cooler outside his garage door and we?ve been publicizing to people
> to bring their dead birds that they find and drop them off to Gary.
> They?re then used by the museum for research but some are also set aside
> for education and Vashon Audubon then takes these into the classroom at all
> levels from pre-school to high school for talks to great interest from all
> ages. They?re used a little more extensively for the 4th grade bird
> program that all Vashon students go through combined with several field
> trips, hours of class time and art and journal work. These specimens
> really seem to reach out and interest everyone and really pay off for the
> conservation community. I wanted to say thanks publicly for this
> availability. Besides the Slater Museum at UPS, the Burke Museum at UW
> also takes birds, though I don?t know to what extent they?re used beyond
> research. Either way, they?re a great asset. I wouldn?t be surprised if
> over a hundred species have come in over the last several years and it?s
> helped document some of the rarer birds for Vashon.
>
>
>
> Ed Swan
>
> Nature writer and guide
>
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