Any dead bird you find that you think may be useful in collections may be given to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Put a bit of cotton in its bill to keep blood from leaking out and staining the feathers. Make a simple cone of paper and put the bird in head first. Write on the outside the exact location where it was found, and the exact date. Put it in a zip-loc bag and freeze it. Then you can get it to the museum some time. If you have a different place you'd like to donate it, use the same method.
Mary Kay Waddington (ex-bird-skinner) On Wed, Aug 2, 2023 at 1:59 PM [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > > On my lunchtime walk around the neighborhood (Pine Brook Hills, Boulder) I > came across a mature, female red crossbill in the middle of the road. She > was panting and clearly in distress so I moved her to the side of the road > but I suspect that she won't make it. As they are relatively novel birds, > I'm wondering if this might be a desirable bird for collections and/or > interpretive centers around here, should she not make it. Any guidance > there would be helpful. > > There was another female flattened in the road not far away so I'm > guessing it could have been a car strike - hopefully not disease. I didn't > scan the sides of the road carefully for more birds. Alternatively, there > were quite a few ponderosa pines felled as part of fire mitigation on a > nearby lot, so that could have played a role if they're still nesting > around here. > > Thank you, > > Preston > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Colorado Birds" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en > * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include > bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate > * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/a2ba35ec-d7dc-472b-8647-408df9fe4045n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/a2ba35ec-d7dc-472b-8647-408df9fe4045n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAA-Db7f-Gns2MJwDeQjALr_pg8diZnbOzW%2BoXmaR2nwHyPBNyg%40mail.gmail.com.
