Thanks Mary, that's really helpful advise! On Wednesday, August 2, 2023 at 2:18:47 PM UTC-6 Mary Kay Waddington wrote:
> 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/12eeb672-e1fb-46ad-8835-fff9766f48ebn%40googlegroups.com.
