A new website that may be of interest to state DNRs, law enforecement, and raptor folks has been just been announced. THE FEATHER ATLAS OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS is a new web-based resource from the Forensics Lab for the identification of wing and tail feathers. These feathers are often encountered by OLE investigators in wildlife products or associated with bird remains, but can be very difficult to identify with bird field guides. The website (http://www.lab.fws.gov/featheratlas/) currently contains high-resolution scanned images of the flight feathers of 64 species, including all widespread North American hawks and eagles, falcons, vultures, owls, and doves, as well as roadrunner and other cuckoos and flickers and other woodpeckers. Of particular value to investigators will be the extensive series of scans illustrating the appearance of the wing and tail feathers at various ages in both Bald and Golden Eagles. Bob Russell, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20071031/90682464/attachment.html
