Chris:
Check the US Fish and Wildlife Service's The Feather Atlas http://www.lab.fws.gov/featheratlas/index.php If you can't find the feather there, use the Contacts button on the upper right part of the page to ask your question. Someone there will send you a reply. I had to go that route back in August after I found a Common Pauraque feather on a field trip at the Mitchell Lake Audubon Center http://www.tx.audubon.org/Mitchell.html A TexBirds recipient referred me to The Feather Atlas after I posted my RFI. Good luck! Steve Stevan Hawkins Mitchell Lake Audubon Center, docent From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Mansfield Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 5:19 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: [mnbird] feather identification help wanted Found in central Duluth, MN, October 18, 2011, in urban habitat with ornamental trees including tall spruces: link <http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6rMmbCc2TZM/Tp9HYOPCdAI/AAAAAAAAAC4/S2ikOXDlgqU/s 1600/feathersgraybkgd.JPG> or URL: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6rMmbCc2TZM/Tp9HYOPCdAI/AAAAAAAAAC4/S2ikOXDlgqU/s1 600/feathersgraybkgd.JPG My best guess is Long-eared Owl. I welcome any input. Chris Mansfield ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
