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| 20-May-08 || Bird || undet. Aves || 3 || good || loc. || Frozen
 
 
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| 24-Mar-08 || Cooper's Hawk || Accipiter cooperi || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
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| 17-May-09 || Northern Waterthrush || Seiurus noveboracensis || 1 || good || - || Drying
 
|-
 
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| 22-Dec-07 || Canada Goose || Branta canadensis || 1 || good || loc. || Frozen
+
| 22-Oct-08 || American Robin || Turdus migratorius || 2 || fair || yes || Drying
 
|-
 
|-
| 30-Apr-07 || Northern Cardinal || Cardinalis cardinalis || 3 || good || yes || Drying
+
| 29-Sep-08 || White-Throated Sparrow || Zonotrichia albicollis || 3 || fair || - || Drying
 
|-
 
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| 22-Jan-07 || Mourning Dove || Zenaida macroura || 3 || good || yes || Drying
+
| 29-Sep-08 || Tufted Titmouse || Baeolophus bicolor || 2 || good || yes || Drying
 
|-
 
|-
| 15-Aug-06 || Gray Catbird || Dumetella carolinensis || 3 || good || loc. || Frozen
+
| 14-Aug-08 || Wood Thrush || Hylocichla mustelina || 3 || fair || loc. || Drying
 
|-
 
|-
| 15-Aug-06 || Gray Catbird || Dumetella carolinensis || 3 || good || loc. || Frozen
+
| 23-Feb-08 || Pine Grosbeak || Pinicola enucleator || 2 || good || yes || Drying
 
|-
 
|-
| 30-Jun-06 || Gray Catbird || Dumetella carolinensis || 3 || good || loc. || Frozen
+
| 2008 || Wood Thrush || Hylocichla mustelina || 3 || good || loc. || Drying
 
|-
 
|-
| 30-Jun-06 || Wood Thrush || Hylocichla mustelina || 3 || good || loc. || Frozen
+
| 23-Nov-07 || Pine Grosbeak || Pinicola enucleator || 2 || good || yes || Drying
 
|-
 
|-
| 1-Jun-06 || Gray Catbird || Dumetella carolinensis || 3 || good || loc. || Frozen
+
| 9-Sep-07 || Ovenbird || Seiurus aurocapillus || 2 || good || yes || Drying
 
|-
 
|-
| 23-May-06 || Gray Catbird || Dumetella carolinensis || 3 || good || loc. || Frozen
+
| 30-Apr-07 || Northern Cardinal || Cardinalis cardinalis || 3 || good || yes || Drying
 
|-
 
|-
| 23-May-06 || Gray Catbird || Dumetella carolinensis || 3 || good || loc. || Frozen
+
| 22-Jan-07 || Mourning Dove || Zenaida macroura || 3 || good || yes || Drying
 
|-
 
|-
| 23-May-06 || Gray Catbird || Dumetella carolinensis || 3 || good || loc. || Frozen
+
| 2006 || Ovenbird || Seiurus aurocapillus || 2 || fair || loc. || Drying
|-
+
| 14-Oct-05 || Hairy Woodpecker || Picoides villosus || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
+
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 9-Oct-05 || Scarlet Tanager || Piranga olivacea || 2 || xgood || yes || Drying
 
| 9-Oct-05 || Scarlet Tanager || Piranga olivacea || 2 || xgood || yes || Drying
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| 30-Sep-05 || imm. Cardinal || Cardinalis cardinalis || 3 || good || yes || Drying
 
| 30-Sep-05 || imm. Cardinal || Cardinalis cardinalis || 3 || good || yes || Drying
 
|-
 
|-
| 2004-2005 || Ruffed Grouse || Bonasa umbellus || 3 || good || loc. || Frozen
+
| 20-Jul-05 || Clapper Rail || Rallus longirostris || 1 || good || yes || Drying
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 10-Dec-04 || Tufted Titmouse || Baeolophus bicolor || 2 || good || yes || Drying
 
| 10-Dec-04 || Tufted Titmouse || Baeolophus bicolor || 2 || good || yes || Drying
 +
|-
 +
| 10-Oct-04 || Cedar Waxwing || Bombycilla cedrorum || 3 || good || loc. || Drying
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 21-Sep-04 || Rose-breasted Grosbeak || Pheucticus ludovicianus || 3 || good || loc. || Drying
 
| 21-Sep-04 || Rose-breasted Grosbeak || Pheucticus ludovicianus || 3 || good || loc. || Drying
|-
 
| 2-Aug-04 || Red-Bellied Woodpecker || Melanerpes carolinus || 1 || good || loc. || Frozen
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 18-May-04 || Rose Breasted Grosbeak || Pheucticus ludovicianus || 3 || good/excellent || loc. || Drying
 
| 18-May-04 || Rose Breasted Grosbeak || Pheucticus ludovicianus || 3 || good/excellent || loc. || Drying
 
|-
 
|-
| 13-Apr-03 || White-breasted Nuthatch || Sitta carolinensis || 2 || good || - || Drying
+
| 18-Mar-04 || White-Throated Sparrow || Zonotrichia albicollis || 3 || good || yes || Drying
 
|-
 
|-
| 7-Jun-02 || undet. Passerine || undet. Passerine || 3 || xgood || yes || Frozen
+
| 12-Jan-04 || Tufted Titmouse || Baeolophus bicolor || 2 || good || yes || Drying
 
|-
 
|-
| 29-May-02 || Northern Waterthrush || Seiurus noveboracensis || 1 || good || loc. || Frozen
+
| 13-Apr-03 || White-breasted Nuthatch || Sitta carolinensis || 2 || good || - || Drying
 
|-
 
|-
| 10-May-02 || Ruffed Grouse || Bonasa umbellus || 3 || xgood || loc. || Frozen
+
| 21-May-02 || European Starling || Sturnus vulgaris || 2 || good || - || Drying
|-
+
| 20-Apr-02 || Wren (carolina?) || Thryothorus ludovicianus || 1 || good || loc. || Frozen
+
|-
+
| 17-Mar-02 || Ruffed Grouse || Bonasa umbellus || 3 || good || loc. || Frozen
+
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 9-Sep-01 || Gray Catbird || Dumetella carolinensis || 3 || good || loc. || Drying
 
| 9-Sep-01 || Gray Catbird || Dumetella carolinensis || 3 || good || loc. || Drying
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|-
 
| 5-Aug-01 || Black-capped Chickadee || Poecile atricapillus || 2 || good || yes || Drying
 
| 5-Aug-01 || Black-capped Chickadee || Poecile atricapillus || 2 || good || yes || Drying
|-
 
| 25-Jul-01 || Great Blue Heron || Ardea herodias || 2 || xgood || loc. || Frozen
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 9-Jun-01 || Scarlet Tanager || Piranga olivacea || 2 || good || loc. || Drying
 
| 9-Jun-01 || Scarlet Tanager || Piranga olivacea || 2 || good || loc. || Drying
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|-
 
| 5-May-01 || Common Yellowthroat || Geothlypis trichas || 1 || good || loc. || Drying
 
| 5-May-01 || Common Yellowthroat || Geothlypis trichas || 1 || good || loc. || Drying
|-
 
| Fall 2000 || Black-throated Green Warbler || Dendroica virens || 1 || good || loc. || Drying
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 26-Oct-00 || White-Throated Sparrow || Zonotrichia albicollis || 3 || good || - || Drying
 
| 26-Oct-00 || White-Throated Sparrow || Zonotrichia albicollis || 3 || good || - || Drying
 
|-
 
|-
| 3-Jul-00 || Warbler || undet. Passeri || 3 || fair || loc. || Frozen
+
| Fall 2000 || Black-throated Green Warbler || Dendroica virens || 1 || good || loc. || Drying
|-
+
| 13-Jun-00 || Eastern Screech Owl || Megascops asio || 3 || good || loc. || Frozen
+
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 26-Apr-00 || Hermit Thrush || Catharus guttatus || 2 || good || loc. || Drying
 
| 26-Apr-00 || Hermit Thrush || Catharus guttatus || 2 || good || loc. || Drying
 +
|-
 +
| 1-Mar-00 || Black and White Warbler || Mniotilta varia || 1 || good || - || Drying
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 22-Jan-00 || Chickadee || Poecile atricapillus || 2 || good || loc. || Drying
 
| 22-Jan-00 || Chickadee || Poecile atricapillus || 2 || good || loc. || Drying
 
|-
 
|-
| 26-Dec-99 || Great Horned Owl || Bubo virginianus || 2 || good || loc. || Frozen
+
| 10-Sep-97 || Gray Catbird || Dumetella carolinensis || 3 || good || - || Drying
 
|-
 
|-
| 9-Sep-99 || Eastern Screech Owl || Megascops asio || 3 || good || loc. || Frozen
+
| 13-Jul || Thrush? || undet. Turdidae || 3 || good || yes || Drying
 
|-
 
|-
| 10-Sep-97 || Gray Catbird || Dumetella carolinensis || 3 || good || - || Drying
+
| - || American Robin || Turdus migratorius || 2 || fair || loc. || Drying
 
|-
 
|-
| 2-Jun-94 || Redpoll || Carduelis sp. || 3 || good || loc. || Frozen
+
| - || Wood Thrush || Hylocichla mustelina || 3 || fair || - || Drying
 
|-
 
|-
| 31-Dec-93 || Sharp Shinned Hawk || Accipiter striatus || 2 || good || loc. || Frozen
+
| - || Wood Thrush || Hylocichla mustelina || 3 || fair || loc. || Drying
 
|-
 
|-
| 7/13/* || Thrush? || undet. Turdidae || 3 || good || yes || Drying
+
| - || White-Throated Sparrow || Zonotrichia albicollis || 3 || fair || - || Drying
 
|-
 
|-
| - || Green Winged Teal || Anas carolinensis || 1 || good || - || Frozen
+
| - || Eastern Screech Owl || Otis asio || 3 || fair || - || Drying
 
|-
 
|-
 
| - || Black throated Blue Warbler || Dendroica caerulescens || 1 || good || - || Drying
 
| - || Black throated Blue Warbler || Dendroica caerulescens || 1 || good || - || Drying
|-
 
| 1-Mar-00 || Black and White Warbler || Mniotilta varia || 1 || good || - || Drying
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| - || Northern Parula || Parula americana || 1 || good || loc. || Drying
 
| - || Northern Parula || Parula americana || 1 || good || loc. || Drying
 
|-
 
|-
| 17-May || Northern Waterthrush || Seiurus noveboracensis || 1 || good || - || Drying
+
| - || Red-eyed Vireo || Vireo olivaceus || 1 || good || loc. || Drying
 
|-
 
|-
| - || Ring-necked Dove || Streptopelia capicola || 1 || good || - || Frozen
+
| - || Yellow Warbler || Dendroica petechia || 2 || good || - || Drying
 
|-
 
|-
| - || Tree Swallow || Tachycineta bicolor || 1 || good || - || Frozen
+
| - || Ovenbird || Seiurus aurocapillus || 2 || good || - || Drying
 
|-
 
|-
| - || Wren (carolina?) || Thryothorus ludovicianus || 1 || good || - || Frozen
+
| - || Ovenbird || Seiurus aurocapillus || 2 || good || - || Drying
 
|-
 
|-
| - || Red-eyed Vireo || Vireo olivaceus || 1 || good || loc. || Drying
+
| - || Veery || Catharus fuscescens || 2 || good || - || Drying
 
|-
 
|-
| - || Yellow Billed Sandpiper || Yellow Billed Sandpiper || 1 || good || - || Frozen
+
| - || American Goldfinch || Carduelis tristis || 3 || good || loc. || Drying
 
|-
 
|-
| - || Owl (Grt. Horned?) || Bubo virginianus || 2 || fair || - || Frozen
+
| - || Rose Breasted Grosbeak || Pheucticus ludovicianus || 3 || good || - || Drying
 
|-
 
|-
| - || Great Horned Owl || Bubo virginianus || 2 || good || - || Frozen
+
| - || Cedar Waxwing || Bombycilla cedrorum || 3 || good || - || Drying
 
|-
 
|-
| - || Yellow Warbler || Dendroica petechia || 2 || good || - || Drying
+
| - || Eastern Screech Owl || Otis asio || 3 || good || - || Drying
 
|-
 
|-
| - || Ovenbird || Seiurus aurocapillus || 2 || good || loc. || Frozen
+
| 24-Mar-09 || Cedar Waxwing || Bombycilla cedrorum || 3 || good || yes || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| - || Ovenbird || Seiurus aurocapillus || 2 || good || - || Drying
+
| 24-Jan-09 || Canada Goose || Branta canadensis || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| - || Ovenbird || Seiurus aurocapillus || 2 || good || - || Drying
+
| 24-Jan-09 || Brown-headed Cowbird || Molothrus ater || 2 || good || yes || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| - || Sharp Shinned Hawk || Accipiter striatus || 2 || xgood || - || Frozen
+
| 21-Jan-09 || Red-breasted Merganser || Mergus serrator || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| - || Sharp Shinned Hawk || Accipiter striatus || 2 || good || - || Frozen
+
| 28-Oct-08 || American Robin || Turdus migratorius || 2 || good || yes || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| - || Aves || Aves || 3 || no skin/no head || - || Frozen
+
| 28-Oct-08 || White-Throated Sparrow || Zonotrichia albicollis || 3 || good || yes || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| - || Aves || Aves || 3 || no skin || - || Frozen
+
| 9-Oct-08 || Great Blue Heron || Ardea herodias || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| - || Aves || Aves || 3 || no skin/no head || - || Frozen
+
| 7-Oct-08 || Pine Warbler || Dendroica pinus || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| - || Aves || Aves || 3 || no skin/no head || - || Frozen
+
| 18-Sep-08 || Wood Thrush || Hylocichla mustelina || 3 || good || yes || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| - || Aves || Aves || 3 || no skin/no head || - || Frozen
+
| 31-Aug-08 || Cooper's Hawk || Accipiter cooperi || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| - || Aves || Aves || 3 || no skin/no head || - || Frozen
+
| 29-Aug-08 || Wood Thrush || Hylocichla mustelina || 3 || good || yes || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| - || Aves || Aves || 3 || no skin/no head || - || Frozen
+
| 27-Aug-08 || Black-throated Blue Warbler || Dendroica caerulescens || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| - || Cedar Waxwing || Bombycilla cedrorum || 3 || skin only fair || - || Frozen
+
| 16-Jun-08 || Downy Woodpecker || Picoides pubescens || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 10/10/2004 || Cedar Waxwing || Bombycilla cedrorum || 3 || good || loc. || Drying
+
| 24-May-08 || Barred Owl || Strix varia || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| - || Cedar Waxwing (x9) || Bombycilla cedrorum (x9) || 3 || good/excellent || - || Frozen
+
| 20-May-08 || Bird || undet. Aves || 3 || good || loc. || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| - || Red Tailed Hawk || Buteo jamaicensis || 3 || good || - || Frozen
+
| 12-May-08 || Gray Catbird || Dumetella carolinensis || 3 || good || yes || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| - || Red Tailed Hawk || Buteo jamaicensis || 3 || good || - || Frozen
+
| 1-May-08 || Black-and-white Warbler || Mniotilta varia || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| - || American Goldfinch || Carduelis tristis || 3 || good || loc. || Drying
+
| 22-Apr-08 || Hairy Woodpecker || Picoides villosus || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| - || Warbler sp. || Dendroica sp. || 3 || good || - || Frozen
+
| 24-Mar-08 || Cooper's Hawk || Accipiter cooperi || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| - || Screech Owl || Megascops sp. || 3 || good || - || Frozen
+
| 22-Mar-08 || Eastern Screech-Owl (Red) || Otus asio || 2 || good || yes || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| - || Screech Owl || Megascops sp. || 3 || good || - || Frozen
+
| 5-Mar-08 || American Kestrel || Falco sparverius || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| - || Rose Breasted Grosbeak || Pheucticus ludovicianus || 3 || good || - || Drying
+
| 24-Jan-08 || Cooper's Hawk || Accipiter cooperi || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| - || Peep? || undet. Charadiiformes || 3 || fair/poor || - || Frozen
+
| 1-Jan-08 || Eastern Screech-Owl (Grey) || Otus asio || 2 || good || yes || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| - || Hawk/Falcon || undet. Falconiformes || 3 || skin only fair || - || Frozen
+
| 22-Dec-07 || Canada Goose || Branta canadensis || 1 || good || loc. || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| - || Hawk/Falcon || undet. Falconiformes || 3 || good || - || Frozen
+
| 22-Dec-07 || Barred Owl || Strix varia || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| - || Gull sp. || undet. Laridae || 3 || good || - || Frozen
+
| 16-Nov-07 || Hawk || Accipiter || 2 || good || yes || Frozen
 +
|-
 +
| 8-Oct-07 || Eastern Towhee || Pipilo erythrophthalmus || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| - || Veery || Catharus fuscescens || 2 || good || - || Drying
+
| 29-Sep-07 || Yellow-rumped Warbler || Dendroica coronata || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
 +
|-
 +
| 23-Sep-07 || Sharp Shinned Hawk || Accipiter striatus || 2 || good || yes || Frozen
 +
|-
 +
| 18-Sep-07 || Wood Thrush || Hylocichla mustelina || 3 || good || yes || Frozen
 +
|-
 +
| 6-Sep-07 || White-breasted Nuthatch || Sitta carolinensis || 2 || good || yes || Frozen
 +
|-
 +
| 30-Aug-07 || Monk Parakeet || Myiopsitta monachus || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
 +
|-
 +
| 19-Jul-07 || Eastern Bluebird || Sialia sialis || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| - || Wood Thrush || Hylocichla mustelina || 3 || fair || - || Drying
+
| 6-Jul-07 || Gray Catbird || Dumetella carolinensis || 3 || good || yes || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| - || Wood Thrush || Hylocichla mustelina || 3 || fair || loc. || Drying
+
| June_2007 || Indigo Bunting || Passerina cyanea || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| - || Cedar Waxwing || Bombycilla cedrorum || 3 || good || - || Drying
+
| 16-May-07 || Wood Thrush || Hylocichla mustelina || 3 || good || yes || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 21-May-02 || European Starling || Sturnus vulgaris || 2 || good || - || Drying
+
| 11-Apr-07 || Pileated Woodpecker || Dryocopus pileatus || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 12-Jan-04 || Tufted Titmouse || Baeolophus bicolor || 2 || good || yes || Drying
+
| 12-Dec-06 || Eastern Screech-Owl || Otus asio || 2 || good || yes || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 2006 || Ovenbird || Seiurus aurocapillus || 2 || fair || loc. || Drying
+
| 19-Nov-06 || Ovenbird || Seiurus aurocapillus || 2 || good || yes || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 8/14/2008 || Wood Thrush || Hylocichla mustelina || 3 || fair || loc. || Drying
+
| 9-Oct-06 || Yellow-rumped Warbler || Dendroica coronata || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 29-Sep-08 || Tufted Titmouse || Baeolophus bicolor || 2 || good || yes || Drying
+
| 15-Aug-06 || Gray Catbird || Dumetella carolinensis || 3 || good || loc. || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| - || White-Throated Sparrow || Zonotrichia albicollis || 3 || fair || - || Drying
+
| 15-Aug-06 || Gray Catbird || Dumetella carolinensis || 3 || good || loc. || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| - || American Robin || Turdus migratorius || 2 || fair || loc. || Drying
+
| 30-Jun-06 || Gray Catbird || Dumetella carolinensis || 3 || good || loc. || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 29-Sep-08 || White-Throated Sparrow || Zonotrichia albicollis || 3 || fair || - || Drying
+
| 30-Jun-06 || Wood Thrush || Hylocichla mustelina || 3 || good || loc. || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| - || Eastern Screech Owl || Otis asio || 3 || fair || - || Drying
+
| 1-Jun-06 || Gray Catbird || Dumetella carolinensis || 3 || good || loc. || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| - || Eastern Screech Owl || Otis asio || 3 || good || - || Drying
+
| 31-May-06 || Kentucky Warbler || Oporornis formosus || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 10/22/2008 || American Robin || Turdus migratorius || 2 || fair || yes || Drying
+
| 23-May-06 || Gray Catbird || Dumetella carolinensis || 3 || good || loc. || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 10/8/2007 || Eastern Towhee || Pipilo erythrophthalmus || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
+
| 23-May-06 || Gray Catbird || Dumetella carolinensis || 3 || good || loc. || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 7/6/2007 || Gray Catbird || Dumetella carolinensis || 3 || good || yes || Frozen
+
| 23-May-06 || Gray Catbird || Dumetella carolinensis || 3 || good || loc. || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 11/23/2007 || Pine Grosbeak || Pinicola enucleator || 2 || good || yes || Frozen
+
| 14-Oct-05 || Hairy Woodpecker || Picoides villosus || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 2/23/2008 || Pine Grosbeak || Pinicola enucleator || 2 || good || yes || Frozen
+
| 2004-2005 || Ruffed Grouse || Bonasa umbellus || 3 || good || loc. || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 1/24/2009 || Brown-headed Cowbird || Molothrus ater || 2 || good || yes || Frozen
+
| 29-Oct-04 || Barred Owl || Strix varia || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 8/27/2008 || Black-throated Blue Warbler || Dendroica caerulescens || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
+
| 10-Oct-04 || Cedar Waxwing || Bombycilla cedrorum || 3 || good || yes || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 5/16/2007 || Wood Thrush || Hylocichla mustelina || 3 || good || yes || Frozen
+
| 2-Aug-04 || Red-Bellied Woodpecker || Melanerpes carolinus || 1 || good || loc. || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 4/22/2008 || Hairy Woodpecker || Picoides villosus || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
+
| 20-Feb-04 || American Tree Sparrow || Spizella arborea || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 1/21/2009 || Red-breasted Merganser || Mergus serrator || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
+
| 15-Feb-04 || Dark-eyed Junco || Junco hyemalis || 2 || good || yes || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 6/16/2008 || Downy Woodpecker || Picoides pubescens || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
+
| 7-Jun-02 || undet. Passerine || undet. Passerine || 3 || xgood || yes || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 5/1/2008 || Black-and-white Warbler || Mniotilta varia || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
+
| 29-May-02 || Northern Waterthrush || Seiurus noveboracensis || 1 || good || loc. || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 9/9/2007 || Ovenbird || Seiurus aurocapillus || 2 || good || yes || Frozen
+
| 10-May-02 || Ruffed Grouse || Bonasa umbellus || 3 || xgood || loc. || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 9/18/2008 || Wood Thrush || Hylocichla mustelina || 3 || good || yes || Frozen
+
| 20-Apr-02 || Wren (carolina?) || Thryothorus ludovicianus || 1 || good || loc. || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 10/7/2008 || Pine Warbler || Dendroica pinus || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
+
| 17-Mar-02 || Ruffed Grouse || Bonasa umbellus || 3 || good || loc. || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 5/12/2008 || Gray Catbird || Dumetella carolinensis || 3 || good || yes || Frozen
+
| 25-Jul-01 || Great Blue Heron || Ardea herodias || 2 || xgood || loc. || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 7/19/2007 || Eastern Bluebird || Sialia sialis || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
+
| 3-Jul-00 || Warbler || undet. Passeri || 3 || fair || loc. || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 3/24/2009 || Cedar Waxwing || Bombycilla cedrorum || 3 || good || yes || Frozen
+
| 13-Jun-00 || Eastern Screech Owl || Megascops asio || 3 || good || loc. || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 8/29/2008 || Wood Thrush || Hylocichla mustelina || 3 || good || yes || Frozen
+
| 26-Dec-99 || Great Horned Owl || Bubo virginianus || 2 || good || loc. || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 4/11/2007 || Pileated Woodpecker || Dryocopus pileatus || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
+
| 9-Sep-99 || Eastern Screech Owl || Megascops asio || 3 || good || loc. || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 10/29/2004 || Barred Owl || Strix varia || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
+
| 2-Jun-94 || Redpoll || Carduelis sp. || 3 || good || loc. || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 5/31/2006 || Kentucky Warbler || Oporornis formosus || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
+
| 31-Dec-93 || Sharp Shinned Hawk || Accipiter striatus || 2 || good || loc. || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 9/29/2007 || Yellow-rumped Warbler || Dendroica coronata || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
+
| 20-Nov || Carolina Wren || Thryothorus ludovicianus || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 10/9/2006 || Yellow-rumped Warbler || Dendroica coronata || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
+
| - || Owl (Grt. Horned?) || Bubo virginianus || 2 || fair || - || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 11/19/2006 || Ovenbird || Seiurus aurocapillus || 2 || good || yes || Frozen
+
| - || Peep? || undet. Charadiiformes || 3 || fair/poor || - || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 9/6/2007 || White-breasted Nuthatch || Sitta carolinensis || 2 || good || yes || Frozen
+
| - || Green Winged Teal || Anas carolinensis || 1 || good || - || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 9/18/2007 || Wood Thrush || Hylocichla mustelina || 3 || good || yes || Frozen
+
| - || Ring-necked Dove || Streptopelia capicola || 1 || good || - || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 10/9/2008 || Great Blue Heron || Ardea herodias || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
+
| - || Tree Swallow || Tachycineta bicolor || 1 || good || - || Frozen
 +
|-
 +
| - || Wren (carolina?) || Thryothorus ludovicianus || 1 || good || - || Frozen
 +
|-
 +
| - || Yellow Billed Sandpiper || Yellow Billed Sandpiper || 1 || good || - || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
 
| - || Northern Parula || Parula americana || 1 || good || - || Frozen
 
| - || Northern Parula || Parula americana || 1 || good || - || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 1/24/2008 || Cooper's Hawk || Accipiter cooperi || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
+
| - || Warbler || Oporornis sp. || 1 || good || - || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 1/24/2009 || Canada Goose || Branta canadensis || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
+
| - || Chimney Swift || Chaetura pelagica || 1 || good || - || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 10/28/2008 || American Robin || Turdus migratorius || 2 || good || yes || Frozen
+
| - || Great Horned Owl || Bubo virginianus || 2 || good || - || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 10/28/2008 || White-Throated Sparrow || Zonotrichia albicollis || 3 || good || yes || Frozen
+
| - || Ovenbird || Seiurus aurocapillus || 2 || good || loc. || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 8/30/2007 || Monk Parakeet || Myiopsitta monachus || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
+
| - || Sharp Shinned Hawk || Accipiter striatus || 2 || good || - || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 12/12/2006 || Eastern Screech-Owl || Otus asio || 2 || good || yes || Frozen
+
| - || Red Tailed Hawk || Buteo jamaicensis || 3 || good || - || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 8/31/2008 || Cooper's Hawk || Accipiter cooperi || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
+
| - || Red Tailed Hawk || Buteo jamaicensis || 3 || good || - || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| - || Warbler || Oporornis sp. || 1 || good || - || Frozen
+
| - || Warbler sp. || Dendroica sp. || 3 || good || - || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 5/24/2008 || Barred Owl || Strix varia || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
+
| - || Screech Owl || Megascops sp. || 3 || good || - || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 1/1/2008 || Eastern Screech-Owl (Grey) || Otus asio || 2 || good || yes || Frozen
+
| - || Screech Owl || Megascops sp. || 3 || good || - || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 3/22/2008 || Eastern Screech-Owl (Red) || Otus asio || 2 || good || yes || Frozen
+
| - || Hawk/Falcon || undet. Falconiformes || 3 || good || - || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 9/23/2007 || Sharp Shinned Hawk || Accipiter striatus || 2 || good || yes || Frozen
+
| - || Gull sp. || undet. Laridae || 3 || good || - || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 3/5/2008 || American Kestrel || Falco sparverius || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
+
| - || Common Grackle || Quiscalus quiscula || 3 || good || - || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 3/18/2004 || White-Throated Sparrow || Zonotrichia albicollis || 3 || good || yes || Frozen
+
| - || Cedar Waxwing (x9) || Bombycilla cedrorum (x9) || 3 || good/excellent || - || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 11/20/- || Carolina Wren || Thryothorus ludovicianus || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
+
| - || Aves || Aves || 3 || no skin || - || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 2/15/2004 || Dark-eyed Junco || Junco hyemalis || 2 || good || yes || Frozen
+
| - || Aves || Aves || 3 || no skin/no head || - || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 2/20/2004 || American Tree Sparrow || Spizella arborea || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
+
| - || Aves || Aves || 3 || no skin/no head || - || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 10/10/2004 || Cedar Waxwing || Bombycilla cedrorum || 3 || good || yes || Frozen
+
| - || Aves || Aves || 3 || no skin/no head || - || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| - || Common Grackle || Quiscalus quiscula || 3 || good || - || Frozen
+
| - || Aves || Aves || 3 || no skin/no head || - || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 11/16/2007 || Hawk || Accipiter || 2 || good || yes || Frozen
+
| - || Aves || Aves || 3 || no skin/no head || - || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 12/22/2007 || Barred Owl || Strix varia || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
+
| - || Aves || Aves || 3 || no skin/no head || - || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| - || Chimney Swift || Chaetura pelagica || 1 || good || - || Frozen
+
| - || Cedar Waxwing || Bombycilla cedrorum || 3 || skin only fair || - || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| 7/20/2005 || Clapper Rail || Rallus longirostris || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
+
| - || Hawk/Falcon || undet. Falconiformes || 3 skin only fair || - || Frozen
 
|-
 
|-
| June_2007 || Indigo Bunting || Passerina cyanea || 1 || good || yes || Frozen
+
| - || Sharp Shinned Hawk || Accipiter striatus || 2 xgood || - || Frozen
|-
+
|-
 
|}
 
|}
  

Revision as of 23:06, 21 April 2009

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Collection Manager: Susan Hochgraf

Office: BioPhysics 127

Office Phone: 486-8945

Email: susan.hochgraf@uconn.edu

Preparators: Alejandro Rico Guevara, Jorge deLeon, Margaret Rubega



What To Do If You Find a Dead Bird, and Want to Donate It to the UConn Research Collection

Our collection of bird skins, tissues and bones is currently growing largely through salvage: we accept birds found dead by members of the public. These specimens add to the "library of birdlife" we maintain. Your donations make it possible for future researchers to investigate the bird populations of Connecticut.

If you find a dead bird, the very first thing to do is to determine if it is fresh enough to make a useful specimen. A bird that hasn't been dead for long will be round, not flattened or sagging; the eyes will be full and still moist; the feathers will not fall out when you handle the bird; the body will not smell. In contrast, a specimen that has already begun to decay will be collapsed, and may be oozing fluids; the eyes will be sunken and dry-looking; the feathers will be loosely attached and fall out easily when tugged, or when you handle the bird; there may be insects (ants, maggots) on or in the specimen; and the body will smell bad.

Specimens showing advanced signs of decay are best left where they are. Specimens in good condition should be sealed in a plastic bag (a ziploc with the air squeezed out of it is ideal) with a note containing the following information: your name and contact information; the location (at least town) where the bird was found; the date; and any information you may have about the bird (e.g., how it died - "Hit a window"). If you have the means to measure the bird's weight at the time you picked it up, that information is also very helpful. Once the bird is sealed in a plastic bag, PUT IT IN THE FREEZER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Freezing the body arrests the process of decay, and maximizes the likelihood we can prepare the specimen in a way that will preserve it.

The collection manager works part time (one day per week); she is in the collection on Thursdays. Accordingly, Thursdays are the best days to bring a specimen you wish to donate to the collection. You can call the manager at 860-486-8945 to ensure that someone will be present to take the specimen from you at the time you are due to arrive. If you cannot bring your donation by on a Thursday, contact someone in the Rubega lab at 486-3839 or 486-0309 to arrange a meeting to drop the specimen off.


Inventory of Donated Specimens

(as specimens are prepared, they will move off this list and onto the collection database )

Date Donated Common name Species Prep Priority Score Condition / Comments Data Status
17-May-09 Northern Waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensis 1 good - Drying
22-Oct-08 American Robin Turdus migratorius 2 fair yes Drying
29-Sep-08 White-Throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 3 fair - Drying
29-Sep-08 Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor 2 good yes Drying
14-Aug-08 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina 3 fair loc. Drying
23-Feb-08 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator 2 good yes Drying
2008 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina 3 good loc. Drying
23-Nov-07 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator 2 good yes Drying
9-Sep-07 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapillus 2 good yes Drying
30-Apr-07 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 3 good yes Drying
22-Jan-07 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 3 good yes Drying
2006 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapillus 2 fair loc. Drying
9-Oct-05 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea 2 xgood yes Drying
30-Sep-05 imm. Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 3 good yes Drying
20-Jul-05 Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris 1 good yes Drying
10-Dec-04 Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor 2 good yes Drying
10-Oct-04 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum 3 good loc. Drying
21-Sep-04 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus 3 good loc. Drying
18-May-04 Rose Breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus 3 good/excellent loc. Drying
18-Mar-04 White-Throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 3 good yes Drying
12-Jan-04 Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor 2 good yes Drying
13-Apr-03 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 2 good - Drying
21-May-02 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 2 good - Drying
9-Sep-01 Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis 3 good loc. Drying
2-Sep-01 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus 3 good loc. Drying
5-Aug-01 Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus 2 good yes Drying
9-Jun-01 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea 2 good loc. Drying
8-May-01 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapillus 2 good loc. Drying
5-May-01 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas 1 good loc. Drying
26-Oct-00 White-Throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 3 good - Drying
Fall 2000 Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens 1 good loc. Drying
26-Apr-00 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus 2 good loc. Drying
1-Mar-00 Black and White Warbler Mniotilta varia 1 good - Drying
22-Jan-00 Chickadee Poecile atricapillus 2 good loc. Drying
10-Sep-97 Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis 3 good - Drying
13-Jul Thrush? undet. Turdidae 3 good yes Drying
- American Robin Turdus migratorius 2 fair loc. Drying
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina 3 fair - Drying
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina 3 fair loc. Drying
- White-Throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 3 fair - Drying
- Eastern Screech Owl Otis asio 3 fair - Drying
- Black throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens 1 good - Drying
- Northern Parula Parula americana 1 good loc. Drying
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus 1 good loc. Drying
- Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia 2 good - Drying
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapillus 2 good - Drying
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapillus 2 good - Drying
- Veery Catharus fuscescens 2 good - Drying
- American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis 3 good loc. Drying
- Rose Breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus 3 good - Drying
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum 3 good - Drying
- Eastern Screech Owl Otis asio 3 good - Drying
24-Mar-09 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum 3 good yes Frozen
24-Jan-09 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 1 good yes Frozen
24-Jan-09 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater 2 good yes Frozen
21-Jan-09 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 1 good yes Frozen
28-Oct-08 American Robin Turdus migratorius 2 good yes Frozen
28-Oct-08 White-Throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 3 good yes Frozen
9-Oct-08 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias 1 good yes Frozen
7-Oct-08 Pine Warbler Dendroica pinus 1 good yes Frozen
18-Sep-08 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina 3 good yes Frozen
31-Aug-08 Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperi 1 good yes Frozen
29-Aug-08 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina 3 good yes Frozen
27-Aug-08 Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens 1 good yes Frozen
16-Jun-08 Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens 1 good yes Frozen
24-May-08 Barred Owl Strix varia 1 good yes Frozen
20-May-08 Bird undet. Aves 3 good loc. Frozen
12-May-08 Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis 3 good yes Frozen
1-May-08 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia 1 good yes Frozen
22-Apr-08 Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus 1 good yes Frozen
24-Mar-08 Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperi 1 good yes Frozen
22-Mar-08 Eastern Screech-Owl (Red) Otus asio 2 good yes Frozen
5-Mar-08 American Kestrel Falco sparverius 1 good yes Frozen
24-Jan-08 Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperi 1 good yes Frozen
1-Jan-08 Eastern Screech-Owl (Grey) Otus asio 2 good yes Frozen
22-Dec-07 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 1 good loc. Frozen
22-Dec-07 Barred Owl Strix varia 1 good yes Frozen
16-Nov-07 Hawk Accipiter 2 good yes Frozen
8-Oct-07 Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus 1 good yes Frozen
29-Sep-07 Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata 1 good yes Frozen
23-Sep-07 Sharp Shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus 2 good yes Frozen
18-Sep-07 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina 3 good yes Frozen
6-Sep-07 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 2 good yes Frozen
30-Aug-07 Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus 1 good yes Frozen
19-Jul-07 Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis 1 good yes Frozen
6-Jul-07 Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis 3 good yes Frozen
June_2007 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea 1 good yes Frozen
16-May-07 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina 3 good yes Frozen
11-Apr-07 Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus 1 good yes Frozen
12-Dec-06 Eastern Screech-Owl Otus asio 2 good yes Frozen
19-Nov-06 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapillus 2 good yes Frozen
9-Oct-06 Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata 1 good yes Frozen
15-Aug-06 Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis 3 good loc. Frozen
15-Aug-06 Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis 3 good loc. Frozen
30-Jun-06 Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis 3 good loc. Frozen
30-Jun-06 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina 3 good loc. Frozen
1-Jun-06 Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis 3 good loc. Frozen
31-May-06 Kentucky Warbler Oporornis formosus 1 good yes Frozen
23-May-06 Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis 3 good loc. Frozen
23-May-06 Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis 3 good loc. Frozen
23-May-06 Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis 3 good loc. Frozen
14-Oct-05 Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus 1 good yes Frozen
2004-2005 Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus 3 good loc. Frozen
29-Oct-04 Barred Owl Strix varia 1 good yes Frozen
10-Oct-04 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum 3 good yes Frozen
2-Aug-04 Red-Bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 1 good loc. Frozen
20-Feb-04 American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea 1 good yes Frozen
15-Feb-04 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 2 good yes Frozen
7-Jun-02 undet. Passerine undet. Passerine 3 xgood yes Frozen
29-May-02 Northern Waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensis 1 good loc. Frozen
10-May-02 Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus 3 xgood loc. Frozen
20-Apr-02 Wren (carolina?) Thryothorus ludovicianus 1 good loc. Frozen
17-Mar-02 Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus 3 good loc. Frozen
25-Jul-01 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias 2 xgood loc. Frozen
3-Jul-00 Warbler undet. Passeri 3 fair loc. Frozen
13-Jun-00 Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio 3 good loc. Frozen
26-Dec-99 Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus 2 good loc. Frozen
9-Sep-99 Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio 3 good loc. Frozen
2-Jun-94 Redpoll Carduelis sp. 3 good loc. Frozen
31-Dec-93 Sharp Shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus 2 good loc. Frozen
20-Nov Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus 1 good yes Frozen
- Owl (Grt. Horned?) Bubo virginianus 2 fair - Frozen
- Peep? undet. Charadiiformes 3 fair/poor - Frozen
- Green Winged Teal Anas carolinensis 1 good - Frozen
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola 1 good - Frozen
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor 1 good - Frozen
- Wren (carolina?) Thryothorus ludovicianus 1 good - Frozen
- Yellow Billed Sandpiper Yellow Billed Sandpiper 1 good - Frozen
- Northern Parula Parula americana 1 good - Frozen
- Warbler Oporornis sp. 1 good - Frozen
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica 1 good - Frozen
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus 2 good - Frozen
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapillus 2 good loc. Frozen
- Sharp Shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus 2 good - Frozen
- Red Tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis 3 good - Frozen
- Red Tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis 3 good - Frozen
- Warbler sp. Dendroica sp. 3 good - Frozen
- Screech Owl Megascops sp. 3 good - Frozen
- Screech Owl Megascops sp. 3 good - Frozen
- Hawk/Falcon undet. Falconiformes 3 good - Frozen
- Gull sp. undet. Laridae 3 good - Frozen
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 3 good - Frozen
- Cedar Waxwing (x9) Bombycilla cedrorum (x9) 3 good/excellent - Frozen
- Aves Aves 3 no skin - Frozen
- Aves Aves 3 no skin/no head - Frozen
- Aves Aves 3 no skin/no head - Frozen
- Aves Aves 3 no skin/no head - Frozen
- Aves Aves 3 no skin/no head - Frozen
- Aves Aves 3 no skin/no head - Frozen
- Aves Aves 3 no skin/no head - Frozen
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum 3 skin only fair - Frozen
- Hawk/Falcon undet. Falconiformes 3 skin only fair - Frozen
- Sharp Shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus 2 xgood - Frozen

Useful and Amusing Links

Feather Identification Resource Online! The Feather Atlas of North American Birds provided high-resolution scans of flight feathers of the major groups of birds; useful for comparison with found feathers whose origin you aren't sure of.

Images of Bird Wings Online. The Slater Museum, at the University of Puget Sound, provides high-resolution images of their entire collection of spread (open) bird wings. Useful for studying flight style as a function of wing morphology.