dividual bird. As both a bird keeper and a parrot owner, it is touching to me to think that long after the birds I care for are gone, their feathers will still be in use. It takes only a few min- utes each day to collect the feathers, and it can have an impact for a life- time. If even half of the people reading this article participated in the project, imagine how much that would in- crease the supply of available feathers! I hope that many of you consider sup- porting this worthwhile effort; I know that togetherwe canmake a difference in the lives of hundreds of people.
Thank you to Lee Suina and Sam
and Mary Montoya for opening up their homes to us. I am also grateful to Dr. Reyman for helping to arrange the visits.Thanks also tomy traveling com- panions for putting up with my lousy directions and ever-changing plans!
KEY INFORMATION ABOUT THE FEATHER DISTRIBUTION PROJECT
All feathers should be sent to: Dr. Jonathan Reyman Illinois State Museum Research and Collections Center 1011 East Ash Street Springfield, IL 62703-3500
Website:
www.wingwise.com/feather.htm • All feathers are cleaned and sterilized before being sent to the Pueblos.
• Feathers fit well into mailing tubes or the long, triangular Priority Mail boxes from the post office.
• The project can use feathers from any parrot species. ALL feathers are needed, including the small contour feathers and clipped wing feathers.
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