Hands Off Feathers You Find on the Ground???

Yes. The law, and the desire to protect birds and to protect the ecology we humans need to survive and thrive, says to keep feathers in the environment. By the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, there was an “establishment of a Federal prohibition, unless permitted by regulations, to ‘pursue, hunt, take, capture, kill, attempt …

Feather ID: The Featherbase

The Featherbase: a great site for IDing feathers. As they say: Since the 20th century, scientific ornithology has been closely linked to the conservation of birds. The study of feathers is a factor that is often overlooked. In museums, the majority of their bird skin collections are archived, stored away in drawers under lock and …