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Bowers Field Wildlife Hazard Management Plan <br />bags. Indicate the location on aircraftfrom which each sample came (i.e., <br />windshield, radome, etc.) on the bag. Please send whole feathers (tip and <br />base) whenever possible as diagnostic characteristics are often found in <br />the downy barbules at the feather base. Wings, as well as breast and tail <br />feathers, should be sent whenever possible. Beaks, feet, bones, and talons <br />are also useful diagnostic materials. Even blood smears can provide <br />material for DNA analysis. Do not send entire bird carcasses through the <br />mail. However, photographs of the carcasses can be very useful <br />supplemental documentation. <br />If sending fresh blood/ tissue samples frequently for DNA identification, <br />consider getting Whatman FTA® DNA cards. The material is sampled <br />with a sterile applicator and placed onto the surface of the card that <br />'fixes " the DNA in the sample. For more information about ordering <br />these items, contact the Feather Lab. Otherwise, if you only occasionally <br />send blood/ tissue samples, consider using a paper towel soaked with <br />alcohol or an alcohol wipe to collect this type of material. Ethanol is the <br />preferred type of alcohol. <br />For Material Sent via Express Mail Service: <br />Feather Identification Lab Smithsonian Institution <br />NHB, E600, MRC 116 <br />1Oth & Constitution Ave NW <br />Washington DC 20560-0116 <br />(This can be identified as "safety investigation material".) <br />For Material Sent via US Postal Service: <br />Feather Identification Lab Smithsonian Institution <br />PO Box 37012 <br />NHB, E600, MRC 116 <br />Washington DC 20013-7012 <br />7-6 <br />31 December 2024 <br />