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Bowers Field WildlifeHazard Management Plan <br />bags. Indicate the location on aircraftfrom which each sample came (i.e., <br />windshield, radome, etc.) on the bag. Please sendwholefeathers (tip and <br />base) whenever possible as diagnostic characteristics are oftenfound in <br />the downy barbules at the feother base. Wings, as well as breast and tail <br />feathers, should be sent whenever possible' Beaks, feet, bones, and talons <br />are also usefut diagnostic materials. Even blood smears can provide <br />materialfor DNA analysis. Do not send entire bird carcasses through the <br />mail. However, photographs of the carcasses can be very useful <br />suppl emental do cument ation. <br />If sendingfresh blood/ tissue samples frequently for DNA identification, <br />consider getting watman FTA@ DNA cards. The material is sampled <br />with a sterile applicator and placed onto the sudace of the card that <br />"ifixes" 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 soakedwith <br />alcohol or an alcohol wipe to collect this type of material. Ethanol is the <br />pr eferr e d type of al co ho l. <br />For Material Sent via Express Mail Service: <br />Fe ather Identifi cation Lab Smithsonian Institution <br />NHB, E6OO, MRC 116 <br />1)th & Constitution Ave NW <br />Washington DC 20560-0I I6 <br />(This can be identified as "safety investigation material".) <br />For Material Sent via US Postal Service: <br />Feather ldentifi cation Lab Smithsonian Institution <br />PO Box 37012 <br />NHB, E6OO, MRC 116 <br />Washington DC 200 I 3-7 0 I 2 <br />3l December 2024 <br />7-6