Friday, April 26, 2013

Inside the Repository


Most repository feathers come from rehab, foster and education birds, that live at the wildlife sanctuary, when they naturally molt once a year in the summer. There are containers in the front of each cage where volunteers can place feathers for the repository. Other sources are ICU birds that come to Liberty deceased or die despite treatment. Liberty Wildlife's participation in the feather repository program is ultimately to save birds lives. If Native Americans have the necessary feathers, they have no need to hunt healthy birds.



Why are you in our enclosure taking our feathers?


The feathers are then organized and their exact location is documented.



Whole birds are kept frozen until their feathers can be taken or if someone requests a whole bird.



The repository workbench



Labeled feathers



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