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2-24-20 - Professor Peter Wimberger (left) greets members of the Tahoma Audubon book club at the Slater Museum
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2-24-20 - An amazing array of birds, recalling the specimens stolen in The Feather Thief, our recent book selection
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2-24-10 - Pheasants and parrots!
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2-24-20 - Trogans and Birds of Paradise!
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2-24-20 - Birds of Paradise up close
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2-24-20 - Peter points out the features of a Dovekie, by popular demand!
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2-24-20 - Dovekies in alternate (front) and basic (rear) plumages
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2-24-20 - A poor little Dovekie in nonbreeding plumage
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2-24-20 - Peter shows some of the Slater's insect collection, pointing out what bugs fish are hunting, so what fly-tyers are trying to emulate
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2-24-20 - The interesting colors and types of feathers on the Motmot
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2-24-20 - Hornbill!
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2-24-20 - Kookaburra specimen, against a backdrop of many taxidermied specimens
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2-24-20 - Vulture and Bustard wings
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2-24-20 - Opening a drawer filled with Tanagers!
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2-24-20 - Specimens everywhere, these showing age by the colors of the glass eyes
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2-24-20 - Slater shirts among the crowd looking at egg collections, part of why collections are important to track down morbidities
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2-24-20 - Peter pulls a pangolin out of a drawer, an animal in the news right now due to the coronavirus
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2-24-20 - Pangolins - Turns out they are the most-trafficked mammal on earth! Who knew?
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2-24-20 - A wild boar has to wear a wild party hat, right?
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2-24-20 - Peter opens up the Passenger Pigeon drawer
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2-24-20 - Passenger Pigeon specimen. The book club has also read up on this sad tale.
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2-24-20 - Roxie Giddings shows the long line of specimen cabinets
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2-24-20 - A quiz - Identify the skeletons making up this mobile!
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2-24-20 - Slater fan club