[Nhcoll-l] Cotton batting for stuffing mammals and birds

[Kevin Winker]

John, here's a list of diverse supplies/suppliers I put together for my
2000 paper in the Journal of Field Ornithology on bird specimen
preparation. Many of the sources are ones we still use:

APPENDIX
Sources of Supplies and Services

These sources are not meant to be endorsements; they are simply places with
which I have
done business in recent years. All are in U.S.A., but many deal
internationally.

Skinning implements, cryovials. - 1) VWR Scientific Products; many
locations. Tel.
1-800-932-5000. 2) Fisher Scientific, Headquarters Pittsburgh, 711 Forbes
Avenue,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219-4785. Tel. 1-800-388-8355. 3) For LN2
vapor-phase
cryovials, Perfector Scientific, Inc., P.O. Box 91, Atascadero, California
93423. tel.
805-466-8497 (Securi-Vial, 7 ml, #2142). 4) Indigo Instruments, 169
Lexington Court, Unit I, Waterloo, Ontario N2J 4R9. Tel . 519-746-4761.

Cryo-labels: USA Scientific “Cryo babies” (Cat. No. 9188-2000)
1-800-LAB-TIPS; from Diversified Biotech, 1208 Parkway, Boston, MA 02132,
www.divbio.com. (We use these labels on the Perfector vapor-phase LN2
cryovials, a cheaper solution for lab-based preparation and preservation of
frozen tissues not requiring immersion in LN2).

Vernier calipers. - Forestry Suppliers, Inc. P.O. Box 8397, Jackson,
Mississippi
39284-8397. Tel. 1-800-647-5368.

Stomach content vials. - Perfector Scientific, Inc., P.O. Box 91,
Atascadero, California
93423. tel. 805-466-8497 (Securi-Vial, 7 ml, #2142).

Cotton. - 1) Henry Schein, Inc., 255 Vista Boulevard, Sparks, Nevada 89434
(KenVet
KV 2287, non-sterile veterinary cotton in 1 lb. rolls). 2) Custom Hospital
Products, Inc.,
2623 S.E. Raymond, Portland, Oregon 97202. Tel. 503-231-9663 (70%
non-sterile,
non-absorbent cotton, 30% polyester fiber, "Custom Cotton with Polyester").

Label and heavy sewing thread. - Coats & Clark, Consumer Services, P.O. Box
12229,
Greenville, South Carolina 29612. Tel. 1-800-648-1479 (#220, color 1).

Cob flour (dust). - Mt. Pulaski Products, Inc., P.O. Box 100, 904 N Vine,
Mt. Pulaski,
Illinois 62548. Tel. 217-792-3211.

Mist nets. - 1) AFO Mist Nets, Manomet Bird Observatory, Box 1770, Manomet,
Massachusetts 02345. 2) Avinet, Inc. P.O. Box 1103, Dryden, New York
13053-1103.
Tel. 1-800-340-6387.

Auxiliary barrels. - Cabela's, Inc. sells Browning "Little Skeeters" "gauge
reducers" for 12,
16, and 20 gauge shotguns, but none to reduce to .22 (www.cabelas.com).

12 shot. - Murmur Corporation, P.O. Box 224566, Dallas, Texas 75222. Tel.
214-630-5400.


On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 12:09 PM, John O. Reiss <John.Reiss at humboldt.edu>
wrote:

> Hi all-
>
> We have finally used up our ancient supply of cotton batting, and have
> been having trouble locating a currently available replacement.  If you
> have a source that you are happy with, I would appreciate it if you could
> let me know their contact info.
>
> Thanks!
>
> John Reiss
>
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Kevin Winker
University of Alaska Museum
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