How 'Feather Lady' Roxie Laybourne Cracked the Deadly Problem of Planes and Birds

Summary

Profiles the work of Roxie Laybourne and who she developed the techniques at the heart of forensic ornithology. The article includes an interview with Carla Dove, manager of the feather identification lab and Laybourne's protege, and links to several additional news articles about Laybourne.

Subject

• Laybourne, Roxie C. 1910-2003
• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Division of Birds

Category

Smithsonian History Bibliography

Notes

http://www.audubon.org/news/how-feather-lady-roxie-laybourne-cracked-deadly-problem-planes-and-birds

Contained within

Audubon.org website

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

March 31, 2017

Topic

• Animals
• Forensic sciences
• Forensic scientists
• Birds
• Ornithology

Place

North America

Full Record

View Full Record