The collection contains materials presented at the First All-Russian with international participation scientific and practical conference on the study of bird feather cover “In Buturlin's homeland”, which took place on October 22 and 23, 2021 in Ulyanovsk.

The articles cover various aspects of ptilological research: the collection and storage of feather collections, fundamental ptilological research (microscopic studies, feather morphology, ontogeny and molting), feather cover as an object of applied research (population and taxonomic studies, determining the age of birds, studying the nutrition of predatory animals), the problem of poaching and the sale of feathers of rare species of birds, bird feathers in culture, environmental education and enlightenment. The best works of the youth section are presented in a separate block.

Contents

Introduction

Fundamental and applied ptilological research

K. L. Aleksina. About the possibilities of monitoring seabirds by feather findings: an experience on the example of walvis bay, Namibia

T. R. Baitumenov. About the color variations of the Common Buzzard feathers: personal collection analysis

R. H. Bekmansurov. Study of feeding of the Imperial Eagle from feather remains of its victims in Tatarstan

M. S. Berezantseva, A. A. Goncharova, E. A. Zhukova. Growth rate of nestling’s remiges of three hole-nesting species in Letniy garden, Saint-Petersburg

N. А. Goryashko, A. B. Popovkina. Studying the properties and structure of the Common Eider down: а historical review

V. E. Ivushkin. Features of the pigments distribution in feather microstructures in representatives of the genus Pyrrhula

T. A. Kashentseva. Crane feather: the experience of studying plumage

M. V. Korepov, S. A. Stryukov, L. A. Arbuzova. Feeding of Imperial Eagles in the Ulyanovsk region

A. V. Kuznetsov. Change of plumages and age identification in chicks of the Meadow Harrier

E. A. Mudrik, D. V. Politov. Use of feathers in population genetic studies of cranes

O. A. Nazarchuk. Aberrations of the plumage of Mallard wintering in the vicinity of the city of Mozyr

O. L. Silaeva, Yu. A. Bogdanova. Feather microstructure databases

M. D. Simakov. Noninvasive methods of studying polymorphism of bird populations using a feather as a source of DNA samples

N. S. Sukhanova. Age-related variability of the vane of primary feathers in the males of Wood Grouse

A. A. Ufimtceva, T. A. Rymkevich. The method of moult registration at the Ladoga ornithological station and the possibilities of its application for the study of events of the annual cycle of birds

E. O. Fadeeva. Taxonomic features of the microstructure of the birds feather

A. P. Shapoval. Primary moult in the Blackcap on the curonian spit of the Baltic Sea, Kaliningrad Region

Bird feather in culture, environmental education and environmental enlightenment

S. Y. Emelchenkova. Some theoretical offers of using bird’s feathers for educating and developing normotypic pupils and children with disabilities

M. V. Poddubnyj, E. E. Shergalin. “Victims of a new fever”: Sergey Kachioni (1885–1937) about the extraction of bird skins near Astrakhan in the early XX century

P. E. Pokazanieva, M. Yu. Ivanova, A. O. Ivanov, I. P. Klimshin. Experience in the creation and features of using the collection of bird feathers Institute of Biology, Tyumen State University

E. O. Fadeeva. Bird feather in decorative and applied art (historical and biological aspect)

D. A. Fomina. Development of a museum lesson about bird feathers

D. E. Chudnenko. The algorithm for determining feathers for schoolchildren and students

Gathering and storage of feather collections

J. A. Buyanova. The main aspects of maintaining and inventarisation a private calamophilic collection

E. P. Vyguzova. Formation of the feather collection at the Perm regional museum

M. V. Kalyakin. Some considerations about feather collections

O. L. Silaeva, K. S. Kuzmina. Collection, storage and transfer of feather material intended for identification studies

O. L. Silaeva, K. S. Kuzmina. The value and the use of feather collections

I. V. Fadeev. Protecting natural history collections from biodeterioration

D. A. Fomina, T. V. Efremova. Recommendations for the preparation of material for the laboratory for the study of bird feather

J. E. Shergalin. On the light memory of doctor Wolf-Dieter Busching (1954–2010) – author of two books on bird feathers and many articles on plumonology of european birds

Youth section

T. N. Korosteleva, E. E. Lobanova, A. A. Klyueva, V. N. Danilov. Features of the molt of the Common Kestrel when kept in captivity

E. S. Ovchinnikov, V. R. Kulikova. The method of collecting feathers as an effective addition to the classical bird studying methods on local territories (on the example of the park named after the Revolution of 1905, Ivanovo)

I. S. Kuznetsov, A. A. Klyueva. Designing a collection of feathers for lessons with schoolchildren

A. I. Golota, T. O. Barabashin. Feathers as a factor in identifying the biodiversity of birds (on the example of the city of Rostov-on-Don and the city of Proletarsk, Rostov Region)

А. И. Голота, Т. О. Барабашин. Перья как фактор выявления видового разнообразия птиц (на примере г. Ростова-на-Дону и г. Пролетарска Ростовской области)

Discussion material

A. N. Politova. Feathers and the law of the Russian Federation (restrictions and permissions on collecting, storing, selling and transfer)

Information on authors

The full text of the proceedings is available for download on the website of Ulyanovsk Regional Museum of Local Lore.