10 January 2017 What good is a museum collection of bird eggs?  In the case of peregrine falcons, museum egg collections helped save the species. After World War II new organochlorine insecticides were introduced on the open market and widely used in agriculture. The seed dressings (coatings) of dieldrin, aldrin and heptachlor instantly killed birds … Continue reading How Museums Saved The Peregrine Falcon