I believe Chris is correct about the law except that I think his
statement about it being illegal should be limited to birds protected
under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Eastern Screech Owl is protected
by the Act according to this site:
http://www.fws.gov/migratorybirds/RegulationsPolicies/mbta/mbtandx.html
Jim Moore
Rockville, MD
On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 2:19 PM, Chris Tonra <cm.tonra...> wrote:
> FYI Tim, technically any collection of a dead bird is illegal without a permit. This includes roadkill, etc. regardless of use. This is because, people could simply say any bird they are in possession of by nefarious means was found as roadkill.
>
> The best thing to do is to contact all the local NH museums and universities to see if anyone with a permit would like to have the specimen.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Chris Tonra
> Silver Spring
>
> On Friday, February 8, 2013 12:44:27 PM UTC-5, Tim Carney wrote:
>> A naturalist friend of mine collected a dead screech-owl from the side of I-95 near Silver Spring yesterday and would like to donate it as a specimen. **HE IS NOT KEEPING IT FOR PERSONAL USE, so please don't think any laws are being violated. Please PM me any suggestions on where he could take it.
>>
>> He said it's not the first dead one he's encountered there in the past year. Meanwhile, I can't find any live ones anywhere this year, and only heard one in 2012. Total bummer!
>>
>> Tim Carney
>> Baltimore/Anne Arundel
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