Re: [MDOsprey] Broad-winged Hawk...

Andy Rabin (andyrab@wam.umd.edu)
Mon, 28 Jun 1999 23:07:14 -0400 

Todd,

  Sorry to hear about 'your' bird.  Like you, I'm not sure about the
legality of such things, but I'm pretty sure that the Smithsonian (National
Museum of Natural History) is always interested in specimen(s?), even for
common species.  I'd contact them and ask if they want your hawk.

   The person you need to contact is James Dean, the collections manager for
birds.  His email address is  dean.james@nmnh.si.edu

   Maybe you could post to MDOsprey the results of your inquiry.  Others
might be as curious as I am about what to do with a deceased bird.

Andy Rabin
Gaithersburg, MD
andyrab@wam.umd.edu

P.S. Does anyone know what the plural of 'specimen' is?



-----Original Message-----
From: BlkVulture@aol.com <BlkVulture@aol.com>
To: marvadel@egroups.com <marvadel@egroups.com>; mdosprey@ARI.Net
<mdosprey@ARI.Net>; voice@capaccess.org <voice@capaccess.org>
Date: Monday, June 28, 1999 9:03 PM
Subject: [MDOsprey] Broad-winged Hawk...


>Hello all...
>
>For the last five days or so (starting around 25 Jun 99) I have been seeing
>an adult Broad-winged Hawk hanging out in one location along US 29, just
>south of Gainesville, VA.  This bird was not seen here prior to this date.
I
>go past this location everyday, at least twice.  I suspect either a failed
>breeder, or one dispersed early.
>
>However, today it was dead in the middle of one of the lanes on 29.
>Obviously hit.  I dodged traffic to retrieve the bird to check for a band.
>No such luck.  Figure about the only good that can come from a dead hawk is
>finding a band.  So far I have picked up about 20 dead raptors and am yet
to
>find one.  It had not been dead that long.  I suspect by the size that it
was
>a male.
>
>I left the remains on the side of the road.  What I am wondering is, does
>Fish and Wildlife (or any other organization) want dead, fairly intact
>raptors?  Granted I am aware that it is quite illegal to even touch this
>thing.  Still I wonder if there is something better that can be done.  Or
is
>it just crow food?
>
>Todd Day
>Jeffersonton, VA
>BlkVulture@aol.com