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Re: Off Topic: "Red Tails In Love" nest removed

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Gail Mackiernan

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Maryland Birds & Birding

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Wed, 8 Dec 2004 10:25:11 -0500

Sad, those birds brought a lot of enjoyment -- and of course, despite the
Park Commissioner's statements, Redtails are protected under several federal
(and probably) state laws. Does the Migratory Bird Treaty act prevent nest
removal? It prevents *possession* of nests without permits although not very
well enforced, although perhaps in this high-profile case...

Assume the birds will rebuild somewhere, however, since damage to nests over
the winter must not be that rare an occurrence.

Gail Mackiernan
Colesville, MD

on 12/08/2004 9:09 AM, Philip Webre at  wrote:

> Hawks Evicted From New York City Perch
> 
> 1 hour, 36 minutes ago
> 
> By RICHARD PYLE, Associated Press Writer
> 
> NEW YORK - Pale Male the city hawk was evicted from his nest, and the
> flap has already begun. So said aggrieved bird-watchers and neighbors
> after workmen raised a scaffold to the top of a Manhattan apartment
> Tuesday and ripped out the famous red-tailed hawk's nest.
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