don't believe me? go to Jones Beach SP parking field 10, into the stand of woods behind the Parks' building and you will find literally under the window of the parks offices there a condo and feeding complex for an entire 'herd' of feral cats. But hey! hands of that loon carcass, or you might wind up at "Gitmo"! our precious tax dollars at work-once again.
JPA
John Askildsen
Millbrook, New York
On Nov 17, 2009, Andrew Mason <[email protected]> wrote:
I fully concur with Peter's last paragraph. USF&WS routinely approves the killing of tens of thousands of cormorants, gulls, geese, vultures, and God knows what else. One would hope they would not make a federal case out of a good faith effort to transport a carcass for research or educational purposes.
Andy Mason
At 11:55 AM 11/16/2009, you wrote:Greetings. Agree on plummage. And measurements per Pyle, vol 2, p 218, would seal the deal. The tarsus of an Arctic is much shorter than a Common's; the wing, tail, exposed culmen and bill depth of a Common are each greater and the area of overlap with the Arctic is quite small.
Which brings up legalities. The USFWS has a long, recent history of neither enforcing, investigating nor referring for prosecution clear, uncontestable, violations of "take" under the MBTA. If, although lacking a salvage permit, you are motivated to pick up a dead migratory bird with the intention to deliver the corpse to an educational institution---do it.
Best, Peter
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