I thought it was illegal to have the body of a bird. Can someone really give this bird away and then have it stuffed and thwart necropsy info?
Linda Orkin On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 3:34 PM, Nicole Corrao <nxcor...@gw.dec.state.ny.us>wrote: > Hello Birders, > > I thought all would be interested in an American White Pelican sighted by a > man in Bellport. The man claimed he found the body of the pelican along > some water on the grounds of the Bellport Country Club. > > Today I picked up the bird and I am keeping it in a freezer here in the > Wildlife Office at the Department of Environmental Conservation. The man > who found it gave it to a friend who wants it stuffed, so unfortunately we > are not doing a necropsy of the bird. We can deduce that the bird probably > died of exposure and/or starvation since the bird shows no visible signs > of trauma. > > The bird was discovered dead on 1/8/11, so I am thinking that with all the > snow and bad weather, the bird somehow got off its normal wintering > migratory route? > > Some say there were also sightings in Setauket, but these cannot be > confirmed. > > > > Nicole Corrao > NYS DEC-Region 1 > Sportsman Education Program > Wildlife Technician > 50 Circle Road > SUNY Stony Brook > Stony Brook, NY 11790 > nxcor...@gw.dec.state.ny.us > (631) 444-0255 > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
