Magnus, Responses in text. Thanks for asking, John --- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Rd Burdett, NY 14818 42.443508000, -76.758202000 "Create and Conserve Habitat" On 2019-07-20 21:39, Magnus Fiskesjo wrote:
> Follow-up query: Often the bird box advice is to clean them out annually to > make way for the next year. I am curious, what does the law say about the > nest inside and any eggshells therein? To drop it on the spot? > > A thorough cleaning once a year is advisable. We do ours after the last snow > in the spring to allow the winter resident mice time to clear out. Usually we > use the arrival of Tree Swallows as the cue. Nests, eggs can be deposited > somewhere near the boxes or even transported on your property to a compost > pile. > > Also I am curious, where are these bird laws, are they online? > > The laws are both Federal and State. Google is a powerful tool. Picked this > ref up quickly so I imagine a query on the NYDEC site would yield the > specifics from a state level. The MBTA can not be violated by a state so it > would take precedent. > > https://WWW.FWS.GOV/.../laws-legislations/MIGRATORY-BIRD-TREATY-ACT.php > > The Migratory Bird Treaty Act makes it illegal to take, possess, import, > export, transport, sell, purchase, barter, or offer for sale, purchase, or > barter, any migratory bird, or the parts*, nests, or eggs of such a bird > except under the terms of a valid Federal permit. > > so curious, last year tried to stop Watkins Glen bulldozers from massacring > live nests of Kingfishers and Norther Rough-Wing Swallows, by digging them > away, in sand banks at the storage ponds located next to the Caroline Creek > Marsh wildlife management area. But it fell on deaf ears -- and all the birds > were killed. Is there any law that could have helped? > > I followed Watkins closely for many years as I live nearby, but missed this > one. We did all the survey work there for the three levels of supposed > protection -Important Bird Area, NY Bird Conservation Area and, under the NY > SEQRA, Critical Environmental Area. Montour and Watkins violate all three at > will as we discovered when trying to stop the decision to build the new sewer > plant in the protected area. Our only county Bald Eagle nest, successful now > for five years, is right next to that site but that is another frustrating > episode of living here. Long story of bribes, influence peddling, buy offs > and simply ignoring the law. > > Thanks for caring and trying! > > PS. That site was also the home of some rare plants. Presumably gone now. > > yrs. > Magnus Fiskesjö, PhD > Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Cornell University > McGraw Hall, Room 201. Ithaca, NY 14853, USA > E-mail: magnus.fiske...@cornell.edu, or: n...@cornell.edu > > Affiliations at Cornell University, WWW: > Anthropology Department, anthropology.cornell.edu/faculty/ > Southeast Asia Program (SEAP), seap.einaudi.cornell.edu/faculty_directory > East Asia Program (EAP), eap.einaudi.cornell.edu/faculty_directory > CIAMS (Archaeology), ciams.cornell.edu/people/ > Cornell Institute for Public Affairs (CIPA), > cipa.cornell.edu/academics/fieldfaculty.cfm > ________________________________________ > From: bounce-123761533-84019...@list.cornell.edu > [bounce-123761533-84019...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of k...@empacc.net > [k...@empacc.net] > Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2019 5:28 PM > To: Laurie Roe > Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L; bounce-123761439-7051...@list.cornell.edu > Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] anyone love trying to identify bird nests from > photos? > > Laurie, please advise them that the collection of bird parts including nests > and feathers is prohibited by law unless you have state and federal permits. > John > > --- > John and Sue Gregoire > Field Ornithologists > Kestrel Haven Migration Observatory > 5373 Fitzgerald Rd > Burdett, NY 14818 > 42.443508000, -76.758202000 > "Create and Conserve Habitat" > > On 2019-07-20 19:11, Laurie Roe wrote: > > Hi, someone showed me a hanging nest they had collected..and if anyone sends > me their email address I will send them a photo of it for id purposes! 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