Ed, Following is a site listing the birds covered by the act you mention. http://www.fws.gov/migratorybirds/intrnltr/mbta/mbtandx.html
Penguins are not listed. I guess because they don't migrate. DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: "edward s engelman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 9:16 PM Subject: RE: [VFB] birdy love > Deb > > It's always risky to jump in when I haven't read many of the previous posts > on this subject. > > However the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 and ammendments to it cover all > kinds of birds, probably penguins as well. There are some birds that are > exempted such as the starling, rock dove and a couple others. > > BTW I was told by a NYS wildlife biologist that in NY state I could > use "found" feathers of legal non-migratory game and birds for fly tying as > long as there was no sale (or gifting) of the flies. > > Ed > > -- > Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org) > > > ---------- Original Message ----------- > From: "Deborah Duran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 22:55:08 -0500 > Subject: RE: [VFB] birdy love > > > Don > > I couldn't find anyone who could tell me where it was written > > either. It was too obscure when I looked it up in Cites. I even > > tried looking it up in Marine Mammals protection .... I called the > > New England Aquarium which has several species of penguins and they > > told me all the species they had at the aquarium were "protected". > > Which is the reference I kept finding on the internet but I can't > > find the law that protects them. Several websites I pulled up on > > Penguins and their research in other countries listed them as > > protected. Australia being one of them. State game departments > > rarely know the answer to that question. The aquarium employees > > were very polite and asked the senior management at the aquarium but > > unfortunately also couldn't tell me where I could find the law. I > > checked with two different branches of the Aquarium (they have one > > here in Rhode Island). I got the same answer from both. Customs > > should know but they are difficult at best to get an answer from > > also. Seagulls are protected .... Why I have NO idea!!! I think > > if they're dumb enough to fly in front of a car they should be fair > > game. When one chokes on a French fry here in the McDonalds parking > > lot don't ya think we should be allowed to use it for tying?? > > Unfortunately the law doesn't agree with me. You can ask John McLain > > if he knows this weekend. He deals with a lot of rare tying > > materials. You will meet him at Somerset. See you soon! Deb > ------- End of Original Message ------- >
