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From: sandra@pyrtech (Sandra Macika)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: A Home for an Owl
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Date: 27 Feb 90 00:03:31 GMT
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In article <18295@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> dmark@acsu.Buffalo.EDU (David Mark) writes:
>In article <19702@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> dragon@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Sam Conway) writes:
>>In article <14233@cbnews.ATT.COM> pmd@cbnews.ATT.COM (Paul Dubuc) writes:
>>>
>>>A small grey owl has recently taken up residence in my yard.  It's a
>>>North American Screech Owl.  ... ...
>>>                        ...
>>>   ... ...     the city has marked it to be cut down.  
>>>long the city will take to get to the tree (could be several more months).
>>
>>ALL RAPTORS ARE PROTECTED BY FEDERAL LAW!  This includes all hawks and
>>owls, whether officially "endangered" or not.  
>
>  I hate to be a "wet blanket", but I believe that the federal law that
>  protects non-endangered raptors, also protects cardinals, robins,
>  chickadees, vireo-- basically ALL native birds except game-birds.
>  If my claim is true, then I doubt very much if a land-owner or a city or 
>  whatever has any obligation to 'relocate' the owl, even if it is nesting.
>  If the law requires this, then the city or owner would have to 'relocate'
>  every little native bird that roosts or nests in any tree that they cut or 
>  trim!
>
>David M. Mark
>dmark@cs.buffalo.edu

I hope the original poster lets us know how it turned out!

thanks,
Sandra