[GeoStL] Re: indoor caches Re: Titus Hollow RE: Reaching milestone

  • From: "tnsl" <sydstyr@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:59:23 -0600

Hmmmm ..  no mention of winged  prehistoric man-eaters -- Piasa feather it is 
then!   

Tastes like chicken!

Nancy




  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jim Bensman 
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  Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 10:39 PM
  Subject: [GeoStL] Re: indoor caches Re: Titus Hollow RE: Reaching milestone


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  Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 5:25 PM
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  Subject: [GeoStL] Re: indoor caches Re: Titus Hollow RE: Reaching milestone

   

  Congrats! Enjoyed  reading your log and seeing the photos. We're on our way 
to 500 in 5 years!  eek.

   

  And, don't worry, we've all got your back on the TURKEY feather. What about 
owls? I read some of the other logs and a few made mention of owls.  ohhhhhh   
Piasa bird??  I bet THAT'S it. 

   

  Nancy

   

  Nancy and anyone else interested, possessing eagle feathers is a criminal 
violation of the Endangered Species Act, the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection 
Act, and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act ("MBTA").  The MBTA is rather broad and 
covers most birds.  Turkeys are not covered and you can possess their feathers. 
 I am not sure about owls.  Basically, unless there are regulations allowing 
hunting, it is crime to posses a migratory bird feather.  While you are not 
likely to get arrested for picking up a feather, it is a crime.  The US has 
treaties with Canada, Mexico, Japan, and Russia for protection of birds that 
migrate between the countries.  I believe the underlying reason for making it a 
crime is so people don't kill the birds to get feathers (unless there is a 
regulated hunting program and as someone else mentioned there is also an 
exception for Native American ceremonial use).

   

  UNITED STATES CODE

  TITLE 16. CONSERVATION

  CHAPTER 7--PROTECTION OF MIGRATORY GAME AND INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS

  SUBCHAPTER II--MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY

   

  § 703. Taking, killing, or possessing migratory birds unlawful

   

  Unless and except as permitted by regulations made as hereinafter provided in 
this subchapter, it shall be unlawful at any time, by any means or in any 
manner, to pursue, hunt, take, capture, kill, attempt to take, capture, or 
kill, possess, offer for sale, sell, offer to barter, barter, offer to 
purchase, purchase, deliver for shipment, ship, export, import, cause to be 
shipped, exported, or imported, deliver for transportation, transport or cause 
to be transported, carry or cause to be carried, or receive for shipment, 
transportation, carriage, or export, any migratory bird, any part, nest, or egg 
of any such bird, or any product, whether or not manufactured, which consists, 
or is composed in whole or in part, of any such bird or any part, nest, or egg 
thereof, included in the terms of the conventions between the United States and 
Great Britain for the protection of migratory birds concluded August 16, 1916 
(39 Stat. 1702), the United States and the United Mexican States for the 
protection of migratory birds and game mammals concluded February 7, 1936, the 
United States and the Government of Japan for the protection of migratory birds 
and birds in danger of extinction, and their environment concluded March 4, 
1972  [FN1] and the convention between the United States and the Union of 
Soviet Socialist Republics for the conservation of migratory birds and their 
environments concluded November 19, 1976.

   

   

  Jim Bensman
  "Nature Bats Last" 

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