[texbirds] Re: bird calls

  • From: "highlandbirds@xxxxxxxxx" <highlandbirds@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: wbburkett@xxxxxxx, lauriefoss@xxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 08:55:48 -0500

Since the question asked about using "bird calls" and the answers have been 
about playing recorded calls, I am wondering if mimicking birds by voice or 
whistle would also be considered "harassment".

David Bryant 
Kingsland Tx.

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From: Laurie Foss <lauriefoss@xxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [texbirds] Re: bird calls

Prohibited in both national wildlife refuges as well as state parks.

The following is cited from this
website<http://www.kolkatabirds.com/callplayback.htm>
.

Federal:
*United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Department of the Interior.
Subchapter C: The National Wildlife Refuge System. Part 27-Prohibited Acts.
Subpart 
G<http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2007-title50-vol6/xml/CFR-2007-title50-vol6-part27.xml#seqnum27.72>—Disturbing
Violations: Light and Sound Equipment: § 27.72 Audio equipment: “The
operation or use of audio devices including radios, recording and playback
devices, loudspeakers, television sets, public address systems and musical
instruments so as to cause unreasonable disturbance to others in the
vicinity is prohibited.*

*Code of Federal Regulations; Title
36<http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=c948c50ffa0057cd2ac21fbfe34468f5&rgn=div8&view=text&node=36:1.0.1.1.2.0.1.8&idno=36>--
Parks, Forests, and Public Property; Chapter I – National Park
Service,
Department of the Interior; Part § 2.12 Audio disturbances: “(a) The
following are prohibited:
(1) Operating motorized equipment or machinery such as an electric
generating plant, motor vehicle, motorized toy, or an audio device, such as
a radio, television set, tape deck or musical instrument, in a manner: (i)
That exceeds a noise level of 60 decibels measured on the A-weighted scale
at 50 feet; or, if below that level, nevertheless; (ii) makes noise which
is unrea

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