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Hi Terry,
Yes, as Marg says, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act makes it illegal to possess
migratory birds or any parts thereof without a permit. Migratory birds includes
shorebirds, songbirds, raptors and other groups. It is permitted to possess
feathers of species which are legally hunted here, I think.
For feather id, if it happens to be a wing feather, the Slater Museum of Natural
History has an online database of wing images which is quite extensive, which
you can see here. There's another database for flight feathers only from the
USFWS, which can be found here. It's neat because it tries to help you id
feathers, but it doesn't have as many non-game species as the museum.
Kathleen MacAulay
Milford Station
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From: Terry Boswell <ta_boz@hotmail.com>
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Sent: Sat, October 16, 2010 10:26:04 AM
Subject: [NatureNS] Feather identification.
To all
My wife and I get out on the trails regularly and quite often discover bird
feathers. Does anyone know of a good web site to aid in feather identification?
Also, are there any legal issues with owning / collecting feathers in Canada?
Terry Boswell
Cork St., Halifax
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<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div>Hi Terry,<br><br>Yes, as Marg says, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act makes it illegal to possess migratory birds or any parts thereof without a permit. Migratory birds includes shorebirds, songbirds, raptors and other groups. It is permitted to possess feathers of species which are legally hunted here, I think. <br><br>For feather id, if it happens to be a wing feather, the Slater Museum of Natural History has an online database of wing images which is quite extensive, which you can see here. There's another database for flight feathers only from the USFWS, which can be found here. It's neat because it tries to help you id feathers, but it doesn't have as many non-game species as the
museum.<br><br>Kathleen MacAulay<br>Milford Station<br></div><div style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Terry Boswell <ta_boz@hotmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sat, October 16, 2010 10:26:04 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [NatureNS] Feather identification.<br></font><br>
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My wife and I get out on the trails regularly and quite often discover bird feathers. Does anyone know of a good web site to aid in feather identification? Also, are there any legal issues with owning / collecting feathers in Canada?<br><br>
Terry Boswell<br>
Cork St., Halifax<br> </div></div>
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