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Is it illegal to kill Bluebirds?
Posted on 6/19/19 at 9:41 am
Posted on 6/19/19 at 9:41 am
Friend of mine sent me a video of some a-hole shooting one and was curious. Tia 
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Posted on 6/19/19 at 9:42 am to 24nights
Its a song bird so yes
Posted on 6/19/19 at 9:42 am to 24nights
I'm pretty sure it's illegal to kill any bird unless they are considered a crop predator or there is a season to kill them.
Posted on 6/19/19 at 9:43 am to 24nights
quote:
Is it illegal to kill Bluebirds?
Yes. They're federally protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
ETA: Full list of protected species under the MBTA:
USFWS MBTA Portected Species List
This post was edited on 6/19/19 at 9:45 am
Posted on 6/19/19 at 9:45 am to 24nights
Why the frick would want to do that any way?
But, as others have said, yes it is illegal. Report that a-hole.
But, as others have said, yes it is illegal. Report that a-hole.
Posted on 6/19/19 at 9:51 am to Boudreaux35
I was told he was from Alabama or Mississippi, what a pos if true.
Posted on 6/19/19 at 10:09 am to 24nights
Why the hell would anyone do that. The only birds I've ever killed beside ducks and the occasional dove for food were crows and the winged rats that are known as pigeons.
I have a pretty large back yard vegetable garden and I find many species of birds to be beneficial to it when they come in and pick off bugs that are harmful to my plants.
I have a pretty large back yard vegetable garden and I find many species of birds to be beneficial to it when they come in and pick off bugs that are harmful to my plants.
Posted on 6/19/19 at 10:10 am to The Last Coco
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Full list of protected species under the MBTA
Good Lord that list!
That just about covers every bird.
Posted on 6/19/19 at 10:20 am to REB BEER
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Good Lord that list!
That just about covers every bird.
Kind of the point. It is not really designed to preclude hunting them (ducks are on the list but have different status and are clearly huntable) but to preclude intentional "take" of birds and their nests during industrial activity.
In the O&G business it becomes something you deal with regularly when putting in pipelines, wells and compressor stations during breeding season.
Posted on 6/19/19 at 10:43 am to The Last Coco
My brother shot one on a dove hunt. Green jeans did not approve
Posted on 6/19/19 at 11:14 am to 24nights
But WHY?
Our yard is full of bb's and other than sitting on the mirror of my truck and shitting down the door we love them.
Our yard is full of bb's and other than sitting on the mirror of my truck and shitting down the door we love them.
Posted on 6/19/19 at 11:32 am to KemoSabe65
I agree 100%
Posted on 6/19/19 at 11:56 am to cchoque93
So there I was, back to the 30' pine trees. My buddy across the field was calling out the birds as they were coming across the tree tops. Left, Right. Left. Left Right.... I had just got my new beretta xtrema and I was breaking it in... I couldn't miss that day... on fire...
Left...
Bam..
Just as it breaks the tree line
my fault for not waiting but it was a blur bird just as GJ started checking everyone in the field.
at that moment I contemplated a few things
1)come clean
2)swallow it whole
3)try and hide it
option 3 turned out to be the wrong one.
Buddy of mine tried to come to my defense to no avail.
Takeaway is that a bluebird holds appx 1.75 oz of breast meat and costs about $200/oz.
Left...
Bam..
Just as it breaks the tree line
my fault for not waiting but it was a blur bird just as GJ started checking everyone in the field.
at that moment I contemplated a few things
1)come clean
2)swallow it whole
3)try and hide it
option 3 turned out to be the wrong one.
Buddy of mine tried to come to my defense to no avail.
Takeaway is that a bluebird holds appx 1.75 oz of breast meat and costs about $200/oz.
Posted on 6/19/19 at 11:58 am to gumbo2176
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Why the hell would anyone do that
bluebirds are natural enemies of Purple Martins. Maybe he prefers the martins
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quote:
winged rats
that's sparrows. and frick a sparrow with all the hatred and great prejudice I can convey.
Posted on 6/19/19 at 12:59 pm to KemoSabe65
quote:For me, we occasionally get a mockingbird that likes to sing in the middle of the night. What the frick is up with a species that wants to do that. Luckily they mysteriously disappear.
Our yard is full of bb's and other than sitting on the mirror of my truck and shitting down the door we love them.
Posted on 6/19/19 at 1:00 pm to tigerinthebueche
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that's sparrows. and frick a sparrow with all the hatred and great prejudice I can convey.
There are many kinds of sparrows. I think you are referring to House Sparrows, which are an invasive species, not protected by the MBTA.
Posted on 6/19/19 at 1:15 pm to The Last Coco
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ducks are on the list but have different status and are clearly huntable
Dept of Interior grants what is effectively a variance to the MBTA for the "take" of some waterfowl. That's why you see all the BS involved with regulations and enforcement. Same way alligators are federally-protected yet the take is allowed and regulated.
Posted on 6/19/19 at 1:19 pm to shell01
yes, house sparrow=English Sparrows= flying rat.
kill em all.
kill em all.
Posted on 6/19/19 at 2:58 pm to 24nights
When I was a kid, I would shoot any bird I seen with my pellet gun. On the flip side I also clean and ate them. I still can remember me and my buddies camping and having a gravey going with every kind of bird you can imagine.
Posted on 6/19/19 at 4:47 pm to Gatorgar
I didn’t know blue birds were natural enemies of purple martins.Probably why I can’t get purple martins.I put up 4 martin houses and also put up bluebird houses,always have bluebirds but no martins.Sometimes the bluebirds even nest in the Martin houses.
Now what to do,I like both.
Now what to do,I like both.
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