Date: 4/16/24 10:03 am From: <lisawil......> <lisawilcoxdeyo...> Subject: Re: [MDBirding] Dead hawk
Thank you, Noah. No harm in reporting. It could have died by natural causes
and there is a lot of territorial fighting going on now! I will pass on
your message.
On Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at 12:57:39 PM UTC-4 Noah Comet wrote:
> I suppose there's no harm in reporting (Maryland DNR / USDA Wildlife
> Services Call Center: 877-463-6497 <(877)%20463-6497>), but for what it's
> worth---at the risk of stating the obvious---wild hawks die all the time
> for completely natural reasons. It could have struck a tree while being
> pursued by another hawk in a territorial fight, for example. I'd want to
> report it both for the reasons you stated, and because, if it's on a hiking
> path, passers-by might be tempted to mess with it or (illegally) steal
> feathers. And unless it's already decomposed, it could potentially have an
> "afterlife" of sorts as a study-skin at a museum or nature center. (I found
> a recently-dead Barred Owl once and was able to take it to the local
> natural history museum for their collection. Just be sure to have expressed
> permission to remove it before doing so; otherwise it's illegal.)
>
> On Tue, Apr 16, 2024 at 11:53 AM <lisawil......> <
> <lisawil......> wrote:
>
>> A neighbor reported on our listserve a dead hawk (havent seen it so don't
>> know species). It was discovered a wooded path so doesn't sound like it was
>> hit by car.
>> She wonders if she should report it because of potential disease. I am
>> wondering too.
>>
>> Lisa Wilcox Deyo
>> Carderock Springs, Bethesda, MD
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