[CT Birds] touching owls

[Lemmon]

,I don't know if that is a good idea.  I think the situation and common sense comes into play as well, despite the rules and laws.  I found a saw whet owl lying in the road on my way to the grocery store one evening.  It had apparently been hit by a car.  I pick it up, brought it home, put in in a box in a dark area, went shopping where I bought raw liver,among other groceries for my Siamese cat.  When I returned, the owl had awakened and I cut strips of raw liver,coated them in cat fur, and fed them to the owl with a forceps, which readily gulped them down.  I carefully put the owl out in a conifer in the yard about 12 am, when it appeared recovered.  A check at 1 am it was gone.  Should I have let it lie in a busy street?  
   
  Carol Lemmon

Chris Elphick <elphick at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
  Hi all,

I haven't followed the owl discussion and I missed the details of the Hammo story, but I did just pick up on Nick's comment about touching owls. If no one has said this already (apologies if they have), everyone should know that if you do grab/touch an owl, you are likely in violation of federal law (probably state law too). Capturing birds is only permissible if you have all the necessary banding/collecting permits, so you really shouldn't do it with any bird for any reason (unless of course you have the permits).

Chris


Chris Elphick
Storrs, CT
elphick at sbcglobal.net
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