OK- I know this is a comic and in a comic universe rules are different. Agnes and Trout probably aren’t concerned about any of the following:.Grackles are more closely related to blackbirds- red-wing and yellow headed. Grackles are not Corvids.They are not related to crows.
Even though a lot of people dislike Grackles, especially some farmers-Grackles are protected in North America by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act..An international Treaty – The Migratory Bird Treaty Act makes it illegal for anyone in the US to take, possess, import, export, transport, sell, purchase, barter, or offer for sale, purchase, or barter, any migratory bird, or the parts, nests, or eggs of such a bird except under the terms of a valid permit issued pursuant to Federal regulations.
There are similar regulations in Canada, in Mexico and Central America, in Europe and Japan..Some birds are not protected in North America, mostly non-native introduced species like European starlings, house sparrows and rock doves aka common pigeons..There are exceptions which permit licensed hunting of game birds and exceptions allowing Native Americans to take and possess bird parts and feathers for religious purposes..Regarding Agnes’ Grackle – I am still wondering why it just doesn’t fly out of that open box..It must be humoring her.
OK- I know this is a comic and in a comic universe rules are different. Agnes and Trout probably aren’t concerned about any of the following:.Grackles are more closely related to blackbirds- red-wing and yellow headed. Grackles are not Corvids.They are not related to crows.
Even though a lot of people dislike Grackles, especially some farmers-Grackles are protected in North America by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act..An international Treaty – The Migratory Bird Treaty Act makes it illegal for anyone in the US to take, possess, import, export, transport, sell, purchase, barter, or offer for sale, purchase, or barter, any migratory bird, or the parts, nests, or eggs of such a bird except under the terms of a valid permit issued pursuant to Federal regulations.
There are similar regulations in Canada, in Mexico and Central America, in Europe and Japan..Some birds are not protected in North America, mostly non-native introduced species like European starlings, house sparrows and rock doves aka common pigeons..There are exceptions which permit licensed hunting of game birds and exceptions allowing Native Americans to take and possess bird parts and feathers for religious purposes..Regarding Agnes’ Grackle – I am still wondering why it just doesn’t fly out of that open box..It must be humoring her.