Mr. Kane says:
With all due respect to the ABA's suggestion that we limit the use of
recordings and other methods of attracting birds, let's be clear: In parks and
forests, & in certain other public property in the Federal inventory, regarding
Wildlife Protection, Title 36CFR 2.2(a)(2), states the following are
prohibited: "feeding, touching, teasing, frightening, or intentional
disturbance of
wildlife nesting, breeding, and other activities."
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Yes, and with all due respect,your extreme rendition of a crime in progress
grew real tiresome before I was able to wade through it. Perhaps the Federal
regulation you cited is in need of an exemption or two.
I'm retired from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and for 12 years of my
career I was a National Wildlife Refuge Manager. Let me assure you that I had
much more important things to do than to bust some birder for playing a bird
call tape. I also had more discretion and good sense than to bother a U.S.
Attorney with such a trivial and reletively harmless activity.
Larry Kline
