So You Want a Migratory Bird...

SO YOU WANT A MIGRATORY BIRD…

Step 1: 

Obtain a permit application from either repository (Comanche Nation Ethno-Ornithological initiative (SIA) or Liberty Wildlife Rehabilitation Foundation), your regional Migratory Bird Permit Office, or from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Southwest Region Native American Liaison.

Step 2: 

In this application, make sure to include a certification of tribal enrollment from the Bureau of Indian Affairs of Tribal Enrollment Office.

Step 3:

 Indicate on your application what species of bird you are requesting and what parts, feathers or carcasses you desire.

Step 4: 

Now like with the National Eagle Repository, you are placed on a waiting list until the right bird can delivered to the address provided on your application.

According to the non-eagle repository websites, the list is on a first come first serve basis and they do not give an approximate wait time assuming because it greatly varies from what is available and what is being asked for. Seasons also tend to affect what is available (they are migratory birds, of course).

Link to Application:  http://www.non-eaglefeathers.net/pdf/NEF_form_3.6.pdf

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