My Harris's Hawk Farrah was banded when I got her. The band was installed without its clear protective tube; soon it was unreadable. I cut it off, sent it to authorities, and they sent me another with a different official number. Changing numbers bugged me a little. With a Harris's, it means the Baywing database has to be updated to be accurate. Even installed correctly, in a year or so, the legibility starts to degrade, which defeats the purpose of the band. |
Federal Regulation excerpts:
(i) If you take a goshawk, Harris's hawk ( Parabuteo unicinctus ), peregrine falcon ( Falco peregrinus ), or gyrfalcon ( Falco rusticolus ) from the wild or acquire one from another falconer or a rehabilitator, and if the raptor is not already banded, you must band it with a permanent, nonreusable, numbered U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service leg band that your State, tribal, or territorial agency will supply.
(iii) If the band must be removed or is lost from a raptor in your possession, you must report the loss of the band within 5 days, and you must then do at least one of the following:
(A) Request a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service nonreusable band from your State, tribal, or territorial agency that regulates falconry.
(iv) You must not alter, deface, or counterfeit a band.
The link below directs to my source for the new band. There may be a domestic vendor too. The ring only cost me $15 delivered.
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