Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › WILDLIFE › Chapter 220-420 - Falconry › Section 220-420-180 - Capture of marked raptors

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) A
				raptor wearing falconry equipment or a captive-bred raptor may be captured at
				any time even if the falconer capturing it is not authorized to possess the
				species. The falconer must report the capture of a raptor wearing equipment or
				a captive-bred raptor that is not his/her own to the department no more than
				five working days after the capture.
(2) The recaptured falconry raptor must be
				returned to the person who lost it if that person is authorized to possess it.
				If that person cannot possess the raptor or does not wish to possess it, it may
				be kept by the falconer who captured it without it counting as a wild take, but
				he/she must be authorized to possess it.
(3) Disposition of a raptor whose legal
				possession cannot be determined will be at the discretion of the department.
				While the falconer who captured the raptor holds it for return to the person
				who lost it, the raptor will not count against his/her possession
				limit.
(4) With the exception of a
				banded peregrine falcon, a falconer may take any raptor authorized for his/her
				possession from the wild if the raptor is banded with a Federal Bird Banding
				Laboratory aluminum band.
(5) If a
				falconer captures a peregrine falcon with a research band, such as a colored
				band with alphanumeric codes, or a research marker attached to it, it must be
				immediately released. If the falcon has a transmitter attached to it, the
				capturing falconer is authorized to possess the raptor up to thirty days to
				allow time to contact the researcher to determine if he/she wants to replace
				the transmitter or its batteries. If the researcher wants to do so, or to have
				the transmitter removed, the researcher or his or her designee may make the
				change or allow the capturing falconer to do so before the raptor is released.
				If the researcher does not want to keep the transmitter on the falcon, the
				raptor may be kept if it was captured in circumstances in which capture of wild
				peregrines is allowed.
(6) If a
				falconer captures any other species of raptor that has any band, research
				marker, or transmitter attached to it, the band numbers and all other relevant
				information must be promptly reported to the Federal Bird Banding Laboratory at
				1-800-327-2263. If the raptor has a transmitter attached to it, the capturing
				falconer is authorized to possess the bird up to thirty days to allow time to
				contact the researcher to determine if he/she wants to replace the transmitter
				or its batteries. If the researcher wants to do so, or to have the transmitter
				removed, the researcher or his or her designee may make the change or allow the
				capturing falconer to do so before the raptor is released. If the researcher
				does not want to keep the transmitter on the raptor, the raptor may be kept if
				it was captured in circumstances in which capture of that species of wild
				raptor is allowed.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 77.04.012,
					 77.04.020,
					 77.04.055,
					 77.12.047,
					 77.12.210, and C.F.R. Title 50,
					 Part 21, Subpart C, Section 21.29; Migratory Bird Treaty Act. 10-18-012 (Order
					 10-214), §
											232-30-215, filed 8/20/10,
					 effective 9/20/10.