KJ>How about birds coming from other states? (Ie., blue ringnecks).
If the species is not on the exempt list than it must be close
banded or you must be a licensed NYS breeder with documentation
that the bird is domestic and the bird will be given a NYS open
band to wear.  Birds coming from other states must meet
the same requirements. You are allowed to *own* an unbanded bird, you
can also put the bird up for adoption, you can adopt an unbanded bird,
what you cannot do is sell or buy an unbanded bird. This is for birds
whose species are not native to our country. Native birds have
different laws regulating them.  And I will skip that unless you want
to know about it.  It is even getting harder to sell birds that are not
required to be close banded including the little guys like budgies.
KJ>Interesting--why did they exempt the rosellas and bourkes? They're
KJ>parrots, just like any other hookbill. I can see exempting 'tiels and
KJ>budgies, as they are hugely popular and probably too numerous to keep
KJ>track of. But the other hookbills listed puzzle me.
From what I understand their main interest is the bigger birds because
that is what the smugglers are interested in, big birds, big money.
They want to make it hard for those who smuggle birds into the
country and make it hard to sell the smuggled birds.
I close band all my birds and I am very glad that I do.  It has caused
me some real headaches and some long discussions.  But I would continue
banding even if the laws did not require it. Putting price aside, it has
added much value to banded birds.
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