Section Fis 813.07 - Raptor Acquisition and Disposition(a) A falconry permit shall be required prior to obtaining a raptor.(b) A migratory bird acquisition and disposition report, form 3-186A, shall be completed and submitted directly to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service within 5 calendar days of the following: (1) The acquisition of a raptor taken from the wild or received from or transferred to another person;(2) The loss of a raptor due to escape, release, theft or death; or(3) The rebanding of a raptor which requires banding due to loss or illegibility of previously attached band.(c) Young wild raptors, eyases, not yet capable of flight shall be taken only by a general or master falconer between May 15 and July 31, annually, subject to the following: (1) A permittee shall obtain written permission from the landowner before taking an eyase on private land. On public lands, written permission shall be obtained from the controlling authority such as the town selectmen, state agency, public works, or parks and recreations department of a city;(2) A permittee shall take not more than one eyase during a calendar year;(3) No more than one eyase shall be taken from a nest;(4) The nest shall initially contain 2 or more nestlings; and(5) At the time of capture, the permittee shall install metal flashing at least 2 feet wide and wrapped completely around the tree trunk at least 4 feet from the ground and painted to match the color of the tree. Flashing shall be removed after the remaining eyase(s) has left the nest.(d) First-year passage birds and adult American kestrels (Falco sparverius) shall be taken only by general or master permittees during the period of September 1 through December 31.(e) Apprentice permittees, under the direct supervision of their sponsor, shall take only wild first-year red-tail hawks (Buteo jamaicensis) and wild adult or first-year American kestrels (Falco sparverius) during September 1 through December 31.(f) General permittees shall not take or possess any species listed as threatened or endangered under 50 CFR 17.(g) Master permittees shall not take, in any 12-month period, as part of a three-bird limitation, more than one raptor listed as threatened in 50 CFR 17 and then only in accordance with 50 CFR 17.(h) A bal chatri type live trap, or other live traps and nets, may be used for taking raptors if they are used in a manner which minimizes the danger of injuring the raptor.(i) At any time an escaped, marked raptor may be retaken by a permittee in accordance with the provisions of his/her permit.(j) Eggs shall not be taken nor possessed at any time.(k) No peregrine falcons shall be taken from the wild.N.H. Code Admin. R. Fis 813.07
#8220, INTERIM, eff 11-30-04, EXPIRED: 5-29-05 (formerly Fis 1108.07 )
New. #8431, eff 9-20-05; ss by #10485, eff 1-1-14
Amended by Volume XXXV Number 27, Filed July 9, 2015 , Proposed by #10868, Effective 6/25/2015, Expires12/22/2015.Amended by Volume XXXVI Number 06, Filed February 11, 2016, Proposed by #11029, Effective 1/26/2016, Expires 1/26/2026.