Sec.26-67e-14. Notification requirements

(a) A falconer shall submit a written request to and receive approval from the commissioner before release of a raptor into the wild.

(b) Any person holding a falconry permit pursuant to section 26-67e-6 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies shall, not later than five days after any of the following events, complete and submit a Migratory Bird Acquisition and Disposition Report in the manner required by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and shall notify the commissioner in writing of the following transactions or events:

(1) The acquisition of a raptor taken from the wild or received by transfer or purchase from another person;

(2) the recovery of a lost raptor;

(3) the transfer of a raptor to another person;

(4) the loss of a raptor previously held through release, escape, theft or death;

(5) the banding or rebanding of any raptor;

(6) the loss, removal and mutilation of banding from any raptor;

(7) the implanting of a microchip; or

(8) any injury of a wild bird.

(c) The loss of a raptor through theft shall be reported, in writing, to the commissioner and to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Regional Law Enforcement Office within five days of the theft.

(d) Copies of all submissions made pursuant to subsection (b) of this section shall be retained for a period of at least five years from the date of transfer or loss of the raptor.

(e) The capture of any raptor affixed with any band, research marker or transmitter shall be immediately reported to the United States Geological Survey Bird Banding Laboratory.

(f) Structural changes to the mews or weathering area shall be reported to the commissioner in writing along with accompanying photographs, no later than 30 days after completion of the changes.

(g) Any species listed as endangered, threatened, or of special concern pursuant to section 26-310 of the Connecticut General Statutes taken during the practice of falconry shall be immediately reported, in writing, to the commissioner and, if a federally listed species, to the nearest New England Ecological Services Field Office of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

(h) Each person holding a permit pursuant to section 26-67e-6 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies shall submit an annual report to the commissioner by July 31, or within 30 days of the termination of the permit, on forms prescribed by the commissioner. The report shall include the following information for the previous 12-month period:

(1) The number, species, band number, and microchip information of a raptor possessed;

(2) the number, species, date, and location of all kills of any animal for which there is no season or is out of season;

(3) the number, species, date, and location of all kills of any animal for which there is an open season; and

(4) the number and species of replacement raptors.

(Adopted effective March 1, 2004; Amended December 9, 2013)