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Zhon — Murder on the Ceiling
Published: 2011-01-25 04:14:33 +0000 UTC; Views: 892; Favourites: 25; Downloads: 14
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My personal flock...or "murder" of crowsI made these....they are NOT for sale.
Crows are legal to own, BUT illegal to buy and sell. The only way you can get one is to know a generous hunter/ person to "gift" you one.
Ravens are downright illegal. Owning one of those would be $5000 fine or 2 years in jail.
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I would love to have one if you are willing, as crows are my totem/spirit animal!
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Protected under the Migratory Bird Act...along with most all songbirds and birds of prey. (technically a crow is classified as a songbird)
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oh nevermind you already answered that for someone! >.>
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If I move....You can have one of mine!
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Now, now. You're being overly generous again.
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But if I move again, I wont be able to take them with me. They cant be sold.
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I am Jealous, I love them! How long have you had these guys up for?
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Had them for probably a year now.
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Why are they legal to own, but illegal to buy and sell? That sounds kind of silly. xD
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It is silly...the government has weird laws. But they are protected under the Migratory Bird Act, which prohibits the sale of such birds/parts. But...legal to own since they have a hunting season.
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Haha awesome ^^ what do the tops look like, you know where the string would join the body? I@m very new to bird taxidermy 
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The string is connected to an eye-screw which screws into the back at the point of balance.
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Does it show badly, or...?
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No, usually the feathers will conform around the thread and screw-eye.
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I was walking through a local park once. and there was a murder of crows all picking at a dead squirrel. I looked up and in every single tree surrounding the crows there were dozens of squirrels watching them eat there dead companion.
It was earie. I was just waiting for the call to go up and the squirrels to rush on the crows.
any way story time aside. Great work I wish there was more contrast to see the crows in more detail
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It's like Alfred Hitchcock's movie "The Birds" ....except..."THE SQUIRRELS!"
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it was pretty erie in the mist at 6:45 in the morning.
any way awesome taxidermy work.
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That's so awesome! I wish I had something like that hanging around on my ceiling.
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Crows aren't illegal, just illegal to buy and sell because they are under the Migratory Bird Act, but they aren't Federally protected like Ravens. If the bird has a hunting season, they are legal to own.
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And I do believe in many cases, rules on ownership and selling change if you are registered as a First Nations individual (meaning once my boyfriend gets off his butt and actually registers as a Lakota - nevermind he's been part of the culture and went through the medicine trials and all that YEARS ago - there may be some odd collections in our house since we won't get beaned for picking fun stuff up outta the yard).
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This is true....I hear it takes 5 years to get registered and you must either be 1/8th or 1/16th Indian to gain such rights.
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By boyfriend is 1/4 - and I don't actually think it takes that long. Maybe if you're low content like I am (I am *supposedly* 1/16 but gawd I don't want to get the full geneology listing from my aunt who did the research... can't stand her), but I didn't think it took that long if it was easy enough to prove. And considering he's got plenty of family with native blood, and can trace himself back to Sitting Bull, I don't think it'd be difficult...
I was told my easiest bet if *I* wanted to register would be to register with the Seminoles, since according to that aunt the tribe in my family history is considered extinct now. Ugh maaaaaan I'm gonna have to see her again if I want to get the info. UGH.
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It's like Edgar Allen Poe's mobile!
I always liked that term for a number of crows - "murder."
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I kindof wonder how the group got called a "murder".... I find it hilarious that it's called an "administration" of turkeys!
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I love these! I've always wanted to mount a crow or two. You'll have to teach me how to mount up birds. 
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They are fun! And if they come out crappy, it's okay! They look kindof messy anyways.
Perhaps I'll get a tutorial. I have a friend who's giving me 6 more crows.
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Cool! A tutorial on a crow mount would be awesome. I have a friend who hunts them (there's a crow season in his state). Too bad I had to move, I was so excited to try it 
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Too cool for words!
And thanks for posting the legal stuff! Very important!
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Thank you!
And yes! Very important to inform the people!
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Is that just over there or everywhere?? Were infested in this part of Cali!! >:7
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I believe it applies everywhere. California laws are finicky so I'd check with the state Department of Wildlife.
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True. But your crows inspire me! I will HAVE to check it out! :3
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And this is just another reason that I love your sense of style.
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Lol! I also have a papyrus painting of Anubis on one of the walls of the taxidermy room. I'm so surrounded by death and preservation.
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Just when I thought you couldn't be more intriguing...
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I'm just full of suprises....a papyrus painting of Anubis is on one of the walls. Fitting for the Taxidermy Room
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Ravens arent as common in the USA and Federally Protected under the same law that protects birds of prey.
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Ravens are much more rare here in the UK, you can;t go out and kill one, but its fine to own a dead one
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