[Bluebird-babble] HOSP control in CO?

[Lisa Crispin]

Sorry to be especially ignorant, but what is HOSP?

On 6/4/07, Cynthia Stengel <cynstengel at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I live 10 miles SE of Durango in southwest CO.  I have a small bluebird
> trail (5 boxes).  Currently chickadees are nesting in one, and
> mountain bluebirds in another (yeah!).  I had tree swallows
> nesting in one of the other boxes, but it was driven out by
> HOSP.  (Another box also has Trees very interested.)
>  I called our local Division of Wildlife to ask if it
> was legal to trap HOSP in Colorado and was told it was only
> legal if the bird was "damaging crops, real or personal
> property, or livestock".  The person specifically said that if
> they were driving birds out of nest boxes that this "was nature"
> and it was not legal to trap them for that alone.  Sigh.
> The person also seemed to be saying that removing the nest
> material and other passive controls, such as using a sparrow
> spooker, were also illegal.  Can you clarify for me what
>  is allowed in terms of HOSP control in Colorado (I had this weird feeling
> that the DOW woman didn't know the kind of bird I was talking about, hope I
> am wrong, she kept saying HOSP was protected by the International Migratory
> Bird Act---while I kept saying they weren't...) and what your experience has
> been with CO DOW rules?  I have not let the bird nest, and will not even if
> I have to take down the box.  Thanks for any info you
> can give me.  I'm new to this list and to bluebird box monitoring, but
> have been an avid birder for a zillion years. Great to have this resource!
> Thanks so much.
> Cynthia in Durango
>
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