Green duck eggs.

[DuckLover9138]

Don't let it imprint on you too hard or it would be awkward if someone came over and saw the bird flying/following you outside.

 

[cheyfrie26]

I only had a duck imprint on me once. And it was a baby mallard named Arthur.

 

[KlaHaYa Gardens]

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Regardless of what the bird is, she is most probably required by law to turn it in to the state department of wildlife or a certified wildlife rehab person/center.

The more human contact the less chance this bird will have to be successfully rehabilitated. That's why people get certified: to learn about and understand these things.

 

[Josh45640]

Youve already broken the law by taking the egg and putting it in an incubator. Wild animals are wild for a reason, let them be. It's called "nature's course" and it has been working for millions of years.

 

[cheyfrie26]

How have I broke the law? My ducks had eggs on the pond and there was a strange egg. Only after I put it in the incubator is when I noticed it was from a wild duck. But did anyone read it was a baby duck? The wild life place around here could care less about animals. Over the summer there was an orphan baby deer living outside our house and we called them everyday and they told us that they no longer help baby deer. Well I would gladly GO BUY a permit before I'd let a wild animal die due to stupidity.

 

[Duckchick2011]

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Depending on what species of duckling you have you may or may not have broken the law, personally, I wouldn't be too worried, you did the right thing taking in an egg that had obviously been abandoned, just find out what species it is and call a local rehaber if it is a species illegal to keep. About the whole baby deer thing, Mother deer leave their babies alone when they are very very young. This way the baby is able to hide and call less attention from predators that would otherwise just run it down while walking around with its mother.(this is not a fool proof survival mechanism but that is just the way deer do things).

The wildlife people no longer "help" baby deer because 95 % of the time an "abandoned" baby deer is in fact not abandoned at all. Its just the same when people find "abandoned" baby birds on their lawn. Mother nature has her owns ways of doing things, that just seem strange to us if you don't understand whats going on. Your egg, if it was not in a nest, was in fact abandoned and thus you did no harm incubating it.

That is just my two cents on the matter.

 

[cheyfrie26]

I know what your saying. BUT the baby deer followed me around and there was a dead doe down the road. So, it was for sure abandoned. Either the egg got incubated or it would of went to waste. I will call the wildlife place and see if I can keep it. 9 times out of 10 I can. The wildlife place around here is sad.

 

[KlaHaYa Gardens]

@cheyfrie26, perhaps you didn't know . . .

I will address your questions/statements with some information so that you know now. Please, with this information, make a responsible decision with the bird.

Warmly,
KlaHaYa Gardens



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If what you took, is on this list http://www.fws.gov/migratorybirds/RegulationsPolicies/mbta/mbtandx.html -- and it probably is, then its reasonable to assume you violated Federal Law.


Further, I remind you of your first post, wherein you indicated you believe this to be a wild duck egg.

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It's not as easy as buying a permit. One needs to be certified after demonstrating competence and training in the area of wildlife rehabilitation. Even wildlife rehab specialists are NOT permitted to keep wildlife. The can ONLY rehabilitate them and return them to the wild.

My suggestion to you is to contact your state agency and ask them where to bring the bird.


Information for those interested:

Migratory Bird Treaty Act http://www.fws.gov/migratorybirds/RegulationsPolicies/treatlaw.html

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Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918

Following close on the heels of the Lacey Act and the Weeks-McLean Law, the framers of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act were determined to put an end to the commercial trade in birds and their feathers that, by the early years of the 20th century, had wreaked havoc on the populations of many native bird species.

The Migratory Bird Treaty Act decreed that all migratory birds and their parts (including eggs, nests, and feathers) were fully protected.

The Migratory Bird Treaty Act is the domestic law that affirms, or implements, the United States' commitment to four international conventions (with Canada, Japan, Mexico, and Russia) for the protection of a shared migratory bird resource. Each of the conventions protect selected species of birds that are common to both countries (i.e., they occur in both countries at some point during their annual life cycle). A List of Migratory Birds protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act is available.

For those desiring additional information on the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, a detailed synopsis is available. That section of the United States Code pertaining to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act can also be accessed.


List of Migratory Birds covered by the Act http://www.fws.gov/migratorybirds/RegulationsPolicies/mbta/mbtandx.html

Snippet of just the A's:

ACCENTOR, Siberian, Prunella montanella
AKEKEE, Loxops caeruleirostris
AKEPA, Loxops coccineus
AKIALOA, Greater, Hemignathus ellisianus
AKIAPOLAAU, Hemignathus munroi
AKIKIKI, Oreomystis bairdi
AKOHEKOHE, Palmeria dolei
ALAUAHIO, Maui, Paroreomyza montana
Oahu, Paroreomyza maculata
ALBATROSS, Black-browed, Thalassarche melanophris
Black-footed, Phoebastria nigripes
Laysan, Phoebastria immutabilis
Light-mantled, Phoebetria palpebrata
Short-tailed, Phoebastria albatrus
Shy, Thalassarche cauta
Wandering, Diomedea exulans
Yellow-nosed, Thalassarche chlororhynchos
ANHINGA, Anhinga anhinga
ANI, Groove-billed, Crotophaga sulcirostris
Smooth-billed, Crotophaga ani
AMAKIHI, Hawaii, Hemignathus virens
Kauai, Hemignathus kauaiensis
Oahu, Hemignathus flavus
ANIANIAU, Magumma parva
APAPANE, Himatione sanguinea
AUKLET, Cassin’s, Ptychoramphus aleuticus
Crested, Aethia cristatella
Least, Aethia pusilla
Parakeet, Aethia psittacula
Rhinoceros, Cerorhinca monocerata
Whiskered, Aethia pygmaea
AVOCET, American, Recurvirostra americana

 

[Josh45640]

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The above post explains very well how you have broken the law. I understand that you think you are helping wildlife by assuming that it needs taken careof. However, 99% of the time it dosent. Nature has a way of taking care of things and has its reasons for doing so.

 

[julie75]

Talk about raining on someone's parade! Most treaty acts are to protect Migratory Birds/Waterfowl from importing/exporting, selling all or part (meat, feathers, eggs, ect.) to protect from extinction in their normal habitats. No where in her post did I see where she "robbed" a wild duck nest. She found an odd egg with her other eggs. It's natural for ducks to "borrow" another's eggs or nest. There has been alot of assumptions concerning this egg when it's identity is still unknown, atleast to the one's making these posts. Who's to say one of her ducks just didn't lay an odd egg? Instead of throwing out accusations toward someone when the outcome is still unknown, wait and offer suggestions as what to do if it happens to be an endangered species. I'm sure that Cheyfrie26 will make the right decision and not try to raise/keep an endangered species with her "backyard flock". (I put the emphasis on endangered species because many people raise and keep migratory ducks in their backyards all the time.)

To Cheyfrie26 I wish you luck and support on a successful hatch for ALL your eggs.