What Bird Brains
Following is another in my occasional reportage of News of the Weird:
11-year-old Skylar Capo and her mom got a bird's eye view of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's unbelievable lack of common sense. An agent happened to spot Skylar holding a baby woodpecker in her hands at a Lowes Home Improvement Center in Fredricksburg, Virginia. Skylar had, moments before, saved the woodpecker from a house cat that had just pounced on it and was preparing itself for a tasty little snack. Skylar was comforting the bird and intended to release it when the trauma had passed. The agent, however, was unimpressed, reciting a provision of the Migratory Bird Act, and two weeks later, another Fish and Wildlife agent, along with a Virginia state trooper, knocked on the Capo's door and served Mrs. Capo a citation calling for a $535 fine. All's well that ends well, however, as officials rescinded the fine a few weeks later, calling the agent's action a mistake.
11-year-old Skylar Capo and her mom got a bird's eye view of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's unbelievable lack of common sense. An agent happened to spot Skylar holding a baby woodpecker in her hands at a Lowes Home Improvement Center in Fredricksburg, Virginia. Skylar had, moments before, saved the woodpecker from a house cat that had just pounced on it and was preparing itself for a tasty little snack. Skylar was comforting the bird and intended to release it when the trauma had passed. The agent, however, was unimpressed, reciting a provision of the Migratory Bird Act, and two weeks later, another Fish and Wildlife agent, along with a Virginia state trooper, knocked on the Capo's door and served Mrs. Capo a citation calling for a $535 fine. All's well that ends well, however, as officials rescinded the fine a few weeks later, calling the agent's action a mistake.
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