OUTLAWED AND QUESTIONABLE BIRDS 



Minnesota is provided with good and comprehensive laws for 

 the protection of its birds. In the case of those species specified 

 .as Game Birds, open seasons are stipulated when such birds may 

 be shot under certain restrictions. All other birds are protected 

 throughout the year with the exception of the following, which 

 are considered to do more harm than good. 



Cooper's Hawk 



Sharp-shinned Hawk 



Goshawk 



Great Horned Owl 



Crow 



Red- winged Blackbird 



Yellow-headed Blackbird 



Bronzed Crackle or Crow Blackbird 



Rusty Blackbird 



Brewer's Blackbird 



House Sparrow or English Sparrow 



There are a few other birds that sometimes do sufficient 

 damage, collectively or individually, to bring them into more or 

 less disrepute. Only one or two of these are open to general 

 condemnation. The others are far more beneficial than injurious, 

 and should never be molested except under the greatest provocation. 

 They are all protected by existing laws and if occasion arises when 

 it seems necessary to destroy any of them to arrest local depreda- 

 tions, permission should be sought of the Commissioner of Game 

 and Fish, Capitol Building, St. Paul. It is well established that 

 certain individuals of ordinarily beneficial species acquire bad 

 habits that render them obnoxious, and it may appear necessary 

 at times to put such culprits out of the way. But it is better in the 

 long run to be patient and put up with moderate losses of fruit, 

 vegetables, and fish than to destroy too hastily birds that are 

 generally useful and attractive. 



Double-crested Cormorant, Black Loon. Its fish diet sometimes 

 brings it into disfavor; but the fish it catches are for the most 

 part non-game fish and its presence about our lakes lends an 

 attractive feature. 



Great Blue Heron. Same as the Cormorant. Crayfish, frogs, 

 snakes, meadow mice, etc., form a considerable part of its diet. 



