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Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask but I couldn't find the skull identifying community.

Found in Western US

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[โ€“] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Pretty hard to say without the outer part of the beak. Looks like a bird of prey of some kind. Most are protected, if not all, so be careful who you show it to....unless you're a teacher, then you can say it's for class.

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Would they assume OP killed the bird, or is it illegal to pick up the skull? (Are the bones beneficial to other organisms?)

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What I understand of the law is, if you can't hunt it, you can't have any part of it. Unless you are planning on using it for educational purposes. Rodents will eat bones.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Probably illegal in US, much like hawk feathers etc

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Even if OP is a teacher they probably need a state permit to possess bones from native birds.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Very possible. I just remember it saying "except for educational purposes" or something similar.