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Just as soon as the taxidermist finishes his work, youngsters at the Rappahannock elementary school will be able to see a bird of prey rare to the county. Thanks to the efforts of a Flint Hill family, a red faced screech owl will be on display at the school, on loan from the federal government. Hugo Sinnott was coming back over the mountain from Front Royal last week when the owl collided with his car. “It looked strange to me. I thought it was too big for a normal bird so I went back. I thought it might be something rare,” he said.
Sinnott reported the accident to the sheriff s department and the local game warden. He learned that the bird of prey was covered under the federal Bald Eagle Act. "I wasn’t even supposed to have a feather of it. They told me I could be fined or even jailed if I kept it.”
Sinnott asked the Front Royal Research and Conservation Center for help and a staff member came to his home to identify the bird as a red-faced screech owl and confirm that it was indeed dead. The Center’s representative said he’d never seen an example of the species in this area before, according to Sinnott.
Advised by the authorities to notify the State Game
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