Prohibitions respecting bald eagles; disturbing, damaging or destroying nests; eggs; penalties.

  1. Law
  2. Delaware Code
  3. Conservation
  4. Regulations and Prohibitions Concerning Game and Fish
  5. Wild Birds Other Than Game Birds, Migratory Wild Fowl
  6. Prohibitions respecting bald eagles; disturbing, damaging or destroying nests; eggs; penalties.

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(a) Any person who disturbs, destroys or in any manner damages a bald eagle's nest or aerie shall be guilty of a class A environmental misdemeanor.

(b) Any person shooting, killing or attempting to kill a bald eagle or any person who removes, or attempts to remove eggs or eaglets from their nest or aerie shall be guilty of a class A environmental misdemeanor.

(c) Any person who barters, offers to barter, trades, offers to trade or possesses any bald eagle, bald eagle eggs or eaglets shall be guilty of a class A environmental misdemeanor.


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