The first time I fucked around with a BB gun I shot at the silhouette of a bird in a tree and plop, a fucking federally and state protected bird falls down. I fed it to a dog and told no one.Yeah they take that seriously. We had a canadian goose in one of our aeration tanks. We couldn't get it out because it wouldn't leave its partner who was in the tank but dead so we called animal control. After 3 officers spent 3 hours to get it out to no avail. They eventually came to tell me they were waiting on a call from a judge giving them permission to kill it. When I asked why they said because of the law they can only put down a migratory bird in the field after a judge approves the request. They always have a judge and vet on call just for this purpose but it's really a last resort. Also one year an osprey made a nest on a construction crane and because they're not allowed to disturb an active nest until they move on it the project back about 8 months