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

Found in Western US

  • Jerb322@lemmy.world
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    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.

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      1 year ago

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

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        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.

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        1 year ago

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

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    I’m not an expert but I believe what looks like the eye socket at first glance is actually the nasal fenestra or whatever name the nose opening has. It’s a fragment without a beak or eye sockets.

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      I agree, the “beak” would be oriented wrong if the opening is an eye socket. If the “beak” is vertical then the eye socket would be a vertical hole as well.

    • lesnout27@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      I hoped for an answer like from him. This skull looks especially confusing because i don’t see where the eyes would be.