Florida Songbird Trafficking Increase Leads To New State Rule

Feb 26, 2019







The Tampa Bay area is home to many songbirds, like warblers, cardinals and wrens.

"These are species that a lot of people enjoy coming to the bird feeders," he said. "They enjoy just having these birds around and being able to go out and view them. And so we're really trying to adhere to our mission and protect those birds species for both current Floridians and future generations too."

There will be exceptions for people using bird traps for lawful purposes, like research among other things.

The FWC meets again in May. In the meantime, Floridians can tell the commission what they think of the new rule by sending an email to