Falconry in the liberal bastion of San Fran

[Irrelevant]

The key to this California train station's pigeon problem? A hawk named Pac-Man

A light rail station in a San Francisco suburb had a nasty problem: pigeon poop. The solution: A trained hawk scares the pigeons away. Commuters now treat the hawk and his handler like celebrities.

www.npr.org

 

[406LIFE]

Falconry abatement is growing in demand. It's highly effective, but also extremely laborious to get to the point you can do it. I'm a bit surprised he's using a Harris' to chase them, Peregrine's are the go to for birds that size and larger.

 

[Irrelevant]

Falconry abatement is growing in demand. It's highly effective, but also extremely laborious to get to the point you can do it. I'm a bit surprised he's using a Harris' to chase them, Peregrine's are the go to for birds that size and larger.

I thought that too, but wondered if Peregrines would be too effective at "catching" their prey. Plus they mention the Harris being good for loud busy locations. Either way, I think it's pretty darn cool. Now if we could get ______ (giant bird of prey) trained on park geese.

 

[TheNorthStar]

San Fransisco is certainly something other than liberal, I'd argue but that's a story for another thread. Falconry is rad. There was a club in Stillwater, MN, where I grew up and every so often I would see a couple of the guys at a gas station down town and shoot the shit for a few minutes. Other times, I'd see them walking fields with their birds. I regret that I never called in late to work to pull over and watch them work for a while.

 

[noharleyyet]

Ms. Breed should contact Yarak, Inc.

 

[BirdManMike]

Falconry abatement is growing in demand. It's highly effective, but also extremely laborious to get to the point you can do it. I'm a bit surprised he's using a Harris' to chase them, Peregrine's are the go to for birds that size and larger.

Peregrines are good for large area abatement on orchards and such. Places where they can stretch their wings putting the fear into birds over a wide area. Harris hawk is preferred for this sort of work - keeping birds out of a resort area or train station, etc.

 

[hank4elk]

They were used regularly on the Central Coast vineyards when I was there.

 

[EKYHunter]

Birds of prey are cool.....and they know it!

 

[LuketheDog]

If I remember right Mike Rowe did a Dirty Jobs episode on using falcons to chase off seagulls at a San Francisco landfill years ago, it was cool.

 

[noharleyyet]

Birds of prey are cool.....and they know it!

Yep...Eagles also

 

[406LIFE]

I thought that too, but wondered if Peregrines would be too effective at "catching" their prey. Plus they mention the Harris being good for loud busy locations. Either way, I think it's pretty darn cool. Now if we could get ______ (giant bird of prey) trained on park geese.

Insert gyrfalcon. I was talking with a guy who uses his on snow geese. That's pretty insane.

 

[RobertD]

Yep...Eagles also
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This guy rides off with that rabbit you were hunting and your girlfriend