Falconer Lindsey Benger with Spencer, a 4-year-old Harris' hawk hired to chase pigeons away from the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) A co-worker describes ...
EL CERRITO, Calif. (KRON) — A Harris hawk named “Pac-Man” is patrolling a Bay Area Rapid Transit station in El Cerrito to help solve a pigeon problem. “He’s got a very important job to do: manage the ...
Norwich City Council recently brought in a falconer and a Harris's hawk to patrol the busy market and scare off the birds. But local pigeon welfare campaigner Jenny Coupland said the birds were ...
Mikael ChuFoon says as soon as the hawk went into the market the pigeons "realised the threat" [Shaun Whitmore/BBC] A council said it hoped a Harris's hawk would ruffle some feathers and deter pigeons ...
The emerald grass courts were glistening with dew Monday morning as Rufus the hawk made a big circle, then — like a fighter jet descending on an aircraft carrier — swooped down for a perfect landing ...
PHOENIX, Arizona (KPHO/KTVK) — (3TV/CBS 5) – They look harmless enough, perched on top of rooftops, soaking up some Arizona sun. But make no mistake, pigeons have a lot of friends and they don’t play ...
EL CERRITO, Calif. - Got pigeons? No problem. BART recently outsourced a falconer to intimidate pigeons at the El Cerrito del Norte Station. The hawk, named Pac-Man, and his handler, Ricky Ortiz, ...
A transit station in the California Bay Area has turned to an unlikely hero to try to solve its pigeon problem: Pac-Man. No, not the perpetually hungry video game character. This Pac-Man is a roughly ...