Yes, you read that right! Two Harris’s Hawks are being used to scare pigeons away from a Warsaw subway stop. Now if only someone would bring some cool raptors to Port Authority in New York City, so I could watch them from my office window…
Corey is a New Yorker who lived most of his life in upstate New York but has lived in Queens since 2008. He's only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasn't working as a union representative or spending time with his family. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy and Desmond Shearwater. His bird photographs have appeared on the Today Show, in Birding, Living Bird Magazine, Bird Watcher's Digest, and many other fine publications. He is also the author of the American Birding Association Field Guide to the Birds of New York.
I tell you, you should get a permit for a Great-Horned Owl. You would never have trouble getting a seat on the subway, if you had a Great Horned Owl on your shoulder…
Plus it would provide some lunch time entertainment.
Hey Corey
I know that Bobby Horvath is involved in falconry around NYC airports — I think they’re using hybrid falcons, but I’m not 100% sure.
Cheers
Adam
Will – Do you think that a GHO could be trained to hack pellets on Wall Street executives on command?
@ Carrie: Knowing Corey… Yes!
@Will: If you provide the owl I will ride the subway and…
@Carrie: …will train it to hack pellets at Wall Street execs. on command.
@Adam: Well, we need Bobby at Port Authority so my office job is less boring!