what I learned today

[maribou]

Airports often employ FALCONERS (and their falcons/hawks) to keep other kinds of small birds/mammals scared away, hence cutting down on animal-related accidents / wear and tear. How keen is that??? I am truly delighted, and Dorval and Pearson Airports just went up about 5 orders of magnitude on my esteem meter (you can almost *see* them now).

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[shebear.livejournal.com]

I remember seeing something about using falcons on the Travel Channel, about this hotel in the Middle East. They showed them taking them out every morning to patrol the area around the hotel. Very cool.