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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[lilituc.livejournal.com]

Also used at Central Park. (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=857&ncid=757&e=10&u=/nm/20030807/od_uk_nm/oukoe_life_hawks)