Harris’s Hawks in Poland?

By Corey • September 29, 2009 • 5 comments

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…

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Corey

Corey is a lifelong upstate New Yorker who recently took the plunge and moved to the city. He's only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list and broke the magical 300 barrier in New York State in 2007 by birding whenever he wasn't working as a union representative. He lives near Forest Park in Queens with Daisy, their son, Desmond, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B.

5 Responses to “Harris’s Hawks in Poland?”

Will Sep 29th, 2009 at 1:11 pm

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.
Adam Welz Sep 29th, 2009 at 7:54 pm

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
Carrie Sep 29th, 2009 at 10:48 pm

Will - Do you think that a GHO could be trained to hack pellets on Wall Street executives on command?
Will Sep 30th, 2009 at 12:07 am

@ Carrie: Knowing Corey… Yes!
Corey Sep 30th, 2009 at 10:19 am

@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!

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