San Francisco metro hires birds of prey to scare away pigeons.. know the details
Amman Today
publish date 1970-01-01 03:00:00
Metro riders in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, have noticed a new station guard in recent months, as 5-year-old Harris’ hawk Pac-Man has taken over guarding the station. El Cerrito del NorteNot for the fare dodgers, but the pigeons.
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According to the Reuters website, “Ricky Ortiz, a falconer with the falcon “Pac-Man”, began patrolling the bird at the station this summer, contracting with the Gulf Rapid Transit System to keep pigeons away and protect passengers from pigeon droppings.
The team patrols 3 days a week, beginning their day at the basement entrance before discovering the docks, and terrifying any pigeons resting on a ledge or on the inner scaffold of the station.
So far, a significant difference has been observed, and according to the report, “there were less than half of the pigeons after a week of the falcon’s presence.”
So far, the Falcon has been a hit with travelers, as Ryder Bethany Campbell, 43, snapped a selfie with Ortiz and Pac-Man to send to her family.
“We have family in the Midwest and the South and they think everything in the Bay Area is weird, so the idea of raptors here to wipe out birds is just a funny idea for them,” Campbell said, adding that she was terrified when she first saw the hawk but thought Now it’s awesome.
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