permaculture

[Will Carey <cure@rtinet.com>]

Folks...

Interesting article.....

> "They see this falcon in attack mode, diving repeatedly," said Seibert, who 
> is
> turning his 25-year love of birds of prey into a side business serving the
> needs of agriculture. "In a sense, what we're using is a scare tactic to 
> drive
> them out of the area, as opposed to trapping or poisoning or shooting."
> 
> Those are some of the techniques the tree-fruit industry has used over the
> years to rid the orchards of nuisance birds, which some observers say pose a
> growing problem.
> 
> Mark Roy, an owner of the Roy Farms cherry orchard where Seibert was 
> working,
> said he's tried encouraging red-tailed hawks to frequent his orchards by
> putting up nesting boxes and roosting perches.

<http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/05/07/25/100bus_falcons001.cfm>

Will