The way we take care of those pesky birds, feeding on crumbs in our parking lots is, we generally use a male Harris hawk and drive thru the lots and when we get near a bunch of pigeons or black birds, we sick the hawk on 'em! The hawk loves the ambush mode of hunting and the little old ladies, walking to their cars, arms full of groceries, get a charge from seeing a*wild* hawk catch a little birdie, right in front of their eyes! We call this *car hawking*. I'm sure William Shakespeare would have written about it ...had they had cars at that time. And no doubt, Henry the VIII would have used this technique instead of riding over hill- n- dale, on horse back(poor horse) chasing his prized Rook Hawk.
________________________________ From: Bhairitu <noozg...@sbcglobal.net> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2012 12:34 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Car Surfing Pelican Unfortunately sometimes a little too close in that parking lot. There are occasionally people who mindlessly feed the birds in the parking lot. There is a nice beach next to the pond to feed the birds so they don't chance getting run over by a car. Apparently these freaks can't walk the few feet to do that. I've even chewed out a few of them for doing so. And I've seen the park staff do same. Besides when they do that the birds shit all over the cars in the lot. And even worse half of that park is a wildlife reserve with signs posted all over the place banning dogs. But I still see the "shit for brains" walking dogs there and sometimes even without a leash! The signs point out there are plenty of areas in the park that are not the reserve for walking the dog. I often ask people when they are walking their dog in that area if they saw the signs? Of course they look clueless or "deer in headlights" look. There is a fine for doing so but I've yet to catch a park police there and ask them how much it is so I can tell the next idiot I encounter walking their dog there. Chances are there is a huge fine if bowser kills one of the rare birds. And people wonder why I have such low regard for my fellow Americans. ;-) On 07/26/2012 08:11 PM, Emily Reyn wrote: > Very humorous...our animal friends are always close by :) > > > ________________________________ > From: Bhairitu <mailto:noozguru%40sbcglobal.net> > To: mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com > Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 3:49 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Car Surfing Pelican > > > > Well I haven't had it plant itself on the top of my SUV but this driver > had a time trying to get it to leave the top of his car. This is the > parking lot of the Waterfront Park that I walk at frequently. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=5SHsXwvtLVY > > >
