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_detailpagev=5SHsXwvtLVY