I Hope c2c Staff Are More Knowledgable About Trains...
...because they suck at ornithology! Pigeons don't flee 'the scent of a hawk', they don't have a sense of smell (were you thinking of vultures, spokesman?).
It's the sight and sound og the hawk that scares them away.
Around our way, East Yorkshire, farmers fly kites over crops as they make effective bird scarers. I assume that this is because they resemble a hovering bird of prey.
I have seen the same over nearly-flat rooted factory near an estuary. It is to keep big birds like gulls away and keep the roof shit free. The maintenance men do not like the layer of slippy, slimy shit. Two kites are beset because birds tolerate one bird of prey, presumably because they reckon they can dodge I predator, but two is too much, so they just leave.
"I assume that this is because they resemble a hovering bird of prey."
Yes, you can now buy special 'tethered' kits to stake out in fields for this.
"I have seen the same over nearly-flat rooted factory near an estuary. It is to keep big birds like gulls away and keep the roof shit free. The maintenance men do not like the layer of slippy, slimy shit."
There's a Harris Hawk with handler on regular patrol at Stratford Westfield for the same reason.
Around our way, East Yorkshire, farmers fly kites over crops as they make effective bird scarers. I assume that this is because they resemble a hovering bird of prey.
ReplyDeleteI have seen the same over nearly-flat rooted factory near an estuary. It is to keep big birds like gulls away and keep the roof shit free. The maintenance men do not like the layer of slippy, slimy shit.
ReplyDeleteTwo kites are beset because birds tolerate one bird of prey, presumably because they reckon they can dodge I predator, but two is too much, so they just leave.
"I assume that this is because they resemble a hovering bird of prey."
ReplyDeleteYes, you can now buy special 'tethered' kits to stake out in fields for this.
"I have seen the same over nearly-flat rooted factory near an estuary. It is to keep big birds like gulls away and keep the roof shit free. The maintenance men do not like the layer of slippy, slimy shit."
There's a Harris Hawk with handler on regular patrol at Stratford Westfield for the same reason.