This male American kestrel is learning the ropes of car hawking. Car hawking is a modern method of catching invasive birds, such as European starlings and English house sparrows, with a trained bird of prey.
In many places this practice is welcomed due to being able to remove a high volume of invasive birds. These bird species cause issues in our native environments by killing and stealing nesting sites from our native cavity nesting birds such as eastern bluebirds, woodpeckers, chickadees, and any other bird who is unlucky enough to cross paths with them, including kestrels on occasion!
After these catches are made the invasive birds are humanely dispatched and fed to the falcon. Nothing is wasted!
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Негізгі бет Үй жануарлары мен аңдар CAR HAWKING Starlings with a Pocket Falcon! (Kestrel)
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