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Wedgies and Peregrines to control Cockies?

To: Karen <>
Subject: Wedgies and Peregrines to control Cockies?
From: peter crow <>
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:44:38 +1000
All this is a reminder of the occasion when a previous Lord Mayor of Brisbane retained a raptor keeper to scare away the White Ibis from city gardens.

The Raptors (including a wedgie) put on a wonderful show, the crowds cheered and the Ibis flew off in haste. alas, the nest morning the Ibis were back feeding on rubbish left by careless citizens.

The raptors were returned and again the ibis left. This went on for some weeks (At great expense, no doubt) until the Ibis failed to return next morning.

Success?  You decide.

A few weeks later the Ibis began to return.

i doubt if they are back in as great numbers as previously but the council did have a great campaign to encourage people to letter less which may have helped.


On the Raptors used.
The birds used were from a private collection and were stated to be recovered birds that were unfit to be returned to the wild. They were fit enough for the private collector to put them to work chasing "pest" birds and I have heard that they are used in TV productions etc. I am in no position to judge if the birds are able or not to be set free.

Peter


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