I bet the raptors enjoyed themselves.
For years we kept a one-winged Brown Falcon in our garden. Paul, as we
called him, appeared to thrive well on the special meat and feather diet we
gave him, although he had to contend with our dog, Lily who was a supreme
guts and would do all she could to wrest his tucker away.
One day Hilary was given an injured plover.
As he carried it to upstairs it fluttered from his hands into the garden.
Paul was on it in a trounce. However, he and our chooks came to an uneasy
truce as did an injured Whistling Kite.
The only place we could keep it was in the chookyard where it roosted with
out hens. For the first few nights they eyed each other suspiciously. On
the fourth morning (a very cool dry season morning I must add), I came out
early to find chooks and raptor snuggled up together!
Denise
on 15/2/08 9:14 AM, peter crow at wrote:
> 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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