Animal podcast

[Catherine]

Quote:Yes I often take home red tails because they get hit by cars its happened numerous times. With abatement I work for a farm to keep nuisance birds away from crops just my birds presence is enough to keep those birds at bay usually.

That is a good way of protecting the crops without harming the environment. Toronto Airport uses falconers to prevent bird strikes. The hawks just have to fly over and the other birds stay away.

Years ago, coming back from skiing in the Rockies we saw a hawk on the side of the road. We stopped because it didn't seem right. We were able to catch the bird and we took him back to Calgary and turned him over to the vet at the zoo. There would have been no wildlife centres back then. They were able to heal his injuries and he was released that spring.  It was a big hawk, but not a red tailed hawk. I can't remember now. It was a long time ago. 
We had no equipment with us. We threw my ski jacket over the bird and I held it in my lap all the way back to Calgary. He was an armful, but he sat quietly.