{"id":1986,"date":"2019-06-13T15:53:40","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T15:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orbisec.com\/?p=1986"},"modified":"2019-06-13T15:53:40","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T15:53:40","slug":"wildlife-management-with-birds-of-prey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orbisec.com\/index.php\/2019\/06\/13\/wildlife-management-with-birds-of-prey\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildlife Management with Birds of Prey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2006\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2006\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orbisec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Titus-Flying-off-2.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2006\" src=\"https:\/\/orbisec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Titus-Flying-off-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orbisec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Titus-Flying-off-2.jpg 957w, https:\/\/orbisec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Titus-Flying-off-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orbisec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Titus-Flying-off-2-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2006\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A falconry-trained red-tailed hawk fitted with jesses and bells leaves a nearby tree. Photo credit &#8211; Derek Martin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/orbisec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Wildlife_Management_with_Birds_of_Prey.pdf\">paper below<\/a>, licensed falconer Megan Martin discusses how trained falcons or hawks are used to manage unwanted &#8220;pest&#8221; birds.<\/p>\n<p>This technique, called &#8220;raptor abatement&#8221; or &#8220;falconry abatement&#8221; can be used in any situation where a pest prey bird (e.g. European starling, pigeon, house sparrow, American crow, Canada goose, or gull) is overpopulated or creating an environmental hazard or other problem.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Raptor Abatement can help:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Fruit growers (especially blueberry and grape)<\/li>\n<li>Airports<\/li>\n<li>Landfills<\/li>\n<li>Cities and towns (including public spaces, commercial, or residential areas).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/orbisec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Wildlife_Management_with_Birds_of_Prey.pdf\">here<\/a> to read more about raptor abatement.<\/p>\n<p>If\u00a0 you or your organization are interested in raptor abatement, please contact Megan Martin at 317-800-1769 or mmartin@orbisec.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; In the paper below, licensed falconer Megan Martin discusses how trained falcons or hawks are used to manage unwanted &#8220;pest&#8221; birds. This technique, called &#8220;raptor abatement&#8221; or &#8220;falconry abatement&#8221; can be used in any situation where a pest prey bird (e.g. European starling, pigeon, house sparrow, American crow, Canada goose, or gull) is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[24],"class_list":["post-1986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wildlife-biology","tag-falconry-abatement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orbisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orbisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orbisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orbisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orbisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/orbisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1986\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orbisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orbisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orbisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}