As the sun rises over a sprawling berry farm in South Glastonbury, a trained falcon rises into the pink dawn. Her swift, sudden appearance panics a cloud of starlings and sends them fleeing toward the hills.
Behind this breathtaking scene, hundreds of thousands of dollars are at stake.
"It's a war out there," said Erik Swanson, a licensed falconer.
Although I find it humorous in the roll-your-eyes sort of way that in order to not offend the neighbors with actually killing any of the pest birds, they FedEx in frozen, farm raised quail to feed the falcons
Although I find it humorous in the roll-your-eyes sort of way that in order to not offend the neighbors with actually killing any of the pest birds, they FedEx in frozen, farm raised quail to feed the falcons
What? I thought starlings were overtaking everything – they are an agressive, invasive species here in N. America. Don't know about in Britain. At least that falcon is eating well - farm raised quail goes for twenty bucks or more in local restaurants.
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