FRIGHTENED BY FALCONS
Birds At U.K. Airfield (Special Crspdt. N.Z.P.A.) LONDON, January 14. The introduction of three) falcons has solved the problem of bird intereference with Jet aircraft on the runways of the Royal Navy air station at Lossiemouth. The birds of prey, already! half-trained for sport, are! bought in either Pakistan or; Algeria for £7 or £B. When gulls become a nuisance the falconer—a sailor whose father was a game-keeper-takes a bird to the spot, unmasks it releases it. Within seconds the falcon swoops down on a gull feeding on the ground and the dying shrieks of the bird frighten the other gulls away.l Recordings of the alarm cry of gulls and other birds are sometimes added for more dramatic effects when there are vast crowds of birds around the station.
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 30960, 17 January 1966, Page 17
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132FRIGHTENED BY FALCONS Press, Volume CV, Issue 30960, 17 January 1966, Page 17
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