[Myrddin]

My wife is a master falconer. One of her apprentices had a good business going using his birds of prey to keep birds clear of airport areas. Sadly, her apprentice took the mRNA injection and has assumed room temperature prematurely. It's a viable way to clear out pest birds. Harris hawks and peregrine falcons are bird eaters and very useful for the purpose. I accompanied my wife on a drive from San Diego to Sacramento where we coughed up $800 for a Harris hawk from a breeder. The bird was acting a bit "loopy" on the drive home. We took it to our local vet. $250 later the bird passed. The breeder called and informed us that his entire brood (our bird included) were infected with malaria. He refunded the $800, but we were out the vet bill and travel expenses.

[woodbutcher1963]

I was at a resort in Cabo San Lucas a few years ago. About three times a day there was a guy who walked around the pool area with some kind of bird of prey.

It kept the starlings and iguanas at bay. It would take off and fly around the pool area. I never saw it catch anything but others said it occasionally would catch an iguana out in the open.

[nickcarraway]

Sounds like it was a Kamala Harris hawk.