Service
Falconry abatement
The most effective long-term deterrent for open and semi-open sites. Pest birds quickly learn to avoid areas where trained falcons and hawks are regularly flown, and the effect lasts.
How it works
A predator in the airspace changes where birds choose to be.
Pest birds settle where they feel safe. Flying trained falcons and hawks over a site removes that sense of safety: the birds read the airspace as hunted ground and move to somewhere less exposed. The effect is behavioral, not lethal. The objective is to make a site an unappealing place to roost, loaf, or feed, and to keep it that way through consistent presence.
This is why falconry outlasts most alternatives. Spikes, netting, gels, distress-call speakers, and lasers act on symptoms, and birds habituate to them once they learn the deterrent is harmless. A live predator is far slower to habituate to, because the threat is real and the response to it is instinctive.
Applications
Best suited to open and semi-open environments.
Falconry works where a raptor has room to fly and the problem is birds using the space to roost, loaf, or feed. Typical sites include:
- Warehouse and distribution yards
- Oil refineries and heavy industry
- Corporate and hospital campuses
- Agricultural operations and vineyards
- Landfills and transfer stations
- Large rooflines and courtyards
- Airfields and hangars
- Open yards and loading areas
For fully enclosed or structural infestations, such as indoor spaces, ledges, and roost pockets where flying a bird isn't practical, pigeon trapping is usually the better tool. The two methods are often run together on the same site.
Target species
Effective across the common pest species.
A raptor's presence deters pest birds broadly rather than targeting one species. In this region that most often means pigeons, gulls, starlings, and crows. Because the deterrent is the predator itself, a single program addresses whatever mix of species a site attracts.
How an engagement runs
A program built around your site, not a standard visit.
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Site assessment
We evaluate the site: which species are present and in what numbers, what's drawing them in, their flight lines, and any access or safety constraints.
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Program design
A schedule and approach matched to the site and the severity of the problem, including which birds to fly and how often.
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Scheduled service
Regular flights at varied times, so birds can't pattern the visits, with adjustments as their behavior changes.
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Reporting
Documentation after every visit, covering species, activity, methods, and results, written up for your compliance and risk teams to act on.
Lawful and humane
Non-lethal, and properly permitted.
Falconry abatement harms no birds; it changes where they choose to be. The work is carried out under a California master falconer license and a federal special-purpose abatement permit, consistent with the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and applicable state wildlife regulations. Full licensing, permit, and insurance detail is on our compliance page.
Have a site that fits?
Tell us the location and what you're seeing. We respond within one business day with next steps and a path to a proposal.