![BART is using a falconer and a hawk named Pac-Man to control pigeons at El Cerrito del Norte Station. [Edited. Oops, article link added.]](https://i.imgur.com/7x5w1jD.jpg){kind=link}
BART contracts falconer to deter pigeons at El Cerrito del Norte Station
Harris hawks make an ideal raptor for this sort of work. They’re mellow birds, and the only social raptor in the animal planet. “In the wild, they live and hunt in family groups,” said Ortiz. “They’re known as ‘wolves of the sky.’”
Harris hawks are common through south and central America but only display cooperative behavior in the Sonoran desert, and will even help care for other hawk's young.