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PIGEONS BEWARE: ADAM BAZ IS BRINGING FALCONRY OUT OF THE FOREST AND INTO THE CITY.

Writer Patrick Pittman

IT’S MONDAY MORNING AND THE LOS ANGELES FREEWAYS ARE AS SNARLED AS EVER. Adam Baz is driving a truckful of feathered co-workers across town to the Burbank headquarters of Warner Bros Music. Then he’ll take the team up to the roof, where they’ll get on with the task at hand: scaring the bejesus out of pigeons. Baz’s falconry business, Hawk on Hand, grew out of his work in wildlife conservation. As a qualified avian biologist, he’d always had a fascination with raptors, but it wasn’t until he heard a radio interview with another falconer that he realised the possibilities of using a small team of predators to solve urban pest problems. Or, as he puts it, “using larger birds to scare smaller birds.” Though he uses the training and techniques of falconry, Baz…

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Smith Journal (Digital) - 1 Issue, Summer 2019

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