Hawkeye is the ONLY Toronto and Golden Horseshoe area licensed Pest Bird and Pest Animal/Wildlife Control Specialist offering PERMANENT REMOVAL & GUARANTEED RESULTS.
We are authorized under permit and license to PERMANENTLY REMOVE AND CONTROL birds and animal wildlife such as pest pigeons and raccoons via a variety of methods including Birds of Prey. Furthermore, we clean and disinfect affected areas and ensure future exclusion of birds or animals.
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Mission Statement:
Hawkeye specializes in providing humane and natural, environmentally
green/friendly services, solutions, products and systems
for pest animals, wildlife, and birds which are in conflict
with humans or property, their removal, pest control, repellents,
barriers as well as human protection from damage, disease
& health hazards. That said, we will not needlessly
or carelessly kill any animal. We are in the business
of scaring & removing (relocating) pest birds and
animals, not killing them indiscriminately.
With 5 offices across Canada we are here to help you deal
with Pest Bird Control and avoid potential health
hazards, costly damage
to property, and loss of product and/or productivity
your company will face if bird problems are not addressed
immediately.
We invite you to browse our site which is
designed to help you identify the problem bird and
make informed decisions about appropriate solutions
specific to your location, industry, and situation.
The first question you need answered is: What
TYPE OF BIRD causes the problem?
Then we will move on to which SOLUTIONS
promise to yield the best results in your situation,
and
You will be able to determine which of those Solutions
best fit your needs and budget.
HAWKEYE NEWS & HAPPENINGS
Stratford Culture Days
One of the attractions in Stratford during the second annual Culture Days was the Stratford Shakespeare Festival's "A Fayre Day in Camelot," which transformed Market Square into a medieval-themed market with vendors and demonstrations.
Right, trainer Julia Staines shows off Clara the hawk, who you can see in the Festival's production of Camelot.
Stratford Gazette Photo
Career Fair Foul
Clara a Harris Hawk, and handler Ken Bangerter of Acton's Hawkeye Bird and Animal control , were on hand to talk to students at a career fare at the Acton High School last Wednesday. Clara often is used to control birds at the airport and in shopping malls.
Frances Niblok Photo
Cooper's Hawk Release
It was a long time coming, but Mimi finally got to go home. The Cooper’s hawk was released back into its hunting ground in the Belfountain area last month after spending eight months in predator bird rehab for a broken wing and dislocated shoulder... Read more »
2011 Bird Strike North America Conference
Dan Frankian of Hawkeye attended the Bird Strike conference dealing with pest bird and animal control and abatement at airport runways and taxiways.
Conversations at this conference were very informative with Mr. John Weller, the head biologist for the Federal Aviation Administration FAA... Details »
Timmy the hawk takes flight: Mended bird released in urban Hamilton
Timmy, a rehabilitated young red-tailed hawk, had no trouble soaring to freedom when released, not in the wild, but at his Hamilton home ground on the Mountain... Read more »
BREAK A WING: Harris Hawk "Clara " at the Stratford Festival
In the morning the two Harris Hawks spend their time scaring gulls from a garbage dump and in the evening they literally help launch one of the Stratford Festival's featured 2011 musicals.... Read more » | About "Camelot" »
Hawkeye Bird Control of Halton Hills, Ontario deals with construction site wildlife
Dan Frankian has been working as an animal-control expert with builders and developers for more than two decades. Raccoons, below, are the cause of most animal-related problems on construction sites... Full Article »
CBC Radio One Interview - Subject: Geese
Dan Frankian talks about geese in Ontario; potential dangers to motorists, health concerns, and more... Full Interview »
Homeowner plans anti-raccoon rally
TORONTO - Jack Fava doesn’t condone violence to raccoons, but he is fed up with the damage they leave behind.
Fava owns a house on Symington Ave., two blocks from where two baby raccoons were beaten to death and another severely injured Wednesday in an incident that has seen a homeowner charged.
Since Fava moved into his home in 1998, the dark-eyed bandits have been destroying his property... Full Article/Video »
Free As A Bird
As humans encroach more and more onto wildlife habitat, humane societies are learning to care for more than just dogs and cats. Take the Kitchener-Waterloo Humane Society, for instance. Located about an hour’s drive southwest of Toronto, the human society has rehabbed and released five red-tailed hawks in the past four years alone, including two this past Thursday... Full Article »
On the Cat Walk
Once again, Hawkeye staff and birds of prey were present at the annual "On the Cat Walk" fashion show in support of the Kitchener/Waterloo Humane Society... View photos »
The Globe and Mail:
Raccoons, rabbits and rats: Pest control proves a pesky problem
Whether it’s the furtive scavenging of raccoons in Toronto or the stench of angry skunks in
Vancouver, every city, province, territory and country can claim a pest that defies eradication.
In Toronto’s battle between human and beast, Nguyen Dong was recently arrested after a
neighbour reported someone beating a family of raccoons in his backyard garden with a spade... Details »
The Globe and Mail: How to raccoon-proof your home
Raccoons have been hot news lately, following animal-cruelty charges against a Toronto man who allegedly took pest control into his own hands, attacking baby raccoons with a shovel. Extreme measures to be sure, though anyone fighting a critter invasion can relate to the frustration. Here, we offer some less aggressive (and entirely legal) solutions for getting rid of the garbage-eating invaders in your life... Details »
Hawks released back to the wild
KITCHENER — It was a good day
for hawk enthusiasts in Waterloo
Region.
The Kitchener-Waterloo Humane
Society, with the help of Hawkeye
Bird and Animal Control of Halton
Hills, released two red-tailed
hawks back to the wild on
Thursday morning... Full Article »
Hawkeye's Great Horned Owl "Clucker" visiting Indigo Book Store
Hawkeye's own great horned owl "Clucker" is working his magic at a Toronto Area Book store... Clucker first attained celebrity status at the opening of the Harry Potter Exhibition at the Toronto Science Center in April of 2010.
Hawkeye for the pest guy
George Costanza on the TV show Seinfeld has a deal with the pigeons: they get out of his way, he looks the other way on statue defecation.
Torontonians, too, have to make deals with birds, who tend to crowd the city. Luckily for us, Dan Frankian, founder of Hawkeye Bird Control, is
negotiating a new contract... Full article »
Red-tailed Hawk succumbs injuries
Paul is the plumber at our hospital. I knew him as the person who had a Smart car in the
parking lot, but recently found that he also has a keen interest in the natural world around him.
On his way to work last week he noticed a young Red-tailed Hawk lying at the side... Full article »
Hawkeye Bird Control at G8 Summit
Hawkeye bird and animal control was chosen to provide bird and animal control namely the removal of 4-5000 gulls off the roof with removal of all eggs and nests services to be provided right to the day of the conference.
Pigeon Droppings halt Concert
Heavy storms and scorching temperatures have failed to deter rock bands from performing at an outdoor stadium in St. Louis, but a bombardment of pigeon droppings proved too much for the Kings of Leon... Full article »
Hawkeye releasing a screech owl back into the wild He arrived at our center after a car collision in the middle of winter, injured, frozen, and starving. Happily he has made a full recovery and is ready to fly free once again. We released him on our property at 4pm Monday July 12, 2010... View this owl's journey »
Dan Frankian and Hawkeye's own Great Horned Owl "Clucker" await you at "Harry Potter - The Exhibition"
We are thrilled to be part of the unveiling of Harry Potter: The Exhibition, running April 9th - August 22nd at the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto. The Ontario Science Centre is the first and only Canadian venue to host Harry Potter: The Exhibition
Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion meets Hawkeye's bird of prey Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion got up close and personal with 'Sam', one of Hawkeye's Harris Hawks, while inspecting a local landfill.
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Toronto Humane Society under Investigation
Toronto Humane Society documents obtained by the Star appear to show the THS has violated provincial regulations by releasing wildlife captured in Toronto to the Newmarket-area farm of a board member.
Under Ontario rules for authorized wildlife custodians such as the THS, rehabilitated adult wildlife must be released a maximum of one kilometre from the site of its capture Details »
Healing the GTA’s injured wildlife
TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE , August 12, 2009 5:26 a.m
There was no doubt the swallows sensed the danger, bursting into the air the moment the predator was released.
In the water below, a raft of ducks paddled swiftly in the other direction, making a slightly less frantic but still obvious retreat.
“If that was a larger owl one of those ducks would be history,” said Dan Frankian, after he released a five-inch grey screech owl at Humber Bay Park East... Details »
Kitchener-Waterloo Humane Society invites you to the 4th annual "On The Cat Walk" Fashion Show
Sunday, April 11th, 2010 at St. George Banquet Hall (665 King Street North, Waterloo) - All proceeds go to help the orphaned animals of our community ... Details »
Brazen Coyote in Toronto Beaches
On the morning of February 21st, 2009, a 7-year-old chihuahua Zoe was attacked by a coyote in the backyard of a Beach area home, as his owner stood helplessly nearby ... Details »
The Importance of Bird Control in and around Airports
Last month, yet another incident made headlines after a bird strike took out both of its engines, forcing US Airways Flight 1549 to make an emergency crash landing onto the Hudson River... Details »
Dan Frankian and The Honourable Donna Cansfield, Minister of Natural Resources
Dan Frankian of Hawkeye in conference with the Honourable Donna Cansfield, Minister of Natural Resources after a bird of prey demonstration and lunch.
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Seagull Control at Waste Management Site
Dan Frankian, C.E.O. of Hawkeye Bird and Animal Control Inc. uses Clara, a female Harris Hawk to scare away seagulls at a waste management site in Southern Ontario. Dan regularly provides pest control services for several waste management sites in and around Halton. The trained birds of prey stake out the territory as their own, forcing sea gulls and other pests away from the site. Photographer Derek Woollam was on hand to capturing Dan and Clara in action...
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HAWKEYE on CTV Toronto evening news
CTV Toronto talks to Hawkeye about the removal and trapping of Raccoons with rabies.... Click here for video »
Flights of fancy
Article published on December
03, 2007; The Independent & Free Press
Dan Frankian gazed up with anticipation at the thick flock of grackles roosting in the pines at the front of his property. The 100,000 or so migratory birds had made several swirling loops, and come to finally rest in a place they’d soon vacate. Many of us would have pointed skyward and marveled at the noisy, avian show, but Frankian sees them with a different, more calculating eye... Read
the full article »
Red Tailed Hawk Returns Home Rehabilitated
All rehabilitation was carried out by Hawkeye Bird Control. The hawk, a mature male with a wingspan of near 49 inches, will be able to reintegrate into its surroundings... Details »
Hawkeye Bird Control at Toronto's City Hall
Dan Frankian of Hawkeye Bird Control patrols City Hall with 'Jack', a hawk that was hired by the city to chase away nuisance gulls... Listen to the CBC RADIO INTERVIEW »
"Elvis has left the building"...
Thanks to Hawkeye Bird Control Inc. a Merlin
Falcon, trapped in a Shelburne Facility, was
caught unharmed and released... Details
»
Hawkeye Bird Control is featured
in a 2 page Washington Post article December
17th, 2006
TORONTO Dan Frankian peered over a city fence
and saw his target. There, plump and oblivious,
were the intruders. The freeloaders had simply
moved in from the country, gorged themselves
on the abundance of the city and left a nasty
trail... Read
the full article »
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