Hawkeye News & Bulletins
Hawkeye falconer Dan soars into East York
Students at Centennial College’s East York campus readied their cameras for the moment when Dan Frankian would open up his mysterious box to show them what he had inside.
On top of the metal box was a plastic dish and a pair of brown leather gloves, but inside was something special: A one-and-a-half-year-old falcon named Jerry.
Coyote concerns prompt public meeting
Original Article:
Beach Metro Community News, March 19, 2013 [Bill McLean]
The Neville Park/Kingswood coyote – or coywolf – or Eastern Coyote – will be the focus of a community meeting March 19, from 7 to 9 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.), at the Beaches Rec Centre, 6 Williamson Rd. Area residents have been asked by Toronto Animal Services (TAS) not to feed the creature and to report anyone they might see feeding it. It is becoming socialized to people and acting more bold around humans in the neighbourhood (coyotes in the area have already attacked several dogs, and killed two).
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.
Giving back to the community
Hawkeye Bird and Animal Control is thrilled to give back to the community by supporting a number of charities and by sponsering charitable events. At the 2012 Crystal Ball Gala, we made available Falconry For A Day gift certificates... See details »
History Television
Hawkeye's Dan Frankian was called upon to help demonstrate the art of falconry for an episode for Museum Secrets, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, aired in Season two.
Originally, one of Hawkeye's beautiful gyr falcon was to appear in this segment... but what you saw in the final cut, was a harris hawk, instead.
Raccoons, rabbits and rats: Pest control proves a pesky problem
This article originally appeared in the Globe & Mail June 9th, 2011 »
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.
