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Record reporter Greg Mercer and I spent a couple hours with Bird Control Technician Julia Staines, her employer Dan Frankian from Hawkeye Bird and Animal Control and Honey, a Harris hawk trained for bird control at the Region of Waterloo landfill. It was a real education to spend time with this trio and observe Honey at work. She had the desired effect on the seagull population. Just the sight of Julia's truck approaching had them scattering and when Honey took flight the rest fled, flocking miles away. Seeing this raptor up close was a real treat. I have admired red tail hawks and their cousins in the hawk world for years. Something about their sharp vision, skilled dives and effortless soaring has always fascinated me. 

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.

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).

Mon, Jul 22nd 2013
Seems those bright eyed & bushy tailed rodents aren’t happy staying put in their trees – they’ve found the perfect urban escape – high up in high-rise buildings. Minna Rhee speaks with Dan Frankian of Hawkeye Animal Control in Toronto. 

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.

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 »