When raptors are on guard, nuisance birds are quick to depart.

Mandy McDiarmid91裸聊视频檚 Shuswap Bird of Prey Services provides wildlife management at landfills, orchards and beaches throughout the B.C. Interior.

McDiarmid, whose contract with the Columbia Shuswap Regional District was recently renewed, said birds are innately fearful of birds of prey.

In business for over a decade, McDiarmid works with her two Harris hawks and one Merlin falcon. She said the type of problem birds depends on the season.

Gulls are a nuisance only in spring and summer.

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McDiarmid91裸聊视频檚 love of birds began at a very early age when her dad who was a birder, took her to bird sanctuaries where they studied the variety of feathered inhabitants.

At UVic, where she earned a degree in biology, her a third-year course on animal behaviour became her favourite.

91裸聊视频淚 began volunteering and assisting the professor with research, became even more interested and thought about vet school,91裸聊视频� she said, pointing out she worked at a veterinary ER and volunteered at a wildlife rehab centre where injured and orphaned animals were treated in order to release them back into the wild.

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McDiarmid began apprenticing as a falconer and worked at a wildlife centre as the head of their falconry program, where she presented educational free-flight shows with hawks, falcons, eagles, owls and vultures.

91裸聊视频淚 love my birds, they91裸聊视频檙e my family members and my favourites are the Harris hawks because they91裸聊视频檙e social in the wild,91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淭hey91裸聊视频檙e as social as wolves, they form packs, have hierarchies and are called the wolves of the sky. They really bond with you and form attachments.91裸聊视频�

McDiarmid said wildlife management considered environmentally and eco friendly don91裸聊视频檛 need to use chemicals or pollutants or traps.

Educational encounters with the raptors with groups, schools, naturalist clubs and libraries are among the services McDiarmid provides, something she hopes will lead to their conservation in the future.