From its perch, the bird of prey shakes its head from left to right, flaps its wings and bellows its call. While it may look and sound real to pigeons, it's not.
Robotic hawks are increasingly being deployed on corporation campuses and at airports around the world as a humane deterrent for unwanted birds. And they could be one weapon for driving pigeons from New York City sidewalks."I don't want to say it's a panacea for all problems," said John Donald, managing director of Robop Limited, which manufactures mechanical hawks. "It can certainly reduce the numbers."
Liverpool purchased 10 of the $4,200 Robops, produced in Scotland and designed to look, act and sound like peregrine falcons. Robohawk, oddly enough, doesn't fly and must be moved around periodically to trick pigeons.
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