WHYY Regional News

Hawks Go on Patrol, Keep Seagulls Away from Ocean City Vacationers

WDIY | By Kenneth Burns

Published June 15, 2021 at 6:17 PM EDT

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Ian Turner of East Coast Falcons releases a Harris's hawk on the Ocean City, N.J., boardwalk. The town hires falconers to keep the seagulls at bay during the tourist season.

For the fourth year in a row, beachgoers to Ocean City, New Jersey will be protected from seagulls by birds of prey. WHYY’s Kenneth Burns reports that the protectors of the boardwalk are celebrated celebrities.

(Original air-date: 6/11/21)