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^- [Man] It's a nice morning here to today at Sir,

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^just tell about this morning and how you caught this guy.

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^- We used a pigeon noose harness

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^which is just para cord and fishing line

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^with a heavy weight.

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^And what we did is we put the bait or prey

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out in front of the red tail

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and it came down and attached to the fishing line

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and cinched down.

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Just tied him up and we ran after him.

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He kind of started to fly

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and we ended up putting a fishing net over him

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and capturing him safely

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and we're gonna band him and relocate him

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to a safer place this afternoon.

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- [Man] Very, very cool.

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As far as him getting away

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you had to chase after him you said earlier?

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- Yeah, he broke our weight free

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so he was a little bit airborne

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and we chased him down and captured him.

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- [Man] Very, very cool.

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So on an average week how many birds can you bring in?

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- It just depends on the migration.

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When the birds are coming

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through on their natural travel.

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We have resident birds that we try to catch

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but we get those out of here

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so this time of year with the migration

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we're catching several.

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We've got ten red tails,

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several kestrels in the last couple weeks.

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- [Man] Perfect, and this species of bird right here,

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what are we looking at right here Carl?

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- This is a red-tailed hawk.

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A juvenile red-tailed hawk.

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- [Man] Very good.

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And as far as what kind of damage can a bird like this

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do to one of these airplanes, these C130s?

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- There's not really a monetary value put on a bird

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but recently within a year a bird similar in size,

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maybe a little bit smaller caused about $90,000

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in damage when it struck the wind of a C130.

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- [Man] Very cool.

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Any last words you'd like to add here Carl?

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- We're gonna keep doing our jobs

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and USDA here to protect you guys

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so having a good time at it.