Wimbledon, UK: Rufus the resident Harris hawk, who keeps the courts pigeon-free. Photograph: Ian Walton/Getty Images
Is this photograph for real?!
Reblogged from Planet Mabel.
July 01, 2009, 5:02pm Comments

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Wimbledon, UK: Rufus the resident Harris hawk, who keeps the courts pigeon-free. Photograph: Ian Walton/Getty Images
Is this photograph for real?!
July 01, 2009, 5:02pm Comments
I dont think it would let its food fly away like that.
It chases them away la!
OMG THAT MEANS IT KILLS THE PIGEONS?! D:
I don’t know about this bird…
I’ve always wanted to go Hawking. Something about it just seems really really badass.
Wimbledon, UK: Rufus the resident Harris hawk, who keeps the courts pigeon-free. Photograph: Ian Walton/Getty Images
Até em Wimbledon faz-se uso de um falcão, como o Harris aí. Ele mantém as quadras do torneio de tênis mais famoso do...
This is why Wimbledon should not get a closed roof.
Glad they use a hawk for that.
yet another reason the UK rules. namby pamby fishing line, criss-crossed in an intricate manner to keep pigeons out?...
birds are fucking awesome.
at first, i thought this was harry potter… 11 DAYS!!!!!!!!!1111
ahah. if only jersey city parks utilized such advanced techniques.
Wimbledon, UK: Rufus the resident Harris hawk, who keeps the courts pigeon-free. Photograph: Ian Walton/Getty Images
Une bonne idée pour la mairie de Paris (d’autres villes de France utilisent déjà des faucons pélerins pour chasser les...
I’ve been watching wimbledon a lot this week.
•••• Billy wants to see it snatch a Venus William’s serve mid-air! —BP Wimbledon, UK: Rufus the resident Harris hawk,...
Rimedi naturali.
Wimbledon, UK: Rufus the resident Harris hawk, who keeps the courts pigeon-free.
This is a frikkin sweet photo.
Wimbledon, UK: Rufus the resident Harris hawk, who keeps the courts pigeon-free. Photograph: Ian Walton/Getty Images
I did not know this. How cool.
HAWK! did you know that falconers always refer to their raptors using female pronouns? therefore, hawk = ships.
He is Harris Hawk who keeps Wimbledon pigeon free. mabelmoments:
This…is cool. :]
aww. this reminds me that andy murray and andy roddick play in the semi-finals tomorrow. *excitement*
This image is absolutely beautiful!
Is this photograph for real?!
Wimbledon, UK: Rufus the resident Harris hawk, who keeps the courts pigeon-free. Photograph: Ian Walton/Getty Images How...
que belleza >////////
Wimbledon, UK: Rufus the resident Harris hawk, who keeps the courts pigeon-free. Photograph: Ian Walton/Getty Images....
Wimbledon, UK: Rufus the resident Harris hawk, who keeps the courts pigeon-free. Photograph: Ian Walton/Getty Images
You own the sky like how we own land.
…when you have a HAWK making sure your shit doesn’t get fvcked up, you know you’ve made it. Also i think while tennis is...
America Fuck Yeah?
Wimbledon, UK: Rufus the resident Harris hawk, who keeps the courts pigeon-free....Ian...
I want a pet Hawk
Learn something new everyday!
Rufus is an awesome name for a hawk. reblogged from blandben:
Keep on kicking that pigeon ass.