Wild Things Wildlife Control

Cane-toad removal and falconry-based bird abatement in Southwest Florida. Veteran-owned. Iguana removal available.

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Falconry has plenty of fast moments.

Some of the best ones are quiet.

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Built for speed. Born to fly.

Currently loafing in front of the security camera like somebody's backyard chicken.

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The white birds aren't an accident.

Cattle egrets follow wild hogs. The hogs root up the dirt, the insects come out, the egrets eat.

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Roughly 38 cane toads in the first hour. The camera caught only part of the night.

Adult removal works. But when thousands of tadpoles are developing in breeding water, working the water is far more efficient.

If they return after heavy rain, the water deserves a closer look.

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My coworker rides shotgun.

He does not help with the driving.

He does not help with anything.

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When the new neighbor really wants to introduce himself.

Checks the parking lot. Waits behind a tree so he doesn't seem overeager. Casual walk through the yard. Then the window.

Florida's neighborhood welcome committee has absolutely no boundaries.

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There's a cane toad in this photo.

Basically Where's Waldo — except Waldo is poisonous, comes out at night, and your dog might lick him.

Obvious up close. Invisible from standing height.

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Abatement is the job. Falconry is mine.

Merlin — the smallest falcon I fly. She's better at it than I am.

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Everybody asks about the hawks.

The other half of the team works the ground, and nobody ever asks about them.

I'm just a bystander.

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The best part of the job comes after it.

No client. No crows. Nothing to chase. Just an empty field and the last of the light.

And then, obviously, a bath.

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There are two hawks in my living room.

They stay a few months, until a doorbell stops being the most interesting thing that has ever happened to them.

The brown paper is not decor.

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My buddy brought an owl to work.

Benny is not on the payroll. He sat on the perch, bit my finger, and left.

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Got a new bird. He is not impressed.

Tito — lanner falcon. 20 minutes in and already over it.

#falcon #falconry #lanner

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We don't exterminate. We relocate. 🐝

Live bee removal — no pesticides. Southwest Florida.

#beeremoval #beeswarm #florida

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My coworker has talons 🦅

Falconry-based bird abatement — SWFL. A trained falcon in the airspace, and the pest birds decide to live somewhere else.

#falconry #sakerfalcon #birdofprey

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SWFL rule of thumb: if the toad is bigger than your fist, keep your dog away.

Cane toad toxin can kill a dog in minutes. Rinse sideways, wipe gums, vet immediately.

Full guide: https://t.co/nji8zsOFIC

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It's only weird until you live here. 🐸

A normal Tuesday night in a SWFL backyard. Cane toads — toxic enough to kill a dog. We remove them by the thousands.

Keeping Florida slightly less Florida.

🎵 Sneaky Snitch — Kevin MacLeod

#canetoads #florida #swfl

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If you live in SWFL and have a pond, watch this.

Cane toads lay up to 30,000 eggs at a time. This is what that looks like. We removed every single one.

#canetoads #florida #invasivespecies

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You don't have to catch every thief. You just have to remind them you're watching. 🦅

Falconry-based bird abatement — a Harris's hawk working a Florida pepper field, moving red-winged blackbirds off the crop. No chemicals, no nets.

#Falconry #BirdAbatement

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She doesn't miss.

Falconry-based bird abatement — SWFL. No chemicals, no noise.

#birdabatement #falconry #swfl