Falconer Rebecca Rosen works with one of her Harris's hawks at Bouchaine Vineyards in Napa, California, where falcons and hawks are used to scare away grape-eating birds, Friday, May 26, 2023. - Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group/TNS
NAPA, California — On a damp and gray Friday at Bouchaine Vineyards, Rebecca Rosen looked up, noticed the handful of ravens circling above her and lobbed an insult. “Jerks!” she yelled. They flew together, swirling and squawking as she walked to the trunk of her Tesla Model S and pulled out the box. There, she hides her ammo: a 6-year-old Harris’ hawk named Rocky, a 17-year-old falcon named E.B. and a 4-year-old spectacled owl named Hootbert, whose only job is to perch himself on a chair and let some tipsy wine tasters snap a photo. Rocky is the real threat. Rosen pulled him out of the box, re...
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