The county recently put up 20 raptor perches on land in Concord and Walnut Creek where gangs of the rascally rodents have been devouring fruit trees, digging up lawns, invading homes and taking ...

The early-morning hawk disturbance startled readers, required two 15-foot ladders and triggered a daylong series of bird ...

Placer County Parks, Trails and Open Spaces spent time researching how to curb the high population of voles, ultimately deciding on raptor perches. The perches are roughly 15 to 20 feet high to ...

In an effort to control the vole population, the county decided to take a natural approach by installing raptor perches, which provide a way for birds of prey to help keep the balance.

Murmuring softly, he rouses his new raptor from her perch. "Come on, wake up, there you go," Markley says, coaxing a female prairie falcon named Storm onto his fist. He trapped her in the wild a ...