What is Falconry Based Bird & Pest Abatement (FBBPA)? Falconry is the art and science of using trained birds of prey (raptors) to hunt wild game. This partnership with wild birds of prey has been documented for thousands of years. Recent archeological findings indicate that the human-hawk partnership in falconry is as old as our domestication of dogs, horses and other animals. Falconry based bird & pest abatement (FBBPA) is using the presence of falconry trained predatory birds (hawks, falcons, owls) to haze, intimidate or drive away problem bird and animal species. It is not only for pest birds, but animals as well. An example is to keep squirrels away from pecan and other nut crops. The Chinese have used trained hawks to frighten nuisance birds away from valuable rice fields f