BOSTON — Along with all the usual declarations and deductions, Massachusetts residents have been asked to keep something else in mind this tax season: pigeon droppings. Peregrine falcons are among the program’s beneficiaries, and they prey on pigeons. Save peregrine falcons,” begins the message on the agency’s website and in a recent newsletter. It’s not just bird lovers and conservationists embracing the slow but steady revival of the peregrine falcons. State transportation engineers have noticed a reduction in the pigeon population on bridges with nesting falcons, officials said.

Source: National Post March 28, 2019 14:03 UTC