Sometimes you just have to put your foot down and say, “enough is enough.” Drastic measures must be taken.

That’s apparently where we’re at down the shore, with seagulls ACCOSTING boardwalkers who sometimes idiotically feed the birds, but most of the time it’s just innocent victims going about their day who are then hounded by the vicious avian pests.

So Ocean City is bringing in the big guns. They have enlisted BIRDS OF PREY to chase off the seagulls, to stamp out this shit and restore order.

Via Kimberly Davis at CBS 3, after the jump:

There is a new bird on the boardwalk in Ocean City and it’s ruffling the feathers of local seagulls that have become a real pest for visitors. There is a notable difference in how many seagulls are on the Ocean City Boardwalk, and it’s all thanks to a 3-year-old falcon named Blackberry.

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Blackberry, with East Coast Falcons, was brought in and was assigned one job.

“Just her presence here is going to make a big difference because when she starts flapping her wings, it doesn’t take long for her to get my fist to a bird. So they see that flap and start screaming to all of their friends,” said PJ Simonis, with East Coast Falcons.

East Coast Falcons will be in Ocean City on the boardwalk until the end of August as part of its pilot program.

Simonis tells Eyewitness News that Blackberry is the only falcon being trained and used for abatement in Ocean City. But visitors may also spot an owl or one of four hawks.

“We kind of trick them. We put another bird in and then another bird in and another bird. They just kind of get tired of running from them and they decide it’s time to split,” Simonis said.

The falcon, hawks and owl are all trained to just harass the seagulls, but not kill them.

Well that’s good, that last part. We’re not killing the seagulls, we’re just kindly dropping the hammer on their asses.

Me, taunting the seagulls:

Yeah? Yeah you little pricks? You little prick seagulls. You think you can just swoop down and take my food? You entitled little brats. How about we unleash a falcon on your ass, huh? See how you like it. You like being harassed?

Here’s Blackberry at work:

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