A shopping mall wanted to evict its pigeons. So it hired a hawk.

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — With his auburn feathers, white tail and three-foot wingspan, Remmy, a Harris’s hawk, makes for an impressive — and incongruous — sight at an upscale outdoor shopping mall anchored by Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom.

But he’s supposed to be there. He has a job to do.