Comments on: Park Cities — One Giant Bird Toilet

By: southern

southern — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:28:16 +0000

The bird zones are everywhere. Preston and Beltline is particularly bad on the wires there at that intersection. I think there are much worse bird-zones than the PC!

By: B Smith

B Smith — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:12:28 +0000

All of the PC should be a bird toilet. We should put toll booths on each street exiting the bubble.

By: citygirl

citygirl — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:01:31 +0000

Many, many years ago I lived within walking distance of Snider Plaza and shopped at that grocery store regularly. I was always amazed (and disgusted) by how many grackles were in those trees between there and the oil change place. Particularly at dusk. Is that still a hot spot?

By: Neal

Neal — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:59:36 +0000

Um, I wasn't trying to type a dirty word. This is what I was referring to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birds_(film).

By: Neal

Neal — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:56:46 +0000

Thank you! I thought it was just me. The Bradford pear tree in my front yard is starting to bud out so every day last week I had Hitch****-level birds. I bought one of those plastic owl thingies and put it up in the tree. It’s working pretty well so far. (Although shaking the tree is more fun and effective.)

By: James Tucker

James Tucker — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:52:11 +0000

Trees. You won’t see as many in Plain-0 I bet.

By: kmom

kmom — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:21:23 +0000

They say we’re going to have a record breaking bumper crop of wild flowers from all the rain & snow this year. Maybe we’re having a bumper crop of those red berries on bushes that make the birds do the nasty poops? Every now and then a flock of those black grackles will land in a big tree that hangs over my pool. So LOUD it usually alerts me – ew, nasty will start falling in the pool water. Last Spring I went out back with a metal pot and spoon and started banging away. It worked! They flew off after just a couple of minutes.

By: MK

MK — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:03:53 +0000

OMG, my car has been NAILED twice this month…like, it looked like the bird poop had been shot out of a freaking cannon! Even the car wash guy was appalled. There’s definitely something going on with the birds this spring; perhaps irritable bowel syndrome?