This is how clean Singapore is. This is cleaner than places in the U.S. they don't feed the birds.
Posted on 05/09/2022 11:42:59 AM PDT by nickcarraway
For the past two years, residents in Block 212 Serangoon Avenue 4 have had to contend with wild birds excreting on their freshly-washed laundry and windows.
A female neighbour living in that block who frequently feeds these birds from her kitchen window, complained residents, reported Shin Min Daily News on Saturday (May 7).
"Bread crumbs are seen almost every day on the ground floor of the HDB, so I suspect the neighbours are feeding the birds with bread," said Wang, a 64-year-old resident there.
As a result of the frequent feeding, these birds often congregate in large flocks on the window sills, leaving their droppings on the laundry lines of those living in that block.
Homeowners living below the alleged offender said they often have to rewash their laundry.
Resident Wu, 65, said: "They didn't start feeding the birds until about two years ago."
When approached by a Shin Min Daily News reporter regarding the feeding, the culprit said she doesn't that feel her actions are wrong and unapologetically said that feeding the birds is her personal right and that Singapore is a Garden City.
"It is my personal right to feed the birds, and it will not affect other units at all. I don't understand why the neighbours are so angry", she retorted to that reporter.
Frustrated residents complained to the estate's town council last year, reported Shin Min.
The town council told the Chinese daily that act of feeding wild birds is illegal and that the faeces of wild birds is not only unsanitary, the food residue will also attract other pests.
Under the Wildlife Act, it is illegal to feed any wild animal, including its young.
First-time offenders can be fined a maximum of $5,000 while repeat offenders face a maximum fine of $10,000.
The town council said it has notified the NParks, and a Member of Parliament for that estate has also visited the units involved, reported Shin Min.
In 2021, a 44-year-old woman in Singapore was fined $3,000 for repeatedly feeding birds from her vehicle. She was observed throwing food to doves, mynahs and other wild birds, reported CNA.
This is how clean Singapore is. This is cleaner than places in the U.S. they don't feed the birds.
Pellet gun fired at them once a day might help but with the lure of food they might not scare so easy.
I feed my critters every day. The crows and blue jays will wipe out a half loaf of crumbled bread in about 10 minutes.
I’d express my right to put those anti-bird owl decoys on my property scaring away her birds.
Most typical sliced bread or sandwich bread is a poor food choice for birds. This bread is heavily processed and contains chemicals and preservatives that are not suitable for wild birds. Bread contains very little protein, which birds need to develop muscles and feathers, and it does not contain the fat birds need for energy.1 Instead, bread is primarily a carbohydrate that, while it will fill a bird’s stomach and alleviate hunger, does not provide much nutrition. The same is true for similar bread-like products such as buns, bagels, crackers, chips, pretzels, cookies, cereal, and donuts.
If you’ve ever had a mulberry tree in your neighborhood you know that there are some truths in this complaint. Birds spread seeds. Sometimes the color of the package is nasty.
I put out a plate every day with sunflower seeds, cat chow, dried fruits, a sliced orange, and whole raw peanuts. I have regular customers including Cardinals, Corvids, Jay’s, Blackbirds, and riff-raff. You need to bring in the plate at night if there are any leftovers because it attracts opossums and masked porch bandits at night. When you put it out in the morning you get a greeting committee. If the weather is nice I can sit about fifteen feet away and have my coffee with them.
The list of things you have a right to do is larger than the list of things you should do.
Neighbors are the reason that SPJNK was invented.
“Just resting my legs.” said Felix. “Is there a problem?”
That’s not what most people mean by a bird feeder...
That’s the kind of neighbor who would let her Collie ‘Lassie’ walk freely, poop freely and dig holes while chasing Gophers on every one else’s lawn. “Lassie has a right to take a walk!
She needs a side gig selling dryers.
Depends on who is the ‘feed-er’ and who is the ‘feed-ee’..............
Except that is is affecting others, so she’s wrong about that.
Better cut down the mulberry tree...
Operation Mayhem.
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