Bird Droppings Prompt Orlando Warning Signs

Local 6 News report ^

[Williams]

"Federal law prohibits the bird nests in Orlando from being disturbed."

Folks, do you see the problem that is going to take another 50 years for America to address? The federal government has a say on whether Orlando can prevent some bird shit! So a city that depends on tourism will have to let its tourists be literally coated with bird crap because -- The federal government requires it. But it will take 50 years (if we're lucky) for anyone to realize the nutty inefficiency we have brought on ourselves.

IF the spirit of the Boston Tea Party were still alive, some sane citizens would damn well "disturb" those birtd nests!

And folks, the TREES the birds lived in were DESTROYED because the government wanted to protect the environment. Those are cuckoo birds we are talking about. Move the damn nests or kill the birds or replant the trees.

[Petronski]

Looks like I picked the wrong day to have a lunch of Beef Stroganoff and Cream of Celery soup.

[KoRn]

ROFL!

[capt. norm]

At a local church, the members were proud to have a pair of ospreys build a nest in it's microwave tower. (Ospreys seem to love micro. towers)

They became a little less enthusiastic while the osprey were raising chicks and cars were pelted with not just droppings, but chunks of raw fish that fell out of the nest during feedings.

The worst offenders in my book are the starlings. They were imported from Europe and so they gather together each fall to migrate, but they don't have a destination so they just gather in huge flocks looking for a place to make camp. They can paint your car faster than you can clean it off.

[taxcontrol]

Law of unintended consequences strikes again. Better than cutting down the trees would have been to put in some birds of prey.

[ClearCase_guy]

Abbott: If bird droppings were affecting people's health, would there be warning signs?
Costello: You bet!
Abbott: Can you explain?
Costello: Explain what?
Abbott: About the warning signs!
Costello: If bird droppings were affecting people's health, there would be warning signs.
Abbott: I know that! But how would people know?
Costello: They'd see them!
Abbott: What would they see?
Costello: Warning signs!

[theFIRMbss]

>The problem began when city workers removed cypress trees on "bird island" at Lake Eola in Orlando

History shows again and again
How nature points up the folly of men

Godzilla!

Rinji news o moshiagemasu!
Rinji news o moshiagemasu!

Godzilla ga ginza hoomen e mukatte imasu!

Daishkyu hinan shite kudasai!
Daishkyu hinan shite kudasai!

Oh no! Look out, Tokyo!
Here comes Godzilla!
Oh no! Look out, Tokyo!
Here comes Godzilla!

History shows again and again
How nature points up the folly of men

Godzilla!

[jdm]

[FormerLib]

At least they have clean water now.

Until the city workers wash off the sidewalks, that is! ;-D

[PeterPrinciple]

"I was walking the other day and got pooed on walking under these trees," Orlando resident Lisa Valentine said. "Somebody told me it was good luck."

Well was it good luck?

[downtoliberalism]

I was just having this conversation yesterday. My concern is my daughters school has a flock of canadian geese that sh** all over the school property. Is this a concern for bird flu?

[maggief]

[mewzilla]

I was just having this conversation yesterday. My concern is my daughters school has a flock of canadian geese that sh** all over the school property. Is this a concern for bird flu?

Your question made me curious. According to this link, the virus is shed in bird feces, so it looks like the answer is yes.

[Husker24]

That guys going to need a sand blaster to get all that sh!t off!

[So Cal Rocket]

Here's proof that the bird flu has hit Orlando, FL:

[fso301]

city workers removed cypress trees on "bird island"

Cypress trees, especially bald cypress are water loving. Did the city have the appropriate authorization to alter a wetland?

[kaktuskid]

Why not introduce peregrines to downtown, or at least some plastic owls/snakes.

[Doohickey]

LOL! I was thinking the same thing. Guess it never occurred to anyone to drain the lake.

[Doohickey]

Reminds me of the guy adjusting the table with uneven legs. Ooops.

[Cyclone59]

This article stated that it is illegal to destroy bird nests, right? And where to birds build nests? That's right in TREES. Which were destroyed, thus destroying nests.