“The city and its inhabitants enjoy the birds, we want to see birds — but the overall management plan is for the safety of the public and the safety of the birds,” said Texas Parks and Wildlife Department biologist Jessica Alderson.
A worker with Burkett Arbor Care trims large heritage cypress trees along the San Antonio River in Brackenridge Park on Monday.It’s almost spring, and that means the City of San Antonio has launched its annual effort to dissuade migratory birds from nesting in certain sections of Brackenridge Park.
During nesting season, the birds’ feces thickly coat areas below and nearby nests, including picnic tables and playground equipment. The smell is overpowering, and the excrement can carry respiratory diseases, cause algae blooms that kill aquatic life andBird mitigation, as city officials call it, includes making the targeted areas inhospitable by clapping wooden blocks together and shooting off small pyrotechnics.
Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again. Mitigation activities began last Friday and will run through the end of March, said Grant Ellis, the natural resources manager for the department. The city is getting an earlier-than-usual start this year. Efforts were curtailed last year when the birds began laying earlier than expected., which prohibits their capturing and killing.bond project.
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