A problem for 30 years...

In doing some more research I have found out that the birds have been a problem in residential areas for over 30 years. US Fish and Wildlife Services have let these birds reside in residential neighborhoods for years uncontested. This has been costing US Tax Payers thousands of dollars in cleaning supplies, water bills, medical cost and some individuals their homes, businesses and lives.

A few birds show up in a suburban neighborhood and the residents have no clue what is about to happen next. Then more birds show up, then a few more birds show up until the trees are full. The residents plead to the City and County for help only to be told "the birds are protected." The residents reach out to the State Wildlife Services only to be told "the birds are protected."

Then you reach out to USFWS only to find out since they have laid eggs you are to late. You might be one of the lucky ones who finds out early enough to file a permit. However by the time it gets approved it is to late since they have already laid eggs.

Next you get to hear about how they won't be there for that long. It will feel like a extremely long summer because as the days wear on and the debris accumulates you will no longer be able to go outside. You will also hear that they will be gone in August. According to all the documentation I can find from reliable sources they will not leave until late September or early October.

You will also be told to consider the birds they do add a benefit to the environment or they lost their natural habitat. This is all a lie to try and make them feel better about putting you in a bad situation. A majority of the birds will be Cattle Egrets. They are from Africa and have no natural predator in the United States. In some states they have become the predator endangering natural species.

The law and regulations need to be changed so no one else needs has to suffer through this ever again.

The City's that I know have been impacted by the Federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918:

Carrollton, TX 1998, 2005, 2011
Royse City, TX 2011
Ennis, TX 2011
North Dallas, TX 2011
San Antonio, TX 2011
Taylor, TX 2010
Cedar Hill, TX 2010
Pleasant Grove, TX 2010
Wichita Falls, TX 2009
The Woodlands, TX
Van Buren, AR