The Star - first news agency to get a hold of us
http://www.scntx.com/articles/2011/06/01/carrollton_leader/news/049.txt
DFW Urban Wildlife - don't know when they were in the neighborhood
http://dfwurbanwildlife.com/2011/06/02/journal/june-2-2011-chamberlain-drive-rookery-in-carrollton/
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Yesterday's happening...
Well meet a couple of more our neighbor's yesterday. We had to do some work in the front yard and had to wear a mask the whole time. It is really bad out there...the smell is horrible. I also found a dead fish in my backyard. The trees are becoming bare, white and smelly.
These birds have got to go...they have no business being in a residential neighborhood. I can not belive our goverment officials keep hiding behind laws and forcing the tax paying citizens to live like this.
These birds have got to go...they have no business being in a residential neighborhood. I can not belive our goverment officials keep hiding behind laws and forcing the tax paying citizens to live like this.
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Got a letter...
Well I received a letter United States Senator John Cornyn. Impressed I got a hand signed letter back regarding my comments. Upset that the Federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act was mentioned again. I was told to call Linda Tschirhart-Hejl with Texas Parks and Wildlife.
I have already talked to her and know what I can do next year. It still does not help for this year...
Dr Bing Burton's comment still pisses me off...not a public health hazard but a personal one like smoking or being overweight. My personal choice was to get the birds out of my trees not live in a toxic neighborhood. We did not personal choose to be prisoners in our own homes. Karma is a bitch Dr Bing...
I have already talked to her and know what I can do next year. It still does not help for this year...
Dr Bing Burton's comment still pisses me off...not a public health hazard but a personal one like smoking or being overweight. My personal choice was to get the birds out of my trees not live in a toxic neighborhood. We did not personal choose to be prisoners in our own homes. Karma is a bitch Dr Bing...
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Today's happenings...
I received a call back from Kay Bailey Hutchinson's office asking for a email about the problem we are having. She will send it on the the United States Wildlife Services to see what can or may be done. Coach, Liz and Scott did a story with the Dallas Morning News.
I also found our story on a new station in Colorado! It was also on MSNBC...
Most of the comments on the news stories have been in our favor which is good. We want the streets cleaned and the birds gone!
I also found our story on a new station in Colorado! It was also on MSNBC...
Most of the comments on the news stories have been in our favor which is good. We want the streets cleaned and the birds gone!
More News Coverage...
Channel 33 News Story
http://www.the33tv.com/news/kdaf-carrollton-neighboorhood-tired-of-the-poop--20110531,0,7605577.story
Channel 39 News Story
http://www.telemundodallas.com/Video/index.html
http://www.the33tv.com/news/kdaf-carrollton-neighboorhood-tired-of-the-poop--20110531,0,7605577.story
Channel 39 News Story
http://www.telemundodallas.com/Video/index.html
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Regarding Health Issues
Well Mr. Bing Burton provided some clarity that the health issue on our street is not a public but a personal issue like smoking or being overweight. So glad for the clarity on that...not. We did not choose for these birds to be here and would move them if they were not federally protected. Why are they federally protected in my front yard? We did not encroch on their habitat they have encroched on ours. How can this not be a public health issue? It impacts the citizens, city workers, vendors and more...
Speaking of city workers they have been told if they are on our street, wear a hat, take a change of clothes, sanitaize your hands, don't scratch your eyes and shower afterwards. So this is not a public health issue it is a personal...OK....
We had a good meeting with the neighbors and hopefully will get the streets cleaned. That is the first thing we are wanting since we can't get rid of the birds. I am a animal lover but am really struggling with this...
Next is to make sure this does not happen to anyone else...
Speaking of city workers they have been told if they are on our street, wear a hat, take a change of clothes, sanitaize your hands, don't scratch your eyes and shower afterwards. So this is not a public health issue it is a personal...OK....
We had a good meeting with the neighbors and hopefully will get the streets cleaned. That is the first thing we are wanting since we can't get rid of the birds. I am a animal lover but am really struggling with this...
Next is to make sure this does not happen to anyone else...
May 31st...
The day had started off as a good day...
Channel 5 did a live report from our street first thing in the morning. The poor girl was out front when all the birds were waking up and with the lovely (sarcasm) smell. The first thing she said was "I don't know who I made mad in the new room to get this assignment". We were rolling...
Linda Tschirhart who was one of the contributors to the TPW pamphlet on Nuisance Heronries called me back. She had advised me when they leave in the fall to trim the canopies and remove old nest. She also said it will not only take the citizens it will also take the fire and police. This is due to the noise we will have to generate to ensure they do not roost again in our neighborhood.
I told her the City was afraid to wash the street because if a bird falls out of the nest they would be fined. I advised her Carrollton has had dealings with the birds before they cost the considerably. She said the City can clean the streets and they would not be fined for the birds that feel out of the nest. This is because the City's intention is to clean the street not to harm the birds. This was great news!
I spoke to Landon Bell from Burt Solomons office too. I advised him the law needs to be amended so that Cities are not afraid to act and help their citizens. The people are the one's paying taxes not the birds! He advised me to call Kenny Marchmant's local office as a starting place. He told me to call him back and let him know what was happening. Once again hopeful...
I then received a call back from Adam Henry from TPWS office. He advised me again of what can be done in the fall when they leave. He also said in Feb/Mar when they start to return it will be a neighborhood effort to run them off. Not only will the adults return but their babies as well!! I advised him about the City being afraid to clean due to being fined for falling birds (Scott Hudson's own words!) and he said that it was untrue. If it is not the intention to harm then their is no fine. I also told him about the concern for the nitrates going into the storm system and then the lake. He said it does that when it rains. Thank you...is that not what we told them?? He said he was going to call Scott Hudson directly and discuss the birds with him. Still hopeful..
Channel 33 and 39 showed up to do stories about the plight on our street...still hopeful
And then...I then see a email from Bing Burton which says that epidemiologist, Juan Rodriguez does not think that our street is a public health hazard! Really!!! What part of dead fish, bird eggs, dead birds and extreme amounts of bird droppings are not a health hazard? One of my neighbor's was ill from being outside to long yesterday talking to the news. In a article the Mayor referenced a house had to be abandoned due to Egret's being on the roof. There was also a business that had to close. I have also spoken to Endocronologiest, Microbiologist and a family member who works at the EPA who all told me "avoid the crap at all cost". If Juan and Bing think it is safe why don't they rent the house across the street? Have a BBQ and let the kids play in the front yard. What a load of CRAP...Bird Crap!
Channel 5 did a live report from our street first thing in the morning. The poor girl was out front when all the birds were waking up and with the lovely (sarcasm) smell. The first thing she said was "I don't know who I made mad in the new room to get this assignment". We were rolling...
Linda Tschirhart who was one of the contributors to the TPW pamphlet on Nuisance Heronries called me back. She had advised me when they leave in the fall to trim the canopies and remove old nest. She also said it will not only take the citizens it will also take the fire and police. This is due to the noise we will have to generate to ensure they do not roost again in our neighborhood.
I told her the City was afraid to wash the street because if a bird falls out of the nest they would be fined. I advised her Carrollton has had dealings with the birds before they cost the considerably. She said the City can clean the streets and they would not be fined for the birds that feel out of the nest. This is because the City's intention is to clean the street not to harm the birds. This was great news!
I spoke to Landon Bell from Burt Solomons office too. I advised him the law needs to be amended so that Cities are not afraid to act and help their citizens. The people are the one's paying taxes not the birds! He advised me to call Kenny Marchmant's local office as a starting place. He told me to call him back and let him know what was happening. Once again hopeful...
I then received a call back from Adam Henry from TPWS office. He advised me again of what can be done in the fall when they leave. He also said in Feb/Mar when they start to return it will be a neighborhood effort to run them off. Not only will the adults return but their babies as well!! I advised him about the City being afraid to clean due to being fined for falling birds (Scott Hudson's own words!) and he said that it was untrue. If it is not the intention to harm then their is no fine. I also told him about the concern for the nitrates going into the storm system and then the lake. He said it does that when it rains. Thank you...is that not what we told them?? He said he was going to call Scott Hudson directly and discuss the birds with him. Still hopeful..
Channel 33 and 39 showed up to do stories about the plight on our street...still hopeful
And then...I then see a email from Bing Burton which says that epidemiologist, Juan Rodriguez does not think that our street is a public health hazard! Really!!! What part of dead fish, bird eggs, dead birds and extreme amounts of bird droppings are not a health hazard? One of my neighbor's was ill from being outside to long yesterday talking to the news. In a article the Mayor referenced a house had to be abandoned due to Egret's being on the roof. There was also a business that had to close. I have also spoken to Endocronologiest, Microbiologist and a family member who works at the EPA who all told me "avoid the crap at all cost". If Juan and Bing think it is safe why don't they rent the house across the street? Have a BBQ and let the kids play in the front yard. What a load of CRAP...Bird Crap!
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