Feeding Birds, Ducks, etc

[Big Wallaby]

I have a flashback.

Hey, look at that! Syndrome has a PTSD. Of course, I don't blame you. At the Melbourne Zoo, they have a new fence in the last several years because there was a sidewalk where, if you were walking by and had fries or other food, you would suddenly see a giraffe head swoop down and your fries were gone. That twelve-inch tongue is great for reaching into fry buckets.

I could be citing the wrong zoo.

[Belgarion42]

This past weekend, we went to a small local zoo. Near the entrance, there was a place to eat, with a sitting area. Stretched across the open area, spaced about 6 inches apart, was fishing line. The idea is that the area is not sheltered, but it is protected from the birds swooping down and snatching food from the patrons. It wouldn't hurt the birds, and the people eating are much happier.

There are several places at SW where they do that (or something like it), but there are other places where they can't, or where they do but the birds find a way around it.

I've taken a swing at a few of them with my camera bag, but it only helps for a minute. I'd like to swing a few other things at them (preferably large & sharp!).

[DisneyMom]

Hey, look at that! Syndrome has a PTSD.

An opportunity to recite a poem from childhood.....

Little Birdie in the Sky
Dropped some Whitewash in my eye
I didn't bawl, I didn't cry,
I'm sure glad Elephants
Don't Fly!
:D:

[Cranbiz]

SGs were feeding the seagulls. Thank goodness they were farther down the beach, as their area was quickly mobbed like a scene out of Nemo. I'm sure the people sitting around them loved being dive-bombed by agressive feathered poop machines.

The solution for this is Alka Seltzer!

Instead of seagull poop you get seagull pieces! :D:

[Randy B]

This past weekend, we went to a small local zoo. Near the entrance, there was a place to eat, with a sitting area. Stretched across the open area, spaced about 6 inches apart, was fishing line. The idea is that the area is not sheltered, but it is protected from the birds swooping down and snatching food from the patrons. It wouldn't hurt the birds, and the people eating are much happier.

They do that in WDW too. At Casey's and the outdoor patio at Pecos Bills I have seen these anti-bird threads. But the birds have gotten smart. They land outside the patio and hop/walk in. And at the snack carts around the property there is no aerial protection. So if you buy a hotdog or popcorn at a cart there are times when you will have to agressively protect your snack. And if the person holding the food is a child, the birds know that the defence is much less of a problem and so it sometimes looks like a recreation of "The Birds".

Randy

[Cheshire Figment]

An opportunity to recite a poem from childhood.....

Little Birdie in the Sky
Dropped some Whitewash in my eye
I didn't bawl, I didn't cry,
I'm sure glad Elephants
Don't Fly!
:D:

I always heard it as:

Birdie, birdie in the sky
why'd you do that in my eye
I won't hurt you or make you cry
I'm just glad that cows don't fly.

The rhyming is much better

[DisneyMom]

I always heard it as:

Birdie, birdie in the sky
why'd you do that in my eye
I won't hurt you or make you cry
I'm just glad that cows don't fly.

The rhyming is much better

No Argument ,I'll have to PM you with my Mommy's email, she is the one who taught me....also, I am thinking her version is Pre-Dumbo.....

[SirWillow]

It's hard to enforce a rule that the original commander in chief used to flagrantly break all the time. There are several stories out there of Walt getting a box of popcorn from one of the vendors then taking it out and tossing it to the birds.

Y'know, that's one of those things that I don't remember coming up in any of our meetings either. Maybe I should bring it up one time just to see how much of a troublemaker they think I am. :D

[BRWombat]

It's hard to enforce a rule that the original commander in chief used to flagrantly break all the time. There are several stories out there of Walt getting a box of popcorn from one of the vendors then taking it out and tossing it to the birds....

Makes sense. I'd always heard that "Feed the Birds" was one of Walt's favorite, if not the favorite, of all the Disney songs. That factoid sticks out in my mind because it was one of the few things about him I couldn't relate to. I mean, it's not a bad song, but I've got several others just in that film alone that I like more. :)

[LaMole]

BTW I wanted to add. IMO a guest like you that has nothing better to do then try and ruin someone else's enjoyment, maybe you should stay home. They were feeding the birds. Not like they were trying to cut in line, get their child that's too short onto a ride, or anything else that' son this site that are actualy worth reporting to a CM.

Why dont YOU stay home since you seem like the type of person that should not be allowed in WDW. Just because we choose to eat such unhealthy foods does not make it right to be given to animals. If you haven't seen any signs at WDW that say don't feed the animals maybe you ought to go back to school and learn how to read, because they are posted. It's just rule breakers like yourself that want to get away with as much as you can! You choose to ignore the signs. And if this would have ruined his vacation then it should have since he was clearly breaking the rules.