Finney County Commissioners and Garden City Commissioners discussed nuisance bird mitigation at a joint meeting on Monday. … County Commissioner Lon Pishny said he started investigating mitigation of the birds, which include species such as European starlings, common grackles, great-tailed grackles, red-winged blackbirds, American crows, Eurasian collared doves and pigeons over a year ago. The large bird population is damaging the area with feces accumulation from roosting, which causes a human health and safety hazard; damage to HVAC systems, electrical substations and power stations; damage to vegetation including trees and landscaping within city limits; lost crop yields; and economic loss for feedlots, dairies and granaries throughout the county. They are also noisy.
Source: Garden City Telegram
