On Mackinac Island, in Marquette Park, the statue of Father Marquette always has a seagull sitting on his head…..Always….It’s like it’s part of the sculpture or something……..People walking by would be disturbed if it wasn’t there….
We used to have a crackpot in Chicago that would sit on a corner & have a hundred or more pigeons sit on him.There’s a good reason that Illinois excludes those flying rats, along with actual rats, from all cruelty to animal laws.
Great Blue Herons are pretty awesome in the waste downloading department…..Think of a gallon of white paint slapping on the water……For some reason they don’t like turquoise Ford Festivas…All four sides of mine got hit……That can’t be done by accident…Those were bombing runs…….I did see a couple seagulls attacking each other over a fish…..One actually tried to poop on the other one’s head….It was quite a maneuver…. The target gull braked just in time, a near miss overshoot….
Pigeons are good at dive bombing in a tactical air support role. However if you want to launch a strategic long-range bombing campaign, you have to go with geese.
A goose can travel about 12.5 feet before dropping its load.
Argythree over 9 years ago
Blech!
Varnes over 9 years ago
On Mackinac Island, in Marquette Park, the statue of Father Marquette always has a seagull sitting on his head…..Always….It’s like it’s part of the sculpture or something……..People walking by would be disturbed if it wasn’t there….
Randy B Premium Member over 9 years ago
Are you sure he wasn’t the “Pigeon Purger”?
strictures over 9 years ago
We used to have a crackpot in Chicago that would sit on a corner & have a hundred or more pigeons sit on him.There’s a good reason that Illinois excludes those flying rats, along with actual rats, from all cruelty to animal laws.
SusanSunshine Premium Member over 9 years ago
Pigeon whisperer?Science poo-poohs such a thing.
mourdac Premium Member over 9 years ago
aka: The Great Guano.
dabugger over 9 years ago
It really done guano. Natural fertilizer.
puddlesplatt over 9 years ago
we have one of those up here in Seattle, It’s precious!
nahuku over 9 years ago
Everyone’s an art critic.
Observer fo Irony over 9 years ago
The statue is pointing the way but the pigeons are still squabbling about why they should go.
Sailor46 USN 65-95 over 9 years ago
The Park or City Maintenance seems to be a little Slack!
Varnes over 9 years ago
Great Blue Herons are pretty awesome in the waste downloading department…..Think of a gallon of white paint slapping on the water……For some reason they don’t like turquoise Ford Festivas…All four sides of mine got hit……That can’t be done by accident…Those were bombing runs…….I did see a couple seagulls attacking each other over a fish…..One actually tried to poop on the other one’s head….It was quite a maneuver…. The target gull braked just in time, a near miss overshoot….
dflak over 9 years ago
Pigeons are good at dive bombing in a tactical air support role. However if you want to launch a strategic long-range bombing campaign, you have to go with geese.
A goose can travel about 12.5 feet before dropping its load.
dadoctah over 9 years ago
He wasn’t whispering, he was screaming at the top of his lungs. The sound was just muffled.
FlatheadFord over 9 years ago
Obama will issue an executive order that all statues of him must be indoors.